ChiefChrissy

UPDATE TO THIS QUESTION: apparently my futzing with it solved the problem for a few of the layer sets but not the one I need it in. Now my flooring pattern shows up in my ceiling and electical layer sets but not the finish layer set. and attempts to fix it in tools/ display settings are not fixing it. grrrr... any advice?

How can I get the wood plank floor material pattern to be visible in my finish plan? The material is correct in 3d view and in the room specification dialog box but I want it to show up on the floor plan view.

Thank you, they are ceiling planes which explains that problem. I switched to roof planes and that worked however I cannot change the finish of the wall above the the intermediary ceiling. its coming in as wood? any thoughts on that??

I did that and it only worked for one of the walls but now I cannot change the material on it. Any other suggestions or ideas why this might be happening?

how can I make the base different colors on different walls within the same room? I want white base on white walls and dark base on dark walls.

How can I extend the brick wall to the ceiling in the picture below? It wants to stop at the first ceiling but I need to to go to the double height space.

Any tips for creating a glass gradient? I want to apply a film to the conference room glass like the picture below but having trouble with creating a material that fades to transparent.

Ceiling Planes layer is ON. The other ceiling plane in the view shows up its only 1 plane I am having trouble with. I have attached the file. and added a signature. and deleted the question out of the other forum. Thank you for your help so far! Prairie Hill Holdings_Existing Plan.plan

I have included the plan view

how can I get my ceiling plane to show up in 3d? it shows up in plan view but its missing in camera views. trying to model the existing conditions, I have included a photo of existing for reference.

how can I get my steel beam to be angled / sloping to a different height? I am trying to recreate the interior shown in the photo.

Hi. I am purchasing a new computer and want to confirm that what I am looking at will be good for using chief architect software. I am interior designer with mostly smaller projects with some aspect of rendering. I am currently using: MacBook air 13" Mac OS Monterey Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 617 1536 MB Memory 8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Processor 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 and I find that it works for most small projects but rendering is VERY slow and if I have a larger project, it's too frustratingly slow. I would like to stick with a mac. I understand that ray tracing capability is not available with a mac but need to stick with mac for other reasons. Here is what I am comparing: option A Mac book Air 15" M2 chip, 8 GB unified memory, 512 GB SSD. OR option B Mac book Pro 14" M2 pro chip, 16 GB unified memory 512 GB SSD screen size not a huge deal for me because I have another monitor I use. I have to transport laptop between office and home often so smaller is not a deal breaker. There is a $500 difference between the two options above and obviously the Pro is going to be better than the Air but wondering if it is really necessary? Would option A last me for 5+ years or will it be obsolete soon or not keep up with Chief Architect standards? Thank you for reading!

oh duh. that worked. Thank you!

I am trying to make an upper cabinet that sits on the counter. It should be inset cabinet doors but no bottom. When I click "no bottom" it doesn't take out the bottom rail. How do I get this show up correctly?

Is there a way to individually select which drawer styles for each cabinet? I have a stack of 3 or 4 drawers in a cabinet base and I want flat panel on the top drawer but framed panels on the bottom drawers. In the base cabinet specification box there is only 1 drop down choice for main style. I have tried "faking it" and changing the drawers to doors in the items properties box but then the hardware wont show up. any tricks?