Joe_Carrick

"No Molding on Selected Edge" ???

42 minutes ago, williambentley2 said:

I believe I have seen Rene Rabbit and others put color swatches on their toolbar. Since the color palette doesn't seem to save colors between plans (even with templates), I need to keep my consistent palette of about 15 colors for construction plans, etc. How does one do it?

The color pallet is an OS tool.  As such it doesn't save the custom colors between apps.  However, it should be possible for Chief to save the custom colors (either on a per plan or global basis) and initiate them on startup  or loading.  IMO, if saved with a plan that should over-ride the global colors.

 I've never bothered to submit a suggestion for this but it wouldn't be a bad idea to do so.

17 hours ago, MN_JohnH said:

Just checking in on this subject too.
Extreme slowness since I upgraded to 14. I am using plans created in 13 so have not tried anything new yet but otherwise I haven't been able to locate anything that helps the problem
Slowness everywhere even just bringing up the properties box and changing something... might as well go read a book after hitting every change.

Check your AV Software and make sure it's exempting Chief X14

Check to make sure X14 is using your GPU.  It should have picked it up on the upgrade but sometimes you have to set it manually.

I can't think of anything else that wold cause X14 to be slow.

IMO, all dialogs should open to the same size, zoom factor, location, etc as when they were closed.  

Every user has reasons for how they adjust apps.  Chief should respect that.

Ditto

I'm in San Marcos - North San Diego County, only about 1-1/4 hour from Calabasas.  Send me a PM and we can discuss this.

Yes

4 hours ago, HumbleChief said:

You might be able to convert to a symbol then define stretch planes for the areas you want to change. That's a bit over my pay grade but maybe the smart guys can help? Building from scratch is not a bad option as Tommy has suggested.

Actually, if you copy the Chief Column to your user Library you can set Stretch Planes there.  You can change any other aspects as well.

2 hours ago, HumbleChief said:

Nice Joe, so glad that helped. I've been searching through that article for the exact download solution and can't seem to find a specific link. Got one to share? Thanks.

Nvidia doesn’t include a similar feature in their graphics drivers, but the Nvidia desktop GPU and driver pipeline does actually include a ‘hidden feature’ that works in a very similar way. A tool called ‘novideo_srgb’ can be downloaded here and is discussed in this Reddit thread. Download the latest ‘release.zip’ file and extract the contents to a destination of your choice. Run ‘novideo_srgb.exe’ (Microsoft Defender SmartScreen may flag this as an unrecognised file initially) and click the ‘Clamped’ checkbox. The same EDID data read by the AMD alternative is used and the resulting gamut is extremely similar. The corrections apply universally, including to full screen games and other applications and should apply until you re-open the tool and remove the clamp.

1 hour ago, Renerabbitt said:

Well since you put it like that, sign me up

Carrie had already signed me up for the Advanced II Level so it will be a good session.  We will have a great time.

I got this from Larry Hawes in one of the other forums.  I thought it might be useful information for anyone having troubles with the Colors on some displays when using RTX GPUs.

Basically, the color saturation can be way off the charts when using the RTRT on certain monitors.

In my case I am using a 55" 4K TV as my main display with an NVidea RTX 2060.  Whenever I selected to use a RTRT the color saturation was too strong and so I reverted to Standard rendering and a CPU Ray Trace.  It really made me wonder why I spent all that money for a relatively expensive GPU.

After reading the attached article I downloaded and installed the suggested fix for the NVidea GPU.  Now my RTRT looks a lot better.

I sincerely hope this helps anyone who is having similar problems.

https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware/m15-R5-QHD-screen-is-oversaturated-and-too-vibrant/td-p/7900509

Thank you Larry.

Thanks Larry,

I applied the "nocolor" NVidea fix for my 55" 4K TV and it worked.  I had no idea that the GPU was the cause of the super saturation of the color.

Maybe, but for now I'm just posting it here as "General Info". 

I'm also finding that some saved walls don't always come into a plan with their saved materials.  Actually, I find that this is only true when there's a "Room Style Pallet" that has a defined Wall Material.  In that case the upper and lower wall finishes are assigned the Room Wall Material instead of there own materials.  That's a bug which I will report.

I have some Pony Wall Configurations that I've added to the Library. 

However, Chief doesn't properly store the "Height above Floor" of the Lower Wall.  So when one of these is added to a plan they are not the same as when they were created.  I've reported this via customer support and the problem was confirmed.

For now, I've opened the Library Object(s) and set the "Height above Floor" of the Lower Wall.  This eliminated the problem so if anyone is having this trouble with saved Pony Walls, that's how to fix it.

It's really a bug that CA should fix.  Pony Walls saved in the Library need to match what was created.

1 hour ago, DRAWZILLA said:

I tend not to look at how long it takes me to do as I have always charged by the s.f. with add-ons depending on different things, so everyone knows up front. Win some and lose some.

Some of my clients want to be billed on a hourly basis.  That makes it more difficult. 

I would really prefer to bill on a flat fee + changes basis with each phase of the project being a fixed amount.  Unfortunately with hourly billing that's much more difficult.

Note that I use this method for vanity cabinets where I want them to be a couple inches clear of the side walls but I don't want the fillers.  These are generally configured with a clear space underneath and legs.  In some cases they have a toe-kick with a custom foot.

IAE, they are more like furniture than built-in cabinets.

1 hour ago, ACADuser said:

Seems short-sighted to allow "Call Outs", "Markers" & "Notes" to access the Room name but a ROOM "Wall Elevation Camera" to not allow access to a room name.

It would actually be nice if the %room.name% macro could be used in naming the view in the Project Browser.  If that worked then %automatic_label% could be used in the Layout Box Callout Label.

This is I believe a level of macro referencing that CA has intentionally prevented.  There was another case I had reported that was similar and I was told it would be looked into - but no promises.

8 minutes ago, amydiane21 said:

However, if I do this in the defaults, then won't it stop it for all cabinets in the plan, because I do not want that to happen. 

Yes, it will prevent any automatic fillers - even those already present.  If you want to prevent the automatic filler then you need to use the "Architectural Block" on an individual cabinet basis.  You can of course add such blocks to the Library so they will be available for use whenever you want them.

If you create and "Architectural Block" of a Cabinet it will suppress the automatic fillers. 

I don't know of any other way to accomplish that.

FWIW, special design elements will inevitably require extra detailing for the ConDocs.  It's probably easier to add some hours there to make up for the initial design time.  OTOH, I spend more time on design than on detailing.

I find that refining the exterior design sometimes takes a lot of time.  Alternatives to the roof, door and window casings, etc are not the quickest things to do.  In some cases I can spend a couple of days trying different things - particularly with what seem like small projects.

It's even more time consuming when I have to create special symbols to accomplish a particular design element.

How do you bill for this kind of thing?  Do your clients think you are over-charging or are just too slow?

Thanks

53 minutes ago, ACADuser said:

Is there a prefix to %room.name% that would work in the camera NAME field?

No

Use "Broken Arch"

1. Change the Camera Name in the Project Browser
2. Use %automatic_label% in the Layout Box Label

4 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

..and see if the images have a  'save in plan' setting.

The problem is the images are in the Layout, not the Plan.  AFAIK, there's no "save in layout" for the images.