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Yes suggested this years ago - use to use in early versions of Sketchup - was quite simple Spent lots of time in Westhampton as a kid at my Grandmothers Cheers

Thanks - Puget looks great however ... not sure I need the most expensive Festool when a good ol Skil saw works great!!! I see you are using an Alien (Dell) seem like they have a bunch of good "of the shelf packages" Like this for $2500 Dell Alienware Aurora ACT1250 Gaming AI Desktop Intel 20-core Ultra 7 Series 2 265F 32GB RAM 1TB SSD GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 (Up to 1801 AI Tops) Liquid Cooler 1000W PSU Win11 ICP Hub w/Copilot

Alienware vs Dell for a new desktop w the spec's mentioned in the Scott Harris blog post - mas o menos I've had Dells - fine but lots of bloatware I've had customs Currently using Chief 12 and this - about 5 years? old ... due for an upgrade on both thxOtis Device Name Otis-2020 Processor AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor 4.15 GHz Installed RAM 64.0 GB Storage 2.73 TB HDD ST3000DM001-1ER166, 932 GB SSD Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (8 GB) Device ID 52153455-306A-41D2-85A8-E39CE2F655FE Product ID 00330-80000-00000-AA215 System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

It would be great to have a slider so you could create a video of the sun as it moves across the time of a day. I know you can create a sun angle but like the one in sketchup where you set the date and time and then you can scroll the sun/shade pattern Thoughts?

I always find it helpful to look at winter and summer solstice angles and spring fall equinox Mar 20 June 20 Sep 22 Dec 21

I'm in Ventura Been using Chief since X6

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice

Yes - I like Chief a lot - not sure if I will do 5 or 20 design jobs over the next year so I guess that's why I am dragging my feet I should probably decide if I want to be an architect ... or a builder ... or both ... I keep moving from one to another depending on the opportunities I am amazed at the ability of Chief - working with a past client now - we worked on this building in 2000 - with old 2D drawings - now I can go through a world of ideas ... Thanks for your comments Kline_2019_0321.mp4

Hi - I am a design/builder - in and out of various parts of the business since '75 I used Chief - after other CAD products - for several years X6 - X8 I believe I have been involved in other things and haven't used Chief much in the past few years To "upgrade" the cost is $1700 - wow I imagine it's worth it but that's a painful bite ... Any thoughts ? thx Otis

ahhh Joe you are a genius I am a turd wasn't thinking about layers on a CAD detail found my text thx and Perry thanks as well - I need that schedule too

Hi - looked everywhere in forum etc can't find out how to edit these legends - found in library - Core Catalogs - CAD Blocks - Notes and Legends When I open it as a CAD block or from a plan I explode the block and all of the text disappears ! The grid still shows along with all of the small CAD blocks for the symbols but I can't find the text I'm sure this is some dopey thing I am not seeing Feeling stupid .... thx Otis

Thanks Chopsaw Found this - looks interesting and time consuming! https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00797/creating-a-soldier-course.html The 8700 has been great ! Every computer gets light years better but the programs always seem to require more - vicious cycle - great program ! Using 7 and 8 a couple of years with CA but 30 all in from paper to CAD ! thx

Thanks Lew - where's NF ? North Fork - LI ? Newport had - I think - 10 brick firehouses built in the 1880's - state of the art "fireproof" only problem was "technology" changed - there was a race in town a few years later - the new engines won and all the buildings became obsolete and sold off Cheers