Chopsaw
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Nice work Eric. I looked at the plan earlier and could not find an automatic solution in X8 so it looks like that might just be the best option. Also the glass shower walls can be pulled back with the Edit Wall Layer Intersections tool so they look better in 3D.
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In Premier we have a predefined Room Type called "Open Below" that does that for us also in the Room Specification DBX under the Structure tab you can turn off the ceiling for cathedral situations. Not familiar with all the features of HD Pro but there is a special forum for those questions as Eric just said.
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Sometimes F5 will bring them back or if it is more serious reboot. I assume you have a tool selected that detects snap points.
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Alan, I was going to tell you to lock the wall but I tried that and it does not work as one might expect it could. So my next best suggestion is to use the point to point tool and click on the rebar then go to the rebar that is already centered and drag out a centerline extension and click. Not as smooth as the center tool would be if it worked but doable. What is your best method for centering the original ?
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You must have missed this one Johnny :
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X9 walkthrough rendering: 8-9 times slower than X8?
Chopsaw replied to cv2702's topic in General Q & A
I Think I have some bad news for you as I reran an X9 test with No Shadows, No Bloom, and Ambient Occlusion set to 0% and the same 5400 frames in 5:55. So X9 is faster and seems to create a smaller file. CPU averaged about 22% and GPU about 26%. Or maybe if you do not care for Ambient Occlusion this may solve your problem. Give it a try. My X8 numbers were CPU 24% average and GPU 18% average. My X9 numbers were CPU 24% average and GPU 36% average with A.O. @ 100% -
There is some good stuff here that might help: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/14454-custom-tile-pattern/#comment-122825
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I don't think there is an easy solution for this yet but it can be done. Here are a couple of links to earlier threads and you can also search for more if you like.
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X9 walkthrough rendering: 8-9 times slower than X8?
Chopsaw replied to cv2702's topic in General Q & A
Ok so it appears that you are using the default x264vfw settings. Thank you for the Media Info, it is very extensive... Much more than windows provides. What is your source if I may ask. When I use the default x264vfw settings and then uploading to Youtube it will only register as 720p quality. Are you able to achieve 1080p somehow without post processing? Have you run this problem past tech support or did you come here first. I may have to check to see how much my video card is loading up as you did in your first post as mine is fairly new and may handle things better in X9. -
Export / Save Image from screen showing gridlines
Chopsaw replied to Vintageltd's topic in General Q & A
Your posted image does show grid lines at approximately 1" spacing on my screen that has 96 dpi resolution. It may just be that your screen is 72 dpi or at least something different than mine. Also it is interesting that light gray lines are often lost with chief with different screens and or printers as I have had things that show just fine on PDF and will not print which is something you need to be aware of but can also be used to your advantage if you know what is going on. Unfortunately I don't have it all figured out quite yet myself. -
Yes that looks great except that it is metric so hit copy and change the name and then change the 90mm to something like 140mm if that is what you can buy there for studding. Change the fill colour if you like to keep them identifiable.
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Typically the interior 4 will have a 3 1/2" framing layer so make a copy of that and call it interior 6 with a 5 1/2" framing layer.
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If you are in a rush to complete a set of drawings you can shift select all your text on the screen at once to change the layer. Just click the text tool once first. But the Anno Set system is the solution when you have time.
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Annotation sets control what layer your text and dimensions or cad etc... will be automatically placed on. You will need to do a bit of research to get it all figured out as it is rather complex and not setup by default unfortunately.
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I have been having some issues with my elevations and sections in layout using Plot Lines with Color fill. I thought it was from using the "Update all Views" function but also have had problems updating manually on view at a time. I have had siding pattern lines running over top of my wall mount electrical fixtures and also pattern lines on my panel doors not generating sometimes. If it is not a issue of layers like David is suggesting then try a manual update a couple of times and see what happens. I have sent this in to tech but they may need more information to get it figured out and fixed.
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X9 walkthrough rendering: 8-9 times slower than X8?
Chopsaw replied to cv2702's topic in General Q & A
I am updated to 19.3.1.7 and my tests were both run at 15fps but I do usually shoot a final view with shadows at 30Ffps and upload to YouTube for 720p quality. I would expect that the Ambient Occlusion takes extra rendering time in X9 and it was set to 100% where I usually have that dialed down quite a bit. I gave the x264vfw a try last night and ended up with a file that was more than 2.5 x larger than with Xvid codec. Are you able to record a video at better than 720p with x264 ? If so would you mind posting your x264 settings. Yes I think you are having some unusual slowness that needs to be figured out. -
Thanks for updating your signature.
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Same effect I suppose but I did not have to drag for some reason it just worked and rebuilt up.
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Also set the wall below to "Balloon Through Ceiling Above" and you should be fine.
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I also played with the wall intersections but did not think that did anything. I will take another crack at it.
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Mark, Try setting your railing wall where the blue arrow is ( east side level 2) to "Stop at Floor Below" rather than "Generate Between Platforms" and I think it will be a little happier. Maybe when Glenn takes a look he will know why.
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Sorry that hole is not showing in the plan file I downloaded but there is a slight misalignment of the first and second story walls right at that point on both sides of the corner which may be causing issues. Sometimes in a situation like that you can select the wall in 3D and get some idea of which wall is misbehaving by looking at the shape of the wall polyline and carefully editing it. I do not have that brick material in my library but that is not likely the issue.
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X9 walkthrough rendering: 8-9 times slower than X8?
Chopsaw replied to cv2702's topic in General Q & A
Running one for you now X9 5400 frames No shadows No Bloom 8:56, X8 5400 frames No Shadows 8:00 My Preferences also list Open GL 4.5 in X8 and 3.3 in X9 The one thing I have not done yet is update my library for X9 because I was waiting to install my new SSD so that is the next thing on my to do list now that my drive seems to be running well. Curious what kind of quality you are getting with x264vfw and have you tried Xvid. -
X9 walkthrough rendering: 8-9 times slower than X8?
Chopsaw replied to cv2702's topic in General Q & A
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If Pro has a transform and replicate function you are all set just measure and calculate and then transform. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/videos/
