DefinedDesign

On 10/12/2023 at 8:45 PM, Renerabbitt said:

Gonna be a couple years likely… games moving to pathtracing now… hopefully they find a way to catch up.

in the meantime, just remotely rent a machine when you need an rtrt

Rene, I highly value your insights and expertise! I'm wondering, what are your thoughts on the recently released M3 MacBook Pro Max with RTRT capabilities? I'm not well-versed in path tracing; could you enlighten me on whether it's typically done with CPU, GPU, or both? I'm also curious about why achieving this on a Mac might be challenging. Lastly, could you explain the distinction between path tracing and RTRT and whether it makes a significant difference in Chief Architect Premier rendering?

On 1/5/2023 at 4:16 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

1010 - Building permits

1020 - HBA assessments

1030 - Warranty fees

1110 - Blueprints

1120 - Surveys

1210 - Lot clearing

1220 - Fill dirt and material

1300 - Demolition

1400 - Temporary electric

1420 - Individual wells

1430 - Water service

1440 - Septic system

1450 - Sewer system

1460 - Gas service

1470 - Electric service

1480 - Telephone service

1490 - Other utility connections

2000 - Excavation and backfill

2010 - Plumbing - ground

2100 - Footings and foundation

2105 - Rebar and reinforcing steel

2110 - Concrete block

2120 - Rough grading

2130 - Window wells

2200 - Waterproofing

2300 - Termite protection

3100 - Structural steel

3110 - Lumber 1st package

3120 - Lumber 2nd package

3130 - Lumber 3rd package

3140 - Trusses

3150 - Miscellaneous lumber

3210 - Framing labor draw #1

3220 - Framing labor draw #2

3230 - Framing labor draw #3

3300 - Windows

3350 - Skylights

3400 - Exterior siding

3410 - Exterior trim labor

3500 - Flatwork material

3550 - Flatwork labor

3610- HVAC rough

3720 - Plumbing rough

3810 - Electrical rough

3910 - Gutters and downspouts

4100 - Roofing material

4150 - Roofing labor

4200 - Masonry material

4250 - Masonry labor

4300 - Exterior doors

4350 - Garage door

4400 - Insulation

4500 - Fireplaces

4600 - Painting exterior

5100- Drywall

5200 - Interior trim material

5250 - Interior trim labor

5300 - Painting interior

5400 - Cabinets and vanities

5450 - Countertops

5510- Ceramic tile

5520 - Special flooring

55S0 - Vinyl

5540 - Carpet

5610 - Hardware

5620 - Shower doors and mirrors

5630 - Appliances

5700 - HVAC final

5710 - Plumbing final

5720 - Electrical fixtures

5730- Electrical final

5810 - Wall coverings

5890- Special finishes

6100 - Clean-up

6200 - Final grade

6300 - Driveways

6400 - Patios, walks

6450 - Decks

6490 - Fences

6500 - Ornamental iron

6600 - Landscaping

6700 - Pools

Assorted Fixtures

Assorted Floors

Exterior Trim Material

Geometric Shapes

Interior Doors

Uncategorized Items

Thank you for this list!!  Where would I go in the software to locate this list and does CA notify users of changes in this list? 

Beyond thrilled to learn this!!!!

(Excerpts from Tech Radar)

The most important thing to know about what Apple is doing with its A17 Pro chip is that the ray tracing hardware in it won't be limited to that chip.

With the Apple M3 chip due out next year, it will almost certainly have a ray tracing-capable GPU built in. This has a lot of potential, not just for the best Mac games, but also for all kinds of creative workloads the Mac brand has long been known for.

…..Apple's hardware is rock solid when it comes to the technical aspects, especially if it adds ray tracing into the mix. It's also the kind of hardware that would be much easier for game developers to optimize for, so it has a lot of things in its favor. As always with Apple, though, it remains to be seen if developers will start to bite on the hook Apple's throwing their way.

Here is the plan - testing upper and lower cabinets to price accurately for future plans.  My best guess is it seems chief is only calculating for 25" of cove molding.  I like the idea of CA rounding up to the next foot, but would really like to see an accurate price of 3' @ $4.70 foot showing a total of $14.10 instead of showing $9.80.

CabinetTest.plan

1 hour ago, robdyck said:

Chief is automatically measuring the crown molding and displaying it in 'feet' rounded up.

Thanks for that bit of information.  My apologies for not communicating clearly about the incorrect total needing to be fixed.  I incorrectly thought by changing the feet to lineal feet it would correct the inaccurate total.

1 hour ago, solver said:

I did notice your Total Cost seems to be incorrect.

 

Yes - not sure how to fix the incorrect total.   My apologies for not communicating clearly about the incorrect total.

Hello Friends - Perplexed on how to get the cove molding on this cabinet to quote accurately in the wall cabinet specification components.  I need the calculation to be Lineal Feet not Feet.  Thanks in advance for your amazing help!  PS - I'm using X12

20 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Try %room.interior_area%

Thanks for the macro, could not get this to work.  I went ahead and sent to the HVAC trade and told him the room volume was not accurate. 

21 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

what are you trying to do?

My volume was not calculating correctly and I was advised to change to "interior dimensions" in your schedule, instead of "standard dimensions", as they thought the "volume" calculation uses interior numbers.

On 8/4/2023 at 7:55 AM, DG1949 said:

change to "interior dimensions" in your schedule, instead of "standard dimensions"

Curious if 'Interior dimensions' is available in X12?  
I can only find area, interior (sq ft) which returns no value

Do you know the macro for 'Interior Dimensions' so I can enter it manually.  I tried using %room.area.interior% but it doesn't return any value.
 

1 minute ago, Renerabbitt said:

How did you get a reported value for volume? Was it a predefined macro? Are you including a macro in a custom field that is reporting to the schedule in columns to include? Or was there a volume column to include?

Created a Note and then >Note Specification >Object Information >Custom Object Fields >Custom Field: Volume >Field Value: %room.volume%

CAD >Text >Text Macro Management

RoomVolume - (internal_area * (ceiling_elevation - floor_elevation) ).to_cu_ft
Copied the RoomVolume per the KB article and created this:
roomVolumeRounded:

vol = internal_area * (ceiling_elevation - floor_elevation)

vol.round(2)

Went back to Note Specification and added

Room Volume Rounded with a field value: %roomVolumeRounded%
Gives me an #Evaluation Error#

28 minutes ago, DefinedDesign said:

anyway to get the volume to round up?

I found this CA KB-01897 article but I can't get it to work...

1 hour ago, TeaTime said:

It has no number because it's not linked to that schedule, likewise with the Volume column.

If you select the Note there's an Edit button on the bottom toolbar to "Create Note Schedule from Note" - that'll make one that inherently includes that Note type.

That schedule should have a Volume column to include (so long as you added one to the selected note)

Thank you!  Now to figure out why the volume isn't calculating correctly???  Is there anyway to get the volume to round up?  I'm clueless.

13 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

supporting the cause

Yes!  Nothing better than established, consistent standard inputs, and clarity to reduce confusion.  

I liked your request, thanks for suggesting it.

3 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

it appears you are still using X12

Yes I am

1 minute ago, TeaTime said:

Yeah, technically all schedules are the same. A "note schedule" is just set to include notes by default. Custom Schedules are just not set to include anything automatically so you can do whatever you want with em.

Thank you, I created the Note and it doesn't seem to be linking to my custom schedule, the note doesn't show a number and their is no field for the Volume in the schedule.

2 minutes ago, TeaTime said:

Place a Note Schedule

Thanks, is a custom schedule the same as note schedule?

2 minutes ago, TeaTime said:

Yes sry it was Rob that mentioned Notes. But same thing for both--really anything that can be in a Schedule will have Object Information where you can create custom fields for.

This is my callout, where do I find the custom field to add the Volume for the schedule?

2 minutes ago, TeaTime said:

Open a Note spec

Do you mean the Callout I created?  If no, I'm sorry I don't understand what a Note spec is.

1 minute ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Add a Custom Field named "Volume"

Again I apologize, I'm not comprehending.  In the schedule dialog box I can create a Custom Category but where I don't see Volume is under columns even if I uncheck the box next to limit to included categories.

3 minutes ago, robdyck said:

I've used a customized note type and a customized note schedule. I kept the actual note on a layer that did not display in my con docs.

My apologies, I'm not understanding.  How do I make a custom note schedule?

On 7/25/2023 at 7:54 PM, DBCooper said:

If you open the deck room and make sure "auto rebuild deck framing" is turned on, then you shouldn't have to rebuild it every time you make a change.  Can't remember if X12 had any bugs where you needed to force a manual rebuild even when it was turned on, but I know this has happened to me before (but it's been a while).

 

Thanks!

Using X12

Looking to get the %room.volume% in a custom Room Schedule.  My callouts for this Room Schedule have this macro: %room.schedule_number%. 

The room label defaults are this: 

%room.dimensions%

Finished Ceiling Height: %room.height.ceilingfinish%

Room Area: %room.area.standard%

Room Volume: %room.volume%

How do I get the %room.volume% from the label default in this new custom schedule?  The Schedule Specification Columns does not provide a Room Volume option.

2 hours ago, KenL-sdd said:

You may need to reframe the front porch.

Thank you!  This worked.  It took me a while to figure out how to reframe the porch but I stumbled across this icon.  

In plan view >Select the Room >Select Build Deck Framing Icon 

Perplexed as to why I can see the Deck Framing, Posts, and Concrete Footings on the back deck but not on the front deck in this cross section - any solutions are greatly appreciated.  Note: Using X12.