TheKitchenAbode

Just played with that and the number of pieces is dictated by the wall thickness.

Yes there is no problem. Just download the SKP file to a folder and then in CA use the file import 3D Symbol and select the SKP you down loaded.

"File", "Export", "Export Picture". It will capture the displayed window.

Just exported a jpg to file and then attached it to the post.

You are welcome. Always post the plan, we are not going to judge it, our interest is in solving the problem.

Here's what it looks like when I turn off textures.

3D, Camera View Options

Are you sure you don't have textures toggled "off".

I have the same result as Eric. Does the plan you sent not look the same on your system?

If the texture shows correctly in the texture preview window when selecting it from the library then there is nothing wrong with your video card. That preview window is just a view generated based on the floor camera settings. The problem is likely in your plan or a setting. Post the plan and you will likely have your answer in 5 or 10 minutes.

That's strange, now when unplugged running on the battery things run smooth but when plugged in the video performance is degraded? Would first suggest checking to make sure that Chief is seeing the discrete card under both situations. - Close Chief, boot mac pro while plugged in, open Chief. Check "Preferences" "Render" "Video Card Status". Note the card it sees, driver, driver version & date. - Close Chief, boot mac pro while unplugged, repeat above. Does Chief report the same card and driver details or is something different?

The thing with this is I'm not certain it is 100% reliable. Had a similar issue with my PC, even though everything other than the power plan was set to recognize Chief I would encounter times when Chief for some reason was using the integrated chip. Was only able to resolve this fully by changing the power plan to high performance which forced the system to only use the discrete graphics all the time for everything. Maybe the MAC controls this better.

Johnny - This may help. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202043

That unfortunately is only showing the systems configuration. Somewhere in the OS system there must be something that tells you and allows you to define what is to be used.

I bet however you can embarrass them when it comes time to order the wine.

Could be, not familiar with Mac OS but in Windows you can open up the task manger and see right away which graphics is being used. The integrated graphics will be identified as GPU(0) and the dedicated one as GPU(1). In most laptops that contain both chips which gets used is usually determined by the graphics cards settings program and the laptops power settings program, both need to be correct. What laptop producers have done in order to maximize battery time is to set the power plan so as to only use the dedicated GPU when absolutely needed, otherwise it uses the integrated chip. From what I can determine, Chief does not like this back and forth switching and I also think that when Chief starts up it looks and only sees the active GPU and uses it by default.

When posting a question one does not "expect", what you do is "Hope" a forum member will take interest in your dilemma and offer some advice/guidance that will assist you in resolving it. Don't expect to always receive a definitive answer, this will depend upon the complexity of your issue. What you should be hoping for is some guidance as to where you should focus your own efforts to resolve the problem. There are no rules other than to be polite and appreciative to those trying to assist you. Keep-in-mind that some users have developed over time extensive skills, knowledge and techniques that they may rightfully consider to be somewhat proprietary, it's not really fair to expect them to just divulge this in an open public forum. If you need access to this depth of knowledge then it is not unreasonable for them to desire a bit of compensation. I believe you will find that those members offering paid for support services likely provide exceptional value for what they charge. I'm just guessing here but if a macro costs you $100 or $200 and saves you half an hour of work each day then your return on investment is well worth it.

I have done this within a single plan but I don't attempt to have them overlaid on top of each other. I will just place say the 3 concepts side by side. Would only recommend this if the plan is not overly complicated, otherwise I have three separate plans and use the layout to consolidate these. One other technique, say you are doing a kitchen, your could have 3 floors, each floor has a different version. Now when you move up and down a floor level your concept changes but remains in the same position. You could also use the floor reference display to show one floor level superimposed on the other.

Long overdue but good to hear. Hopefully they will release improvements progressively and not make us wait 1 or 2 years.

The desktop will definitely perform better than the two suggested laptops. Most laptops under heavy load can't, due to excessive heat generation, maintain their CPU speed for sustained periods of time and will throttle down. A decent Desktop system has much better cooling so their CPUs can run maxed out for extended periods of time. Also desktop CPUs have higher clock speeds and more cores than laptop CPUs. Graphics cards for laptops are not the same as those in desktop systems even though they may have the same name, so the equivalent desktop version will always be faster. The big question concerning Chief is how much of an improvement will one actually realize. As your employer is paying for this then you might as well get as powerful a system as possible with the allocated budget. Unless there is a need for the portability of a laptop then go for the suggested desktop.

The automatic lighting mode for some reason does not include exterior lights, it only considers interior lights. Using the Light Set will use both interior and exterior lights.

Here is a chart that demonstrates the potential benefit a SolidWorks user may experience when using a Quadro card in comparison with NVidia RTX gaming card. The article is here, worth a read. https://www.bing.com/search?q=quadro+p4000&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=quadro+p4000&sc=8-12&sk=&cvid=C13AA4EDB2D4459E9E40FBCA91CB0852

That is what I said, Chief can't take advantage of the finely tuned drivers that are provided in the Quatro cards. However, Quadro cards have all the same graphics hardware as NVidias gaming cards, what they may lack are some of the finely tuned drivers for certain games. The OP stated that they also use SolidWorks which is designed to be used with a workstation graphics card such as Quadro. If they use a gaming card SolidWorks performance may be reduced. As this is a laptop the OP is not going to have two discrete graphics cards, a gaming card for Chief and a Quadro for SolidWorks. The Quadro P4000 that the OP is considering is a very competent graphics card and I have heard of no technical reason why Chief would not function fully on one of these cards.

I'm just wondering why you feel there is a need for that type of setup. Seems like a lot of extra complexity when you can just run Chief directly on the laptop. I think you are underestimating how powerful today's newer laptops are. For about $1,500.00 you could get a Dell XPS 15" , discrete graphics, 16 GB ram, 6 core(12 hyperthreaded) CPU. It's unlikely you would notice the difference between this and your current desktop, especially if you factor in upload/download bandwidth limitations using a remote set-up. Also, what happens if there is a power glitch back at the office and your main desktop shuts down, you can't remotely restart the desktop if this happens.