Chopsaw

Johnny, Thanks for testing the situation for me, those are the results that I would expect to get but for some reason am not. Glenn, Sorry, I may not have been clear enough before but I was able to convert to Advanced Splines from Normal Splines and did not notice any appreciable improvement. Thanks Guys.

Glenn, I would like to use advanced splines but it presents the same problems. It was a plain polyline before I converted it and it was fine at that point but I need the curves for the shoreline or it won't look right. Don't really want to have print it and finish it by hand. I just cant believe one simple cad item could bring my system to it's knees. If I was maxing out my video card would it not also affect other programs running at the same time. My mouse moves in leaps and bounds but only in Chief.

Thanks David, Any suggestions for another way to represent a shore line without using straight lines?

Change your room definition from Deck to Porch. That should take care of it by default.

Would it seem reasonable that 1 Spline polyline would increase my plan file size from 4 MB to 80 MB and make my computer so slow that is almost unusable. Now the Spline polyline is over 4000' long by 5' wide and is curved every 50' or so but really this is crazy. I need 7 of these with transparent fill and I can't finish the first one. Any suggestions would be appreciated before I call tech in the morning.

36" Railing and 38" Newels

Is that not the same problem as a regular railing? You just need to make your Stair Newel taller.

If it is and absolute necessity use all the tools that Rich used to create the size of shutter you need and then convert to symbol and use in your plan. Edit symbol for exact replica using polyline solid components paint and recreate symbol. Not easy but can be done if necessary and someone is paying. Or maybe check the 3D warehouse first before wasting a whole lot of time.

Perry, I was referring to the cultured stone that I believe is Manufactured in California: http://www2.owenscorning.com/literature/pdfs/cs-productselectionguide.pdf

Has Owens Corning Discontinued those products or is this just another Chief Trick? I have not updated yet and will not until this is sorted out.

Rich, I was able to get a sharp inside 90 with a 6" wall after I posted the first pic. I you want to look at the plan I can post for you. It is just a matter of finding the correct handle. And Oh I think I crashed because I had 2 plans open and the other had already maxed out my video card.

Hi Scott, Yes three walls with the radius created by a "Curved Exterior Wall" cranked around as tight as it will go to form a 90o corner. Not too difficult. I take that back as Chief just locked up on me after posting. Tech will be really happy to hear from me again. Chopsaw

Rich, Any possibility this would work for you?

Try the Dimension Defaults in your imperial plan first or you will be doing a lot of transform and replicate.

There are always variable issues with resolution quality in live views but apparently it is supposed to work that way to save memory and they are supposed to print properly at full resolution. You may want to send your plan file in to tech so they can check it out for you.

Some of those issues resolve themselves when you print. Try printing to PDF to check. If not post some screen shots and we will all try to help. Or call tech support in the morning if you don't get a response here. Based on the issue I assume X8 but please post your version.

Steve, I did some of those not to long ago and used a Broken Arch Door and Windows with a small arched psolid filler piece and it worked quite well.

Working on a project that I thought I would try a 3D Satellite overview of like Antoine was working on last week: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/10486-jog-memory-please-or-upgrade/ So I applied the material to a psolid laying on top of the Terrain Perimeter just slightly smaller that the Terrain Perimeter (matching with the sheet margins) for scaling purposes to match the material source from plan view of a satellite image overlaid with plot plan info. The issue being that the only apparent export option from plan view with greater that screen resolution is PDF and that needs to be converted to something else with third party software to make a material with. My initial thoughts were to use a .jpg file but maybe there is another format that would produce a higher resolution with a smaller file size? The biggest resolution issue is text and plot lines from the plot plan overlay. I did a little more reading and testing and it seems that a .png file format is more suitable for this sort of situation so I tried loading one at 500 dpi. and 3.76 MB that looked better than the 500 dpi. .jpg file but again it is time for Task Manager and another call to Tech Support.

Does anyone know if there is a known maximum file size for materials in X8? It would be nice to get a warning or something but I keep having to use Task Manager to End Task. I have done this several times now after making file after file and reducing the resolution each time. Any suggestions would be great at this point. I have a 400 dpi .jpg file that is working at 5.32 MB and a 600 dpi. .jpg file that is not working at 10.2 MB it seems that my system will handle a file like this but Chief will not. Would like to maximize my resolution without too many more tries. Was able to get a 7.6 MB 500dpi .jpg to work, and it looks ok so that may have to do for now.

Here is an old but quite comprehensive cricket demo that I came across recently while looking at something else, see training video #2. http://www.indyblueprints.com/videos.html

Open Camera DBX from floor plan and change name or callout label. Also a good idea to save. Maureen's suggestion will work fine for layout box label but if you want to keep your Project browser organized or use callouts go back to the floor plan camera DBX where the label originates from.

Glenn, Please see my edited post. It does work as Michael suggests when converted to a Symbol. The problem I have now is why the plan copy of the supposedly converted to symbol psolid with .jpg material is not a symbol but remains as a psolid? This is what the Help file says "4. Click OK to close the dialog and convert your custom object to a symbol." I think this is why it takes soo long to learn Chief. Please Help.

Just did a quick test and this is still a problem in X8. Symbol does not lock orientation of material. Video to follow. Sorry just a quickie no audio today. .jpg applied to polyline solid and converted to Symbol and rotation attempt in Perspective Full Overview on Terrain Perimeter. Sorry Rookie mistake. I created the symbol and put it into the library but the plan copy stayed as a psolid? Does that seem right? I have never noticed that behavior before, I will have to check that a few more times to see what is up. Thanks All, Sorry about the confusion.

Michael, I am pretty sure that is what Alan did in his X2 demo and it did not work. Was that glitch improved with a newer version? Glenn, Thanks for the vid, I think that will do the trick.

Hi Antoine, I have been silently following along because I am quite interested in the subject and really respect your amazing work. I would love to give this a try some time soon. If you are following along with the basic principals of the video that Alan Brown made for X2 provided in the link from CJ. He discusses some issues that come up when the model is rotated that have to do with Material Rotation Orientation right at the end of the video but unfortunately when I play from his website I have no controls for the video and have to watch from start to finish. And there may also be some differences with the newer versions of software that would need to be compensated for. Just like Glenn I am a little confused with your description of where you are at with your problem but that is fully justified based on the complexity of this procedure. A 30 min. video just covers the essentials once, so if you wrote a manual that explained everything it would be rather thick. If you get it all sorted out please keep us all informed. Thanks, Chopsaw