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Is it possible for me to show a client the exterior of the house painted, even though I do not have landscape abilities? I have CA Interiors, not Premier. I don't want the house to be floating on a white background or just do a polyline filled with green to look like grass. Thanks!

Thank you. The file I attached in my question is simply an image I pulled from an online catalogue. It's a jpeg or png file. I know how to make changes to an existing library item and save it as my customized item. However there seems to be no other way to import items that aren't already in the right format, like from 3D Warehouse or the bonus catalogues.

Hello All: I am putting together a plan for a client with furnishings from a certain manufacturer that is not currently part of the catalogue downloads. How do I import this chair from an outside source and have it behave just like any catalogue item? Thanks, Kate

Michael, I also cannot "enter coordinates" while moving the wall with the Tab key. I stopped at that point in the video so I don't know what other commands I don't have. UPDATE: I was able to complete it. Thank you!

Thanks again. I"ve been trying to use the video you made, Michael, which is very helpful, unfortunately I don't have the same commands that you have. I have Interiors X8 not Premier. So I am still working this out. Thank you!

I appreciate everyone's help. I will need to make good renderings, so would rather invest more time to have it all look right. But it's good to know the quick options too. I am going to spend some time going over everyone's advice later today and tomorrow. Stay tuned...And thanks again!

Thank you. What you picture in the above post from yesterday is exactly what I am trying to create. But I am having trouble making it happen. I am only attempting to place a dormer here to create the interior walls as I need them to look. This is a room on the top floor of the house, second floor, unfinished, and it will become a master bedroom. There is a dormer on the front of the house, and even though I don't need to show the client the exterior, I do need the interior to be properly and accurately laid out, which is affected by the dormer. The dormer creates two eaves inside the room, and I need to show this. Do I need both exterior and interior walls? I usually only use interior walls for my projects as I rarely have occasion to show a client anything on the exterior. Also, re the use of the transform/replicate tool for roof planes, Z controls height. But how do I control angles with the X and Y? Thank you!

Thanks everyone for your collective wisdom! Here is what I've done with various hacks of my own. (I can't seem to add dormers as it tells me the ceiling is too low.) Master.plan

Thanks. It never seems the videos are exactly applicable to my issue. And I can't figure out how to use the transform/replicate where you can control the X,Y and Z measurements. Here is a photo of the raw space. And here is where I am at with my layout. The exterior of my plan is all wrong, but I am not having to show it to anyone, so I have this manipulated in order to get something close to what I need on the exterior. I can't fill in this empty space. I tried with polylines and shapes. I know that if I was proficient in the dormer part of this, it would work. Very confusing. Thanks for your help!

Thanks everyone. I am trying to draw the portion of this attic wall that slopes under the eave. I need to show the straight wall at 45" tall and show the sloped 72" of angled wall above, that meets up with the ceiling. I need to control the roofline I believe. This is always confusing as I've done it before. Seems like I have to take the long road to get it done.

Hi. Trying to create a straight half wall that goes up and meets a sloping wall like this. Help?????

Anyone know why actual manufacturer specs (Kohler toilets for example) are so inaccurate when pulled from the manufacturer library?

I guess I can't build framing. I have Interiors. Not Premier.

I want to remove a basement tiled ceiling and paint the exposed ducts and pipes. Do I need to learn how to build the raw ceiling in order to show the things that are normally covered?

Thank you everyone!! My next issue......I want to remove the tiled ceiling and paint the exposed ducts and pipes. This is a basement remodel. Do I need to learn how to build the ceiling to show the things that are normally covered?

Thanks Jon. I am using X8. But I cannot make the floor material the shape I need. I've attached the floorplan.

Does anyone know how to create a different material region on the floor that has an unusual shape?

Thank you. And the winner is.......CJ! I didn't realize I could get the coordinates of the camera, which I can repeat now that I know them. Thanks everyone!

I frequently send three versions of a design to a client. I would like to have the camera remain in the same spot for different designs. Meaning, I have 3 designs and each design has 3 views of the room. I would like to have all 3 camera views be in the exact same spot for each of the 3 designs. The only way I can do this is by changing the design while leaving the camera in place. That's a lot of extra work. Am I missing something or does CA not have this capability?

Hello. Trying to create Raytrace and I usually have no problems with it. I am doing this with a living room that has several lamps and I assume it's my settings for the lights that is causing the problem. But I have tried so many combinations and nothing is fixing the problem. Any ideas? Here is what I get with a 30 minute Raytrace.

To record a walkthrough of the highest quality, I will record several frames of finished view walks, and then I need third party software to assemble the frames into a seamless movie. Anyone done this, and if so, what software did you use? Thanks! Kate