Flash691

On 4/7/2024 at 2:41 PM, Roxi0112 said:

this is fantastic Ted and exactly what I was looking for. How did I import this to chief?

I doubt it is supported in current versions of CA since Adobe killed Flash player several years ago. 

Changing the Roof Group in the room specification for the covered patio should work too.

I didn't see any way to bring in a kml file. I used an online converter (https://tool-online.com/en/convert-to-dxf.php) to convert my kml file to DXF which I then import as elevation data.

On 12/14/2023 at 4:37 PM, ACADuser said:

%wall_type% returns "Wall 3E to roof",

Try using %wall_type.split(" ")[1]%

If your wall type is always formatted as shown, using split(" ") will create an array with each word separated by the space. Then the "[1]" selects the item from the array which starts at 0. If the formatting stays the same, this will extract the second part regardless of length.

It's the CSS file that formats this website's pages for different web browser's screen width. You'll see the same thing happen if you narrow your desktop browser's window. At a certain width the page layout changes for better viewing on a narrow screen.

13 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

we are missing some core knowledge here.

Indeed, quite an understatement in my case. 

29 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

This does get way more complex though, and I wouldn't spend too much time on it until you know what the next version brings

Hopefully there will be a public beta soon.

30 minutes ago, Ryan-M said:

In X13 - X15 there is a fixed limit on the number of lights that we apply to these kinds of surfaces

That does explain the issue@GeneDavis is experiencing.

@GeneDavisYes, I agree with your conclusion to work with whichever method gives you the results you want for your particular model. I'm not a rendering expert like @Renerabbitt by any means. Here's some comparisons rendered on my system. I haven't spent much time testing the different render settings available for CPU_RT or RTRT. I posted images of the settings I used at the end.

1. RTRT with only the spotlight on.

2. CPU_RT with only spotlight on.

3. RTRT with only point source light on.

4. CPU_RT with only point source light on.

 

5. RTRT with both lights on.

6. CPU_RT with both lights on.

The are the settings for RTRT

CPU_RT settings:

RTRT took about 3-4 seconds to render at 3008X1940px using an RTX4090 GPU.

CPU_RT for 10 passes took about 3-4 minutes at 1500X967px on 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900KF   3.00 GHz CPU.

If you share one of the plan files, I'll try it on my system to see if the results are the same as yours. 

I was having the same issue until I watched his video again. That's when I noticed at the very end, he went in to the "Adjust Lights" menu. It's on his toolbar, but you may need to click the light bulb icon and then Adjust Lights on the left side toolbar. Do this while in camera view. CA defaults to 20 lights on which is easily covered in a couple rope lights. Select "Light set" from lighting mode and then all the lights you want illuminated and click done.

I'm looking to meet CA users located in the Marianna, Florida area that may be interested in working on a new residential construction project.

Thanks,

Robbie

3 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Those menu items are ones I created myself by writing macros, they are not built in.

Thank you! In the future I'll figure out how to tag people.

I was thinking(hoping) it was like Sketchup where the functions were all listed with icons and worst case, I'd have to build my own radial menus.

I've got an old Space Mouse and a new CAD Mouse pro I wanted to use with CA like I've seen in Rabbit Design's videos. When I try to set up my mouse menu's, I don't have the menu items. I get ChiefArchitech category, but it only shows 3D view options.

The Radial Menus section only has the standard 3DConnexion options.

I've tried reinstalling both CA and the latest mouse drivers. Other applications have different Radial Menus.

Any Ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,