Chopsaw

Steve you should be able to add a layer to your ceiling definition for the purlins to exist in the same way we did on the roof. Just use "Opening (no material)"

What library is that from Bob ?

That would depend on what you need it to look like. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/?q=billiard table

Darn I though that Jason may have found something new just by asking a question.

Did Eric delete the original before creating the new one ?

Well that is rather interesting. Does that mean you can have an imported terrain as well as a " Chief Terrain " ??

How long was that and is it typical that it is ok for a while when the plan is first opened and do you remember if you used undo at any point ? Is it a whopper plan file ?

Not likely but it would not hurt to try swapping that out for something stock temporarily as a test. Just pulled your plan through to X8 and all the elevation and section cameras work as well as orthographic views. Might find the odd little surprise here and there though.

Will a perspective view actually display in Standard render or are you only able to use vector ?

Billy, I was able to open your file on my system in X7 and reproduce your issues. White screen with Orthographic or Elevation views but no crash or error code. Not likely a video card driver issue but it is a little slow generating even a perspective view for some reason so possibly a memory issue. How many gigs is your card ? I can bring the plan file forward on my system to see what happen if you like.

Is there any difference if you are using a Stock or Custom Layer set or Stock or Custom Layers ? I have been having an random problem with copied layers in ALOD not showing up.

Are you able to record the events Mike ? I am pretty sure ALDO does still have a few ghosts and Chief is working on it. But more data is always helpful.

What actually happens when it fails and what video card are you running ?

It would likely be easier to get larger paper but you could open up cad block management and insert and edit the applicable cad blocks to make a 1/8" set. Just use Transform and Replicate then re block and rename the block and re assign it to the symbol. You may need to take note of the insertion points and duplicate them.

There is a material that is available for the Cantilevered Underside of a Room. It is called "No Material" and is not the same as "Opening (no material)" Just need to figure out a way to let the Chief know that it would be quite useful for many many other things.

You actually get three and it does not seem to matter to Chief if the stairs are 2 ft wide or 40 ft. Lots of room for more feature requests for stairs.

I am not sure if Chief uses search results as any sort of an indication of relevance of any particular subject matter but I think 6250 hits on a thread about 3D plumbing layout should be an indication that people are looking for software to draw such a thing. I have sent in a detailed feature request for such a thing and have made some progress on building my own ABS library but it is a lot of work and I could definitely use a little help from Chief. Not really sure that any one individual has 100 or more hours to put into something like that but collectively I am sure each of us would be willing to pay for a few minutes for Chief to do the work for us all.

Nicely presented problem yet I don't think any of your screen shots give any clues. Could possibly be a room definition problem or any number of other things. If you could post the plan file you will have an answer from one of the experts in short order I am sure.

That almost works but we need a few more people like you to send in feature requests to so Chief understands this is a priority. You can set up the plan view callout so it reports the camera and layout page it is sent to. Then you need a callout label in layout that you will need to manually adjust the camera label for and then you can use the %layout.label% macro to report the same page info that the plan view callout does. Almost auto once you have a template setup. Just waiting for chief to finish the job.

CTRL gives a good result but CTRL SHIFT gives another whole level of precision to get you in closer. If you are using that to work on small items you will also want to reduce the Clip Surfaces setting in the camera DBX.

There is a proper way to do that as well if you will always use the symbol the same way. Just add the item to your user library and re-assign the 2D cad block. You can use the cad block from another simpler symbol or draw your own and cad block it and it will show up in the "Available CAD Block" list on the 2D Block tab of the Symbol DBX.

I am pretty sure it can happen with pre release versions but not standard updates. It does seem strange though and should be sent into tech support if it persists.

Yes use an Orthographic camera view and then go to 3D > View Direction > Top View.

Not sure I have ever had that warning with a standard version update Mick. Have you ?

Strange indeed. That message usually pops up when pulling a file forward to a newer version. Did you check if Bumping/Pushing was accidentally toggled off causing the doors and windows to slide over each other.