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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
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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
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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?
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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
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Need CA user in the Santa Barbara, California, area.
otisbradley replied to beezarton's topic in Local User Groups
I'm in Ventura Been using Chief since X6 -
Thanks for all the thoughts and advice
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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thanks Johnny - good info !
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Hi This is an 1887 Victorian Firehouse - called "Hose Station # 8" I used to own it - regret letting it go! Doing an as built - lots of challenges Windows - can't seem to get them to recess - it's a brick supporting wall structure - guess I need another wall inside to recess windows? Also notice the sill and lintels Brickwork - lots of detailed corbeling - thinking applying mouldings is the way to do this I saw an article about creating a brick and then applying it to mouldings - best way to do this ? Door - notice the detail in the big door - for the horse drawn firewagons ! How am I going to get all the little window lites ? Thanks for your help Otis
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Buying Recommendation For Pc Desktop Computer For Chief Architect?
otisbradley replied to orencons's topic in General Q & A
This is a great topic! I upgraded to the system below... Off the shelf Dell XPS from Fry's about $1200 I think Huge improvement over my last system My feeling is - its an amazing bargain of computing power I wonder if spending $5k would really get you that much more for CA work ??? When I get into large files - approaching 30 mb things can bog But not too bad It seems to be the heavy site work that really gets things slowing down Cheers Otis -
Perry's Declarative Title-24 Statement Regarding Replacing Glazing
otisbradley replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
@D. Scott Hall I'm doing the same thing on a project in Ojai Ca Ridiculous stuff Here's a handout they have ... Cheers Otis -
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