Joe_Carrick

I'm attending the UGM this year.  My wife and I will be arriving in Coeur d'Alene on Monday 8-25.  There's a reception on the 26th but there's no mention of where or what time.  Does anyone know the details?

Or you could use an invisible wall instead of a pass-thru and have the camera "Ignore Railings & Invisible Walls".  

HI Ed,

I am using X17 but not in Project Manager Mode. 

There are a variety of reasons I can't use the Project Manager.

• some macros won't work in PM
• file links to local external files (text and csv for example) don't work.
• dropbox backup is more complicated

Maybe Chief will get there eventually but I don't think it will be in X17.

I suspect you painted the glass or modified the standard glass material to be green.

Andersen Patio Doors (in fact most prefab patios) are integral units and would not need an extra jamb.  So if you simply uncheck "Has Jamb" there shouldn't be a problem with the RO.

This has been requested (many times) but at this time it hasn't been implemented.

Create a Molding Polyline and assign the baseboard molding.  For a staircase the Polyline should be a 3D Molding Polyline or it needs to be drawn in an elevation view.

BTW, you should have made your post in the Q&A Forum.

7 hours ago, Sakuhano said:

How to make layers only work for only a certain room without not displaying every kind of that object.

Layers work for everything. 

   You need to layers that the only objects in those specific rooms are assigned to.

1. Create layers  for furniture_room_a,  b,  c,  d,   etc.
2. Select all the furniture in a room.
3. Set the layer for all those items to one of those layers.
4. again, again, again

Now you can select just the layers you want displayed or not.

You might want a display layer set for each room so you can switch quickly.

It might also help to know what your system specs are, especially what GPU

FWIW,  I have some room style pallets with 0", 6", 12", 18" & 24" saved in my Library to drop the ceilings automatically.  I've also added those library objects to a tool bar for easy access.

Simple.

Select a Room

On the Edit Toolbar click the icon "Create Room Elevation Views"

Dimension Defaults > Secondary Format

One thing to note is that if the custom toolbar uses custom icons they must also be copied to the same location on the second system.

If you want a consistent roof height....

• Modify the room ceiling heights by specifying the room "Ceiling Finish":
  • Air Gap (space below Floor Joists, Rafters or Trusses)
  • Framing (2x4's or 2x6's)
  • 1/2" Drywall

That will create a flat ceiling below the framing above the room.

Yes, but you also need to use an exterior room molding polyline for the horizontal at the top and bottom.

I use another wall framing Layer (extreme exterior Layer) with 2.5" width x 3/4" thickness.  It will frame with a bottom plate \ double top plate, as well as headers an sill plates.  It actually creates very manageable edits - but works pretty well.

I've also used Wall Material Regions but there are edits needed with that method as well.

5 hours ago, SWBDesign said:

Looks like we’re getting the ability to add sub-folders in the project browser!!!

Brilliant!

That might be just what it looks like in the Project Manager.  I'm not sure it's indicating an ability for us to add sub-folders.  It would be nice if it is but I don't think so.

3 hours ago, JBradleyConst said:

However my main concern is still in questions, that the GPU usage while rendering is almost nonexistent, between 5% and 8%. Should this not be higher?

Rendering a Chief Model with the GPU (PBR) doesn't tax the GPU.  The NVIDIA GPU's are designed for gaming which requires a lot more power.  You shouldn't be concerned about the low usage.  It's normal.

Place breaks in  the room molding polyline and configure it to the shape you want.  Make sure each segment you want to have a molding on is checked "Molding on this Edge".  Openings will not have a Molding.

Cailin,

It's not a "Library Door".  It's just specified in Chief's "Door Tool" which has settings for almost anything you could want.

I just make a cad rectangle that matches the sheet size.  I display the sheet boundary to get it right.  Then when I send to layout - full sheet all my plan views are perfectly aligned.

Have you turned on the "Line Weight Display"?  There's a button for this on the display toolbar.

Also note that depending on the scale of the drawing that the line weights may not be what you expect.

Do it floor plan view.  Then marque select all the characters and create a symbol.  you can rotate the symbol to be vertical and set it to attach to a wall.  Adjust the height from the floor and you should be good

I have a client who has Chief Architect X12 and wants to be able to open, view and collaborate with me.  I don't think he has maintained SSA so he will either need to update or maybe get HD Pro 2025.  I'm not sure what he would be able to do with the HD Pro.

Any help with making the decision would be appreciated.

Normally I keep the previous 2 versions of Chief installed.

IAE, you can always go log in to your Chief account and download previous versions to install.