Joe_Carrick

Just a followup to this topic. You can use any image as a texture with a % transparency to get the appearance of etched glass. If the image is black and white it works really well.

Val, Contact Customer Support - or just send it in as a bug report. This is definitely a bug and it needs to be fixed.

Open the Schedule dbx and uncheck "Use Callouts for Labels"

Layers can be turned off - Floors/levels can't. If you set up Annosets and Layer Sets for the kind of work you do - it should be fairly easy. You will need Layers for Existing, Demolition and New (Walls, Doors, Windows, etc.)

It's all about the number of surfaces in the overall Model. If you don't need the 3D of the entire project then just create Exterior Room Polylines for one of the buildings and Paste that into the Site Plan If you do need the 3D of the entire project then make a symbol of the building (delete the interior as much as possible to minimize the number of surfaces)

I don't think so. But you should be able to use or create a new Cabinet Door Symbol from one in the Library and adjusting the "Stretch Planes".

There's a couple of ways to do this: Use a separate Plan File for Existing vs New Use Layers and separate Layer Sets to show Existing, Demo & Remodel. There are some other ways such as using a CAD Detail From View to document the existing, but I prefer one of the above, depending on the project.

Ray, I have available the basics so only a small bit of additional code would be needed depending on the field(s) desired.

If you use one or more of the OIP fields a macro could do it. You would need to substitute the OIP field for the normal column in the schedule.

If that's the case, it can be done with Room Fill Patterns or a combination of a solid room fill and Material Regions with Fill Patterns but no texture.

Tim, I assume that you are trying to raise the ceiling height in one room. When you do that it pushes the floor above up. That results in the other rooms below that floor having a higher ceiling because of what's in the Structure definition for those rooms. The correct methodology is to change the Ceiling Structure or Floor Structure above to provide the extra thickness between Floors.

In the Default Room Label add %room.floor.finish.name% or enter that in a text box and place the text box in the room. btw, that's just one of the "Global>Room Info" macros that Chief provides which can be inserted in the Default Room Label or in a Text Box that can be located in the rooms.

Download them from within Chief Architect X9 - or just change the File Preference for .calibz You can do this at Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Associations

Actually, you can use the OIP to include a Comment and/or addition to the Description for that Doorway.

There are still some things that need to be fixed. Is there an update coming soon?

The short answer is "NO" to both questions. The number is the "Schedule Number" and CA has not provided any options for making that Alpha instead of Numerical or for formatting it.

Defaults, Plan Allowed Angles - Additional Angles Scott's method works perfectly as well.

You can change your angle snap grid to any angle you want.

Scott, Create a new "Cross Section/Elevation". You can set the direction as you are placing the camera.

Yep, it's that simple

Alan, It's not a specific macro in the subscription. It's something I do within any of my macros that calculate and display areas - specifically within Metric Plans. But all you need to do is create a new Non Evaluated macro named m2. for the Value: just copy paste the following: m²

Roof Plane dbx > Structure > Roof Layers > Surface > Edit

I'm wondering what OS is being used on these systems that are having the problems with X9. I think X9 is only available in 64bit. Could that be the problem?

Michael, So what exactly does the OP want to sell? If that's a picture of a real bed - then who is the target market? Surely not Chief Architect users. If the idea is to sell the symbol - I doubt anyone here would be interested in paying anything for it. Putting the pic in the profile isn't going to generate much interest - since it's unlikely most users would even bother to look at the profile.

Ray Tracing is done by the CPU, not the GPU. Changed Render to Standard and Ray Traced 10 passes in 50 seconds.