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I might be too late for this, came across this while searching for a resolution I'm having with stair moulding. I think this video would be helpful to you. I'm not certain which version of CA they are demonstrating with in the video, but it's easy to understand. Stair Wall Options: Partial Railing, Wall under Stairs, Stairwell

Many thanks! That corrected the issue! So appreciate you! For any new Chief users who run into this issue, here are the steps to correct: >Select the interior wall that is against your foundation wall >Open the Wall Specification >Select Structure >In the Double Wall Section Select Furred wall >Do this for each wall that is against your foundation wall.

Unable to remove this second room label. If I delete it, it comes back. I've tried removing all the walls and adding the walls back in and as soon as I assign a room type I get two labels. Always grateful for any insight and support.

Please do post, I would find very helpful to see what your Macbook Pro can do.

Thank you for your response - you're always so kind to provide feedback. I thought I would share a video showing the issue. In addition to what is shown here in the video I also tried to place the lights on the basement level and run into the same issue, the lights show on the main level 3D rendering levitating over the stairs. I'm not certain how to make them attach to the ceiling. CA Adding Lights Under Stairs Issues

Any suggestions on how to get recessed downlights on the main level stairs going to the basement to follow the ceiling being made by the stairs above?

I ungrouped everything with the table and chairs and then grouped the table and chairs and the table stayed on top. I appreciate your help. Still don't understand why it would not work with some of chairs grouped. I am very grateful for your help in troubleshooting this issue.

Thanks unfortunately selecting the drawing group doesn’t work for the copied group of chairs. I was able to get the table in front of all the other single and grouped chairs just not the copied group. Restarted my computer, ungrouped all the copied group chairs and it still doesn’t work. I must be missing something.

When I select the View Draw Order Edit button the tools are not populating as it shows in this video. I'm using X8. I created a table and added two end chairs and then added a group of three side chairs, copied the side chair group, reflected about the table. Unfortunately unlike all the other chairs the copied group of chairs I can't get to show under the table in plan view. After watching the above video I realized in x8 I've never seen this group of tools populate when selecting the View Draw Order Edit button giving me other options. Grateful for your support.

Joe - Thank you! This is what I came up with. While it's not perfect, it gives me the option to adjust the shelves for each unit. I used the Wire Mesh material in X8 and assigned that to the whole cabinet. I added a counter top the same thickness as the shelves and made it Wire Mesh.

Wow, that's amazing you can take a cabinet to this! Unfortunately with X8 I get this error message when opening the file: The library "/var/folders/rb/0cc6pmsn3h3cjcvgyfqgnq300000gn/T/ChiefTemp_703900090_WireShelf_0.calib" has an invalid version number and can not be read. Changes made to the library will not be saved during this session. Grateful for you!

Robert thank you, this is exactly what I'm looking for, unfortunately my X8 version won't open the files, I get this error message: The library "/var/folders/rb/0cc6pmsn3h3cjcvgyfqgnq300000gn/T/ChiefTemp_703900090_WireShelf_0.calib" has an invalid version number and can not be read. Changes made to the library will not be saved during this session. Grateful for you.

Thanks again Gene, I'm using X8. Appreciate your support.

Thanks Gene, don't think my old Mac could handle multiples of those. Grateful for you!

Thank you Eric, the video is really impressive. I will have to do some newbie 3D training basics so I can understand better how to do what you are demonstrating. Grateful for you.

Okay, I'll see if I can find training on how to model a 3D object. Thanks for the advice.

Hi Gene, Great question. The image I included is from the Sam's Club website of the unit the client wants to buy. I am trying to create a library item that looks like the image.

Joe - thanks for the quick reply. Please forgive me, I am having difficulty comprehending how to "Create the wire shelf as an 'Interior Fixture' Symbol"

Hello Chieftain's,I'm working on a space planning project and I need to create this shelving unit so I can adjust the shelf location on each unit to hold different items. What is the best way to do this? I tried creating a base cabinet but I could not figure out how to get the shelving to show as wire shelving. I have the five shelf version of this in the library but I don't see the option to explode it so I can add another shelf and adjust the shelves to different heights. Always grateful for your expertise! Image Credit: From Sam's Club Website

Thanks so much Steve - this was extremely helpful in getting the rendering close to ideation.

Thank you so much , I'll review, unfortunately I don't have $6,850 to invest in CA X-14, it would require a CA license upgrade and my current Macbook Pro would not run X14 very efficiently, so I would need to buy a new one.

Hoping there are still some users here using CA X-8 and could assist. I have tried to create a pony wall using the interior wall and then opening the Wall Specification and changing the wall type to Pony Wall, I make the Lower Wall Type: Interior 4 and the Upper Wall Type: Glass Shower. My dilemma is resizing the height of each Pony Wall. Is there a way to do this in CA X8? I really need the wall to be a wall so the materials will calculate correctly and it makes it much easier to draw out the wall versus using CAD tools or the soffit tool. Here is an image of what I'm trying to recreate - the only difference is I don't wan't the glass to go to the ceiling (it needs to be 54" tall with lower wall 42"). Appreciate any advice anyone may be able to offer.

Thank you!!!

Oh my! This is great news, thank you! What is the difference between a Ray Trace and a PBR RTRT? Sorry I'm not super techie

I find with my Macbook that I need to paste all text copied from a website into text edit and then copy from text edit and paste into the software program I am using. It eliminates a ton of issues for me. Curious how your Macbook is performing, thinking about getting a new MBP but I just hate that CA doesn't support Ray Trace on a MBP. I love this feature and feel it is necessary to help a client visual themselves in the room. It makes our business look like the top professional in our area. I despise PC - the Mac ecosystem is the best. Would LOVE to see what a 3D image looks like on your new MBP.