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Dermot, Could you explain this a little further or direct us to a resource that does as I have checked with tech support about this issue several times over the years with very little helpful feedback. I just created two identical Exported Picture files. One saved at 72 dpi. and another saved at 6000 dpi. The properties report does indicate the recorded resolution but the identical file sizes would suggest that this is not true and visual inspection confirms it. Can this be explained or fixed please. v. 20.2.1.1

Yes that is about the extent of it and I was able to get Joe's ( Post to Beam ) settings to work properly by reducing the railing height by the thickness of the beam. Using the ( Post to Railing ) setting seems to do it automatically.

The most accurate way I have found to print in high resolution from Chief is to format a borderless PDF paper size and print to PDF. I also talked to tech last week and they really were not able to give me positive advice but I was able to create a Meta File ( .EMF ) and set the width to 10" and the dpi to 1800 and it was not properly formatted but seemed to work ok for printing purposes. Meta Files are copied to the clipboard and then saved in another program such as paint.

Joe I found that ( Post To Rail ) seemed to build a better wall. I made a copy for ( Post to Beam ) and moved it to the foreground. Is this a bug in the new version ?

Ok I think I would just build it as a railing wall with custom panel and then fill in over the door with p-solids and send in a suggestion to Chief Architect that unless there is a better solution then maybe some improvements could be made.

David, Is this the wall type you are after ? If so I have an Idea about the door I will try.

Here is the other option. Granted it is a little more advanced. :

Yes go to the Structure tab usually under surfaces and edit the OSB or add something below it.

You can change the plywood material to something else or add another layer if that is the way it will be built. Assuming all the rafters are to remain exposed.

Nice work Rene, I suppose you will be eating steak for lunch.

If it is just a matter of getting and Idea of the scale in your model then I would go with Joe's suggestion and clean up the image in photo shop and delete the background and apply it as a .png material to a railing panel.

I was just thinking if you have a fabricator with the design skills you need and the client is fairly sure you could get the accuracy you need and not pay for a preliminary mockup from someone else. Potentially saving money in the long haul.

Have you done any research into the actual manufacturing of the panel ? Unless it is all going to be done by hand you may be able to get a model from the CNC design data depending on the level of commitment from the client.

Yes you can have multiples but you then need to switch between sheet sizes and only one sheet size can be printed at any one time.

Sound like you are in Library Materials and not Plan Materials.

Hello Whistler, I made a few improvements to your plan and I know that there are issues with terrain in chief but you have a lot of overlapping data and the software does not deal with that kindly. Stuff that you might tell your landscaper and he would just make it work out, chief does exactly what you tell it no questions asked. You need less data and more separation between features. As for the sloped sidewalks it seems you will need something other than a straight ramp for the elevation difference that exists. I would have a tendency to use more slabs and ramps for things that have fixed elevations and paths for more general terrain following walkways then work the terrain to these features. I could post the plan for you but I think we could accomplish more with a short Skype session so PM your skype name if you are interested. Sort of need to know what is just for looks and what you got from your surveyor the can't be changed.

That sounds great Graham, but we have not been given the tools to record a walkthrough path using those adjustments. Such a shame really because a good PBR walkthrough in 1080p would have quite an impact on sales for Chief. Sadly even their x10 promo video was fuzzy,

Ok Glenn I will fix that. See Above.

Yes Hidden away in the help menu under Using the Mouse. Other things are easier to find by hovering over a tool for instance and pressing F1.

This might be useful for you Stephen : "Oops, Rotate/Resize About Current Point is the incorrect icon." Revised :

A little confused the way you have stated things but you should be able to use the rainbow tool to edit the material but then you need to get to Plan Materials to add it to the Library and if you are editing with the intention of immediately adding to Library you can accomplish it all from the Plan Materials DBX. Hope that helps to clarify a bit...

Not necessarily, try to record exactly what you were doing when it happened and give tech support a call in the morning. Check the Details and Knowledge Base for clues and record the error code number for tech. Someone here may be able to help if you post the details and what version of the software you are using as well as any applicable hardware specifications.

So what was the problem and how did you fix it?

Do you have both boxes checked ? For the Background. Then make sure that "Terrain Perimeter" layer is used and turned on.

This is not yet possible with a walkthrough path recording although I have requested it. You can however use all the current camera settings by recording with the basic walkthrough recorder which is a little choppy without a space mouse and not really my area of expertise. It would not hurt to make an additional request to get it higher on the priority list. The Sunlight Settings and Toggle are what we are missing as well as the Ambient Light Settings. Exterior Night Time PBR Recordings do look good if you just do a slow spin with the CTRL + ALT + S spin command which is adjustable by changing the Default Incremental Rotate Angle for the Camera.