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?