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What's your definition of "reasonable"? Chief recommends an RTX 3080 with 8 GB but I have a RTX 4070 with 12 and I think it is great. Here are Chief's system reqs: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/sysreq.html You might also want to check out this Chief blog with more recommendations: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/computer-for-design-and-gaming/

In your video, do you see the red "X" when the wall jumps? I think that means you picked up an "intersection" snap point so you must have something, maybe behind the picture, that you are snapping to. Turn off object snaps and you won't see that happen. If you want the wall to move on even increments, then you can turn on grid snaps and use the arrow keys like Mark suggested.

They always say that if they can repro a problem then they can usually fix it. The bad ones are the ones that only happen on your machine or the ones that are mostly random.

Not sure exactly what you want different but the auto built roof seems *ok*. You might want to update your signature since you are using X15 now.

@tundra_dweller Have you tried reporting this to tech support? This sounds oddly specific so it might really be a program bug instead of just a video card problem.

Not sure why you are using X12 if you have X14 (according to your signature). You might want to see if you have the same problems using X14. FWIW, here is Chief's tech article (which may or may not help with problems in X12 or X14): https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00106/troubleshooting-3d-camera-view-display-problems-in-chief-architect.html

I don't think so. You could place a cad marker at the center but it won't move if you change the wall radius.

That drop off looks to be a little steep without a retaining wall. Your siding probably shouldn't be going all the way down to the dirt. Should probably have a patio/slab outside of the sliding and french doors.

Try clicking on the leader line and dragging the end handle to where you want it. You might need to turn off angle snaps or hold the control key down but you should be able to drag it along the side of the box to put it where you want it. Just make sure that your leader still has a closed circle instead of an open square for the end handle if you want it to stay attached to the text. If this doesn't help, then post a picture of what you are trying to do.

Just to clarify, you can't actually delete floors using edit area. You can just delete everything that is on them leaving it blank. Use the floor up/down tool to go to the floor you want to delete and then use the "delete current floor" tool (as Eric is showing in the picture above). Just keep in mind that when you delete a floor, the program will move the floor above down so if it looks just like the floor you deleted, it might not be very obvious that the program actually deleted it. If your project browser is open, you should see one less floor.

If you are still using X10, you need to pick "custom" for your pattern type and then use the "browse" button to find the different custom patterns that shipped with X10. I saw some board and batten patterns in the siding file that might do what you want. In X15, they are all in the library but you can also create your own custom patterns now.

Might want to post a picture of what you are looking for.

Not that I know of. You can setup different configurations and switch them any time you want but you can't make the program do it automatically.

I think you found a bug. It looks like the "keep in sync" doesn't quite work right in metric plans. You should be able to turn off "keep in sync" and then adjust the pattern and/or texture so that they match though.

My guess is that it only looks different in your cad detail because your cad detail is using a different layer set than your plan. Could also be related to the selected defaults too.

I would bet that you did something in your terrain that is making the program work really hard. Without the plan, I couldn't tell you what. You could also turn off auto rebuild for the terrain but that might just mask the problem by making it slightly less annoying.

I didn't download your plan but I would check to see if you accidently marked the brick as "framing".

When you delete the current floor, the floor above should move down so it might not look like you deleted anything. If you have the project browser open, you should be able to look at the floor levels and see the last floor go away. If that doesn't help, then maybe you need to post the plan.

For an exterior stair to show, you either have to create a fake room with invisible walls and make it open below or use reference display. I would probably never draw it manually, but if I really did want to, I would do a cad detail from view of just the stair I want and then make it into a cad block. Of course if I wanted it aligned properly, I would turn on reference display and then I might wonder if maybe I could use the reference display instead of having to draw it. So I would create a new layer set that just shows the stair and setup a saved plan view with reference display turned on using this new layer set (and being sure to turn off XOR mode since you probably don't want to ever use XOR when using reference display for construction docs). And guess what, now I have a view showing the stair that is live so that if I have to make any changes then I don't have to redraw anything.

Like T, I always use the rectangular polyline tool instead of the cad box tool. The only reason I ever need a cad box is if I really want a cross box or insulation. So I never actually use the cad box tool.

Select the electrical connection. Use the "open object" tool. In the dialog, go to the "line style" page. You should be able to change the layer from the default "electrical connections" to whatever you want. If you don't have the open button or the line style panel, then my only guess is that you are not using X15 Premier.

Is your elevation view a "vector view" and your full overview is using a "standard" render? If so, then your problem is most likely that your pattern does not match your texture. Vector views use patterns and render views use textures and if you want them to match you need to make them match in the define material dialog. If you can't upload a file, it could be because you have it currently open in Chief. Or maybe it is too big so you need to try making a zip file (compressed archive) of it or making a copy of it and deleting everything that has nothing to do with the problem.

You should usually draw your stairs going up from the current floor to the next floor. They will then show up on the next floor as long as they are in an open below room. You can handle most other situations using reference display.

You should be able to open the dialog for the electrical connection and assign it to any layer you want.

Try checking "open underneath" in the stair dialog.