Chopsaw

When in doubt select the roof plane and when you think you have it highlighted check to be sure it is correct in the status bar at the bottom left of your screen and if your mouse is maybe not double clicking correctly select the Open Object tool for the DBX.

The only other things I could think of would be if the default material was set to something you could not see. Take a look in Plan Defaults > Materials > Terrain/Property Line. Or maybe your video card is not quite up to the task.... Switch from Standard Render to Vector View and see if that makes a difference. Make sure you are not using a saved camera and open a new one and let chief do the setup. If the terrain is perfectly upside down it will be transparent in Standard view but you will at least see perimeter lines in Vector View.

The dialogue box will look and function much differently in X10 as that is a X5 video. You should be able to to all the same and more though. Make sure it is the roof plane you have selected.

The PDF was for you just in case some of the labeled elevation lines over to East side beyond what I sent you in the chief file could be useful in sorting out the contours. Once you set the sub floor height above terrain to 450 m the camera should automatically center on the terrain, so the only other thing is to make sure the BD_LOTS layer is turned on in camera view.

Set your Subfloor Height Above Terrain to ~ 450m and the camera will be able to find the terrain more easily otherwise it will be ~450m above where the camera is preset to 0,0. I think the major contour lines are regular 1/2m intervals and your data input on some of the lines I checked is not. Where the terrain is a little bumpy may be because of conflicting data. I see a couple of point elevations that you have assigned to nearby elevation lines. There is an area near the SW corner of the lot with original and filled or maybe cut elevations and you will only be able to use one set of data in that area. It appears as though there are a few unknown's between 448 and 450.5 but they all seem to rise heading South so the ridges you have may indicate an error. Do you have a DWG viewer or a pdf of the original file ?

It appears to be working with X10 but I am a long way from being an expert on this subject. Would be good to hear from someone who knows both softwares well.

I am also new to this and was wondering the same thing but recently got a free copy of Auto Desk DWG Trueview and you may be able to use it to find your answer. https://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg/viewers

Use the Adjust Material Definition tool and under the Texture tab change the Angle to match your stairs and play with the scale or select "Stretch to Fit".

I am not exactly sure why Chief did what it did or if you may have exposed a flaw in the programming logic by the process you followed. However it should be relatively simple if you select all the framing and copy it down a floor and it should maintain the same absolute elevation if you are lucky.

Shawn, You should be able to adjust the angle and scale of the railing panel material in the images you just posted to make them more consistent with the horizontal sections. Maybe even make the railing and newels match a little better. Not sure what exactly the client requested but maybe something like the attached clip.

Is there a specific room that is an issue or all of them ? You may want to post your operating system and computer specifications in your signature.

I wonder if maybe having more than one camera in the scene may be an issue. The plants do not know which camera they are smiling for as they have to rotate towards it, and I have noticed that some plants do not rotate about their point of origin very well.

Yes convert to Elevation Lines and when you do that it will allow you to enter the elevation. You just need to decide if you are going to use the sea level elevations on the survey or convert them to your floor level.

Yes at a glance they look a lot the same. Makes it difficult to learn for sure. I very rarely use the Layer Display options. I think they must have come before Active Layer Display Options, that I almost always have on.

This one usually default about center of top toolbar

Active Layer Display Options do the same thing but I like using them better because you can watch what each adjustment does live.

Almost, Just the same as that in 3D view.

Thanks Glenn, That was a weird one for sure. Looks like if you convert a Polyline to a Terrain Perimeter it does not transfer to the Terrain Perimeter Layer unless it is on the CAD default layer to start with. Humm.... Does that sound correct ? Lady Coralie, Turn on Your Active Layerset display when in 3D and follow Glenn's previous instructions.

Thanks Michael, Did not realize that was an option.

You could just put the new notes on a new layer and turn off the old ones if you like. Not sure if there is an easy way to do it within Chief.

Try this on and see what you think. Alan Red.pdf

That sounds like the perfect situation to just print 2 separate PDF's and then combine them as layers in Acrobat or another advanced pdf handler. Or even just add the revision clouds and notes with the free version of Reader.

I went ahead a did the update today and things are still ok. Hope you are able to get it figured out somehow.

Yes Roof Plane is the way to go, 0 out surface and make structure 8" or so of concrete.

Are there a lot of places in the plan that is happening ? Maybe replace the offenders with 3D plants for now.