Chopsaw

Ryan, Thank you for that clarification. In my conversation with AMD tech support they explained that their Workstation cards are optimized for vector display and although they were not familiar with Chief Architect did recommend the Fire Pro series for 3D architectural rendering. I took the time to explain to them that I felt that Chief's most demanding use of the GPU was not for vector display. They explained that their gaming cards excel with display of material application to polygon surfaces for Virtual Reality gaming. I explained that this is what Chief Architect is all about. It might be good for you to have a chat with them, maybe get some free products for testing.

Thank you Mark, This is exactly what I was looking for and should help me figure things out. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

This is quite interesting as I had an issue last week that tech support suggested had something to do with my video card. I had a conversation with AMD tech support and they recommended their Fire Pro line but when I checked the CA recommendations it clearly states "Gaming Card" : https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/sysreq.html I then questioned tech support about this in respect to my current support inquiry and they ignored my question. When my system gets choked up I open Task Manager and usually find that CPU and Memory are operating at less than 25% capacity. Does anyone know of a way to monitor GPU in real time? This would answer a lot of questions for me and I suspect that Whistler is facing the same issues that I am with just a slightly older setup. Chopsaw

This is for Sherry just in case you missed something while you were off-line and Alan and Antoine and anyone else that missed the meeting or would like to see it again. This video is in full 1080p HD courtesy of YouTube's unlimited storage. Thanks again for hosting Scott. Thanks also to Scott Harris for participating. P.S. There is one audio track missing from the video but it is only mine and I did not have much input. I think I can fix this for the next video. Edited 2016 10 22

Open both plans and CTRL + C on plan A then CTRL + ALT + V on plan B providing that you have used the same origin on both plans as I would have started with the house plan and drawn the site plan around that. And copy what ever layers you need, likely just the Plan footprint should be all that is necessary.

Yes Rob, The cable railing must be used in place of the Panel. I had the same problem at first and will check when I get back to my computer.

A 3D Molding Polyline might work ok.

Hopefully Shane's suggestion will fix the roof for you, and the deck framing is what you wanted to replace with concrete? Not to sure why the posts and beams were affected. Could you post some screen shots or maybe the plan file?

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.