Alaskan_Son

No, still no easy way to use this information directly in a text box. I've used about a half dozen different methods to mimic the behaviour...all of which have their strengths and weaknesses, none of which are nearly as easy or as flexible as what we would like to see, and most of which are only manageable for intermediate to advanced users depending on which one we're talking about. There's the method I posted back in Post #19 There's the method I shared here There's the method I shared here Plus I have a few methods I haven't shared that involve using some special architectural blocks kinda like the block I shared here but with some additional parts and pieces Every single one of the aforementioned methods is relatively convoluted. You probably shouldn't even try them. Please complain to Chief. What we really need as Joe and myself have requested MANY MANY times is access to Chief's global macro values (at a bare minimum) or better yet, a "room context" for text macros. Chief keeps trying to handle room information in such a way that will basically only work for one person. I have yet to see 2 users who want room info. displayed the same way, I believe all the professionals I've dealt with are resorting to adding all the necessary room information manually to each and every room label or just settling for the standard text boxes and turning out plans that don't look as good or are much more difficult to read. The vast majority are doing the first thing and just adding the information manually though. This is just ridiculously time consuming and begging for errors. I really wish Chief would put this higher on their priority list. Of all the requests for help with custom macros I receive I would say the vast majority are relating to room labels. Maybe if we could get a few more of you guys reporting it directly to Chief that would help. You've all been contacting Joe, myself, and others to help you with this stuff but Chief only puts so much weight on what Joe and I have to say, I think maybe they need to hear directly from you guys. The simple fact is that we need access to all the room information values and we need to be able to utilize and modify these values for use in Rich Text boxes. Maybe we should head to Coeur d'Alene and start tipping stuff over.

I have absolutely noticed the same thing. I'm relatively certain its an unintended consequence of the new Ray Casted Sun Shadows affecting all the dialog previews. I am confident this is on Chief's radar but it would be a good idea if you were to send in a report as well.

Its working. You just can't really see it with the texture you're using. The texture has a plank pattern in it so the border doesn't show up very well...

Either that or maybe get an engineer to sign off on one going through the roof if you can prove enough stack effect. This would be pretty easy for us to do in Alaska I imagine. Maybe not so much in California. Downside of course is cleaning the screen on the roof or the lint on the roof. Yeah, that's not a good idea. Forget I said it.

In line booster is the only way I know of. Here's one example... https://www.amazon.com/Fantech-DBF-110-Dryer-Booster/dp/B000GXF7KO I've never actually ended up having to use one but we've been close and so that's how I know about them.

Seriously...PLEASE don't do that for my sake. I honestly don't need to see one and I don't need to see any proof. I only asked for a quick rendering because I knew I wouldn't get one that fast. As you well know, you've found time to submit posts on all sorts of things (some of them rather long) but somehow the time it takes to "open, load, and push the button" is a bit much for you right now . I've just noticed you ripping on Chief a lot lately and so I decided to go ahead and take a shot at your obvious and blatant hyperbole is all.

I don't doubt that but to be fair, you have also been using it since AT LEAST version 6. To be clear, there is no doubt in my mind that Lumion is easy to use, intuitive, and a better rendering program than Chief. I mean for $1,800-$3,600 it freakin' better be. My comments were just a jab at the " Open, Load, and push the button" type comments. If it was that easy we wouldn't need guys like you or Jintu now would we?

Ooop. I missed that part. My advice re: opening the box and cleaning it out may not apply.

Sounds like an overheating problem. I would recommend you open your box up and clean it out real well.

PLEASE report it anyway. Just because someone else reports it is not enough. I'd venture to guess this attitude and thought process is reason numero uno that things don't get fixed. Not only will Chief leave it on the back burner in favor of items that have been reported by more users, but just because another user has similar problem doesn't mean its caused by the same thing. Please please please...for your sake, for my sake, for the sake of all users...if you care enough about the problem you're having that you would like to see it fixed...report it.

Also, just a side note and I know its a little off subject now, but you can also adjust the number of cores allocated to Chief by going through these 3 steps... If the low CPU usage WAS your problem (which it seems now was a bad assumption on my part) then you could also check here to make sure this had not been changed.

Why does your screenshot only show it running at 27% then? I assumed that's what you were trying to address. If your CPU is indeed running at 90-100% on all cores than Mick is right. Its something about your model. More likely than not it has to do with the number of faces, number of lights, or screen size but there are a number of other settings that come into play too as Mick already pointed out.

Click on that performance tab and then click on Open Resource Monitor. Then over on the right you can see which cores are being used. Also, check Preferences>Ray Trace and make sure its set to use all available cores.

Good catch. I'm gonna guess a little bit of inadvertent Object Eyedropper usage was to blame.

Many ways, but just try using railing sent to no room definition

That's what these are for...

No, not necessarily. You can just click on the Open Symbol tool after you drop the object into the plan if you want to.

Just FYI, the problem occurs because the symbol is set as a switch. Uncheck that option and the problem goes away...

Yep. Kinda what I thought. Its all super easy and super amazing and soooooo much better than Chief, and soooo much more intuitive, but so far no quick examples demonstrating how easy it is. It should only take a couple minutes right? I'm gonna go ahead and call BS. Lumion is just like every other piece of software, it costs money, it takes time, and it always seems super easy till you dig into it. I have no doubt that it turns out a better end product than Chief but to be fair, you're definitely paying for it, both in time (learning and modeling) and money. P.S. I've seen plenty of Lumion examples from seasoned users. Those ones don't count. What I would like to see is the "Open, load, and push the button". I won't hold my breath.

Sweet. Thanks for the information Dan. I understand the risks involved. Its nice to know that there actually is a way to store more than one preference set up though...or at least a way to back my settings up.

Most all the .ini files I know of are related to spell checking and text details. I too would be very interested to know if there was a file that was storing my preferences that could be accessed.

You're welcome Joe.

Navigating the library is extremely slow for me as well right now. I suspect it has something to do with the new Ray Casted Sun Shadows inadvertently affecting the library browser but I'm not sure. It basically takes almost a full 2 seconds to open a 3D library object. If I toggle preview panel off, the lag goes away completely. I have reported this to tech support. If you haven't already, you should as well. This is the type of thing Chief is usually pretty quick about fixing as long as people report it.

See if this one works for you Joe. I just took Chop's and converted to a raised "button"... Joe's X10.ico

There are quite a few methods for this type of thing but the 2 that stand out to me the most... 1. Just use a double callout... 2. Use an elevation camera... The latter is probably my personal favorite because you can place the grid line once and it will display on ALL floors and it can be selected on any floor as well. Biggest downside to the camera method though is that it comes with no usable snaps.