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How do I turn on Camera Final View with Shadows in X6 on a Mac? See attached image, mine is grayed out. Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi Drawzilla! Yes I believe it is turned on - see image and let me know if it's not and what I need to do to turn it on? Thanks so much!

Hi Gene, Thank you for taking the time to review my question and offer some advice. I need the light strip in the cabinet to shine light to illuminate the cabinet. The problem is when placing the light strip inside the cabinet it disappears in camera view I know this because the only light showing in the cabinet is that from the lamp and ceiling fan. In the inserted image where the light strip is pulled out in front of the cabinet you see the light fill the cabinet and filter through the glass. As soon as I move the light strip back inside the wall cabinet, the light strip disappears along with all its light. Regarding hiding the light strip, I plan on placing a piece of trim on the top of the cabinet that will hide the light strip - just like in the real world, but I need the light to show. I initially tried to insert a puck light, but I could not get it to stick to the top of the cabinet and shine light - no matter how much I adjusted the materials controls. Unfortunately there are no step by step instructions on how to insert a puck light in a cabinet. I've tried and tried for two weeks and last week I thought I'd try this LED light strip. With the LED light strip at least I have the option of adjusting the height to get it in the top of the cabinet. See image below of floor plan view with a 'puck above cabinet' inserted to the right built-in wall cabinet and the Electrical Service Specification Box General Tab Here is the 'puck above cabinet' and the Electrical Service Specification Box Light Data See image below of floor plan view with a 'puck' inserted to the right built-in wall cabinet and the Electrical Service Specification Box General Tab Here is the 'puck' and the Electric Service Specification Box Light Data Below is the camera view of the 'puck' and 'puck above cabinet' in the right built-in and the LED light strip in the left built-in set inside the cabinet. Thanks again for your input - I truly appreciate your advice!

GlennW - thank you - could you please post a video! Or even better how about a ChiefArchitect Quick Tip Video that gives GlennW the credit for coming up with this solution!

Thanks Alaskan_Son! HumbleChief - thanks for the tip on inserting the image within the post. It greatly helps when writing a story of my issue, as I did here: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/2402-add-lighting-to-a-custom-wall-cabinet/#entry18989

I am having a difficult time adding lighting to the inside top board of a custom wall cabinet. I downloaded an LED light strip from 3D Warehouse and imported it into X6. Each time I adjust the measurement so it will align inside top of the cabinet it disappears in full camera view. If I pull it out in front of the wall cabinet it reappears. Here is the light strip in front of the cabinet, you can see the light strip easily. To create the fireplace built-in - I inserted a wall and base cabinet and adjusted the floor height of the wall cabinet so it sits just beneath the top of the base cabinet to create the look of one piece of furniture into a base cabinet to create a built in look on either side of a fireplace. Here is the full built-in. Here is the floor plan showing the light strip in front of the wall cabinet, which is what you see in the first image above in the full camera view. Below is the floor plan showing the LED light strip moved into the cabinet Here is the full camera view of what I see once the LED light is moved into the cabinet - the LED light disappears. I have the height of the image adjusted to several inches below the inside top of the cabinet, so I can see it when I move it into the cabinet so I know the top of the cabinet is not hiding the LED light strip. I'm out of ideas. I simply want to put a good amount light in the top of this wall cabinet to shine through all the glass shelving. If anyone has any ideas on how to get this to work on my mac I'd be most appreciative. This has stumped me for two weeks!

How do I attach screen shots of my X6 to provide a visual of the problems I'm having?

I've just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out why this article 'Importing a 3D Symbol from an Outside Source' Reference Number: KB-00117 Last Updated: 07-30-2014 02:01 PM wasn't working - is it possible for someone from Chief to update the article to include Mac Users?

Could someone please tell me where I uncheck the box to get rid of the diagonal door? I can't find it anywhere. I would be most grateful, sigh....

Thanks Scott - I actually figured out I could drag and drop them side by side.

Is there a list of keyboard shortcuts for the Mac that will work with Premier X6? I want to use the Shift F6 to create two views like you do on a PC, but I don't know how to find the shortcuts for a mac. Thanks in advance for your help.

Yes thank you, this is wonderful!!!! Do you know where I might find their kitchen cabinets? Kind regards,

Greetings, I'm curious to know if there is an IKEA Kitchen 3D Library available? I have a client who loves their cabinets. Thanks in advance for your help