ladycoralie

Thanks Chopsaw. That looks really good. I'm getting onto it now. Thanks again. I feel like I'm getting somewhere with this.

18 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

Well if that is the location you have chosen and the house is rectangular you will likely need to make some terrain adjustments for your final landscaping levels and also make some stepped footings and or a stepped basement level.  To adjust the level that the house sits at you need to go back to the Subfloor Height above Terrain and add 3 or 4 m. So that your basement is a little higher than where you now have the first floor. To move the Terrain just turn off all the imported DWG layers that you will not use in your plan and copy and paste the Terrain Perimeter and all the elevation data into the new plan.  And move the Terrain Perimeter from the BD_LOTS layer to the Terrain Perimeter layer so you will know where to find it later.

Hi Chopsaw. I had a go at turning off the layers and I edited the subfloor of the terrain and copied it to the plan, but something is wrong. I can't see the terrain in full perspective. Can you tell me what is wrong please?

Tamborine_House.plan

17 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

Well if that is the location you have chosen and the house is rectangular you will likely need to make some terrain adjustments for your final landscaping levels and also make some stepped footings and or a stepped basement level.  To adjust the level that the house sits at you need to go back to the Subfloor Height above Terrain and add 3 or 4 m. So that your basement is a little higher than where you now have the first floor. To move the Terrain just turn off all the imported DWG layers that you will not use in your plan and copy and paste the Terrain Perimeter and all the elevation data into the new plan.  And move the Terrain Perimeter from the BD_LOTS layer to the Terrain Perimeter layer so you will know where to find it later.

Hi and thanks. I am going to try this tomorrow as my brain is pretty fried right now. I'm on my 3rd course of antibiotics = they are trying a different one - and I'm pretty much exhausted. This will be a new area to discover and another challenge to overcome with my design, I'm up for it, but I need to get my brain back in working order. Thanks again for all your help.

Cheers

Coralie

25 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

That looks great.   Yes you can now design a house on that terrain if you trust that it is accurate enough to do so.  Or if this is for the design you have been working on place that terrain into the existing file.  Clean it all up and just transfer the layers that you need into the new plan and maybe rename the layers so they make sense to you and can be remembered.

Okay. I tried designing a rectangular house on the terrain but it doesn't meet the ground properly and sinks into the hill. Should I design the house on the next floor up? Also, I'm not sure how to place that terrain into an existing file. I've been looking for a tutorial on it but can't find one. And what should I do to clean it up? I'm sorry I don't understand.

Thanks.

Thanks Chopsaw and Glenn for all your help with getting this dwg into a terrain. I'm attaching it so you can see the finished result. I went through the pdf as you suggested Chopsaw and re entered the information and now the block looks a lot closer to how it should be. That is our land. The question I have now is, can I use this terrain as a template to design a house on or is there another way to go about it?

4 hours ago, glennw said:

When you set the Subfloor Height Above Terrain to 450m, are you sure you entered 450m and not 450mm?

Check the Num Style again or make sure you enter the units, ie 450m or 450000mm. 

That was it! So sorry. I'm really crook with a bad chest infection and have been to the doctors 3 times in the past 2 weeks. I just can't concentrate properly at the moment. Thanks Glenn.

Hi I have it on in camera view but still can't see it in full perspective. I'll go over the pdf later today. Thanks.

Hi Chopsaw. I set the Subfloor Height Abvoe Terrain to 450 m as suggested, but I still can't see it. I'm attaching a pdf for you. Thanks Chopsaw.

Lot 8from Chris Eastwood.pdf

Thanks Guys, I've been sick and couldn't look at this until now. Okay, so I have tried to put in the heights for the elevation lines, but it looks a little funky. There is a problem when trying to view a full perspective too - I can't see it. Something's not quite right.

Lot 8.plan

Thanks again Guys. I will try this out and let you know how it goes.

Cheers and thanks

Okay, it's not that easy for me. I don 't use Chief everyday and I have some cognitive issues from a past illness going on. I get confused with the all the names and where to find them. I'm trying. So I can now see that I have the terrain perimeter in my 3d view, but there are no contours in the land. It is just flat. I'm thinking that I have to select each of the contour lines and convert them to something else? Am I on the right track?

Cheers and thanks

I think this is it.

Hi Chopsaw. Do you mean like this?

8 minutes ago, glennw said:

Coralie,

 

Two things are wrong.

1. You need to scale up the drawing x1000.

Select everything (Edit Area All Floors), Transform/Replicate...Resize...1000.

 

2. In the camera view, turn on the BD_LOTS layer.

Hi Glenn, I've resized it but not sure how to turn on the layer in camera view.

I'll have a go glennw. Thanks.

On 23/04/2018 at 12:35 PM, Chopsaw said:

Your Quite welcome and feel free to turn off layers and delete stuff you know you will not need so it will be faster for you.

Hi Chopsaw. I've been crook with a bad chest cold since I was here last. I'm just having a go at turning the plot into a terrain perimeter but I can't see it in 3D view. I'll attach the plan so you can see what I have done.

On 24/04/2018 at 10:40 PM, rlackore said:

The original dwg hassome very large block definitions that I suspect may be the culprits. I exploded those blocks and purged their definitions. This file - Lot 8 exploded.dwg - imported into X9 without any problems for me. Maybe it will work for you, maybe not.

Thanks for having a go rlackore. Still a bit big for my system.

Cheers and thanks.

Lot 8.plan

Thanks Chopsaw. I will give it a go after lunch and let you know how it goes. Thanks again for editing it for me. It was too big and my poor little computer couldn't handle the size of the original.

Cheers and thanks again. <3

Hey that works Chopsaw. Thanks so much. Can I use that to create a terrain for my plan or do I have to draw it? Sorry. I know I'm confused here.

If you think that may be too big, perhaps just a metre?

Probably just a couple of metres to include the road on the left, front and right. Thanks Chopsaw.

I can't as my computer freezes when I import it.

Thanks so much Chopsaw. I'm using Chief x9 at the moment. I've been trying to figure out how to crop it without success.

Hi. I have a dwg file that I have been trying unsuccessfully to use in chief. I suspect it may be too big because when I import it, my screen becomes unworkable as my screen freezes. The only part of the dwg I actually want is the lot in the middle, but I don't know how to crop it. Would this make it easier to use and workable? I've been trying to follow the instructions on Chief but either I'm doing something wrong, my computer can't handle it or it is indeed to big and I don't know how to fix it. Does anyone know what I can do to resolve this please?

Cheers and thanks

Coralie

Lot 8.dwg

Thanks Ji Angelo.

1 minute ago, glennw said:

It is web speak for "quoted for truth".

Basically meaning "I agree".

Aha! Thanks Glenn. Yep, me too. what you said makes a lot of sense. I just have to brush up on my geometry.

cheers

Coralie