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On 5/15/2024 at 12:53 PM, BenPalmer said:

 

This will typically use more computer resources, so I try to avoid it, but certainly an option.

On 5/15/2024 at 1:02 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Ya, I guess it depends on whether you want 2 instances or whether you just want access to the same instance. 

On 5/15/2024 at 11:46 AM, BenPalmer said:

The desktops are nice and I use them (Windows 11), albeit a little differently than you.  I've created keyboard macro shortcuts for the multiple keys you mentioned to cycle through the desktops quickly. (I wish they cycled in a loop, and also wish they displayed on the taskbar which desktop you are in...there are 3rd party apps that get close).

For reference, I have 4 monitors.

 

To accomplish what you want, pull the tabbed project out of chief into a new window, then move that new window into the desired desktop(s)....this is accomplished by pulling up the desktop view of all desktops (click on the desktop icon) then right click on the window you want to move and chose which desktop you want it moved to, or put it on multiple desktops.

I just tested it and works well without any errors since it is basically one instance of chief open with multiple tabs and those tabs are put in whatever desktop(s) you desire.

 

I organize my desktops by business needs.

1. Desktop for "Design" where I have Chief and other design resources open
2. Desktop for "Office": emails, browsers, finance software, etc
3. Desktop for "Presentation" where I have a clean setup for both in person meetings and virtual meetings
   1. sometimes I'll delete this one and recreate it just for the meeting so i don't have to cycle through it

It works nice to be able to get rid of the 'office' stuff while designing....eliminates distraction.

 

Let me know if that answered your question or if I didn't explain it well and if it works for you.

I just found out that when you click on task view, you can right click any window on a desktop and select "show this window on all desktops." Any new chief tabs opened in a new desktop can be dragged to a new window and will only be on that desktop. So I now set my layout window to be on all desktops, and if I need to switch to another project temporarily I can switch desktops to avoid clutter.

1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Actually, all you have to do is hold down the Control key while Chief opens in the second desktop.  Its the same way we open a second instance on the current desktop as well.

Yes, I know that, but I want at least one Chief window opened in each desktop. Ben Palmer's first comment got me where I need to go.

2 hours ago, BenPalmer said:

The desktops are nice and I use them (Windows 11), albeit a little differently than you.  I've created keyboard macro shortcuts for the multiple keys you mentioned to cycle through the desktops quickly. (I wish they cycled in a loop, and also wish they displayed on the taskbar which desktop you are in...there are 3rd party apps that get close).

For reference, I have 4 monitors.

 

To accomplish what you want, pull the tabbed project out of chief into a new window, then move that new window into the desired desktop(s)....this is accomplished by pulling up the desktop view of all desktops (click on the desktop icon) then right click on the window you want to move and chose which desktop you want it moved to, or put it on multiple desktops.

I just tested it and works well without any errors since it is basically one instance of chief open with multiple tabs and those tabs are put in whatever desktop(s) you desire.

 

I organize my desktops by business needs.

1. Desktop for "Design" where I have Chief and other design resources open
2. Desktop for "Office": emails, browsers, finance software, etc
3. Desktop for "Presentation" where I have a clean setup for both in person meetings and virtual meetings
   1. sometimes I'll delete this one and recreate it just for the meeting so i don't have to cycle through it

It works nice to be able to get rid of the 'office' stuff while designing....eliminates distraction.

 

Let me know if that answered your question or if I didn't explain it well and if it works for you.

Hey, that was a lot easier than I thought! Thanks!

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

So for those who don't know, in Windows 10 you can use the hotkeys CTRL+WIN+LEFT ARROW/RIGHT ARROW to scroll through different desktops where you can set up different working environments. I'm exploring this feature and think it might be useful to be able to have different projects on different desktops to avoid clutter.

Is anyone aware of a method of having the same license of Chief open in multiple desktops? When I switch to a 2nd desktop and open Chief it gives me the error about opening multiple instances, and I don't have access to the instance that is open on the 1st desktop.

I've tried switching the desktops while dragging a tab to another monitor, but once I release the tab it jumps back to the first desktop and places it.

I hope there is a way around this.

You will get better responses if you post this in the Q&A forum. This forum does not get much traffic and is meant for people to showcase working methods they have developed or discovered that make certain tasks easier and/or provide better outcomes.

You will get better responses if you post this in the Q&A forum. This forum does not get much traffic and is meant for people to showcase working methods they have developed or discovered that make certain tasks easier and/or provide better outcomes.

On 12/19/2023 at 9:00 AM, Kenoeightspot said:

The window is not backwards. The exterior casing is smaller than the interior, this is the opposite of the other windows.

How do you suppose that OP caused this without manual editing of the casing? Default settings would not get this result.

It is more likely as Chris indicated that there is some issue with which side of the wall Chief considers to be the interior.

Does anyone know why my temp dimensions appear like this when I want to resize a cabinet? If the cabinet is not adjacent to interior walls or other object, it will show the cabinet width. Otherwise it will show distance to a nearby wall and not indicate the cabinet width.

On 9/5/2023 at 6:40 AM, rlackore said:

 

This is expected by now, isn't it? Most Chief "new features" seem to need more time in the oven.

You beat me to this. Frustrates me to no end.

On 8/14/2023 at 5:09 PM, Renerabbitt said:

Just requires a method. This is an old video, my method has changed a bit but basically he structure of it:

Thanks for sharing this. I was thinking something along the same lines. I would probably write a python script that handles a lot of this. I already use a script to copy my template project folder. Here's a quick video:

I'm looking to expand my team and am exploring the IT side of it. I want to have all projects stored in a central place, either my workstation or a server, but I'm of the impression that chief doesn't like to have files on a central server. I'm wondering how some of you deal with this issue? I'm not even sure if I'm asking the right questions as this is something I haven't ever really paid much attention to.

45 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

 

You both responded to my suggestion about combining notes and callouts, and this is EXACTLY something it would be used for...if callouts and notes were one tool, we would have a callout schedule that could be reordered and used for things such as a detail schedule or simply for detail enumeration
Rod this is in my Pro Plan...it was tedious to setup but works really well and takes no maintenence once established.
 

I'm curious about your setup, and also got thinking about something myself. I made a suggestion the other day that we need to be able to add cad and cad blocks to custom schedules, and I think it would be cool if the schedule would show the cad block like it does for roof planes, windows and doors, trusses, etc. Then a detail sheet could be just a schedule basically. 

Edit: Getting a cad block to show in a schedule at the proper scale would be a nightmare.

23 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

I'm sorry Rod, what you show in your video is IMO a total kludge and doesn't provide the kind of automation that's possible with the NVPs I've been requesting along with a few well designed macros.

I think I put a fairly healthy disclaimer to that effect in both my post and the video, but thanks for being an ass anyway. 

I've been exploring this workaround that was inspired by Joe Carrick's post below, but I'm not sure if I like it or not. I just wanted to post the video for feedback and to see if any of you have better ideas or want to take off running with this. I haven't explored this much in X15 so there may be a lot better implementations of what I am trying over there.

1 hour ago, djhplanning said:

Just wondering what other Mac users are using for their systems.  Looking to speed up my system.  I know Chief Architect has told me that it's best to use a pc with gaming cards in them.  I need to stay with a Mac because of other graphic things that I do (I also do photography).  I need to have the display of a Mac to show true colors.  Interested if anyone could share what they are using for Mac with Chief Architect and how they find it is performing while using Chief.  I currently have an iMac 27" 2017, with Radeon Pro 580 8GB, 64 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 memory.  Finding it quit slow even on medium size projects.  Maybe I need to just have a separate PC system for using Chief.

It would be helpful for people to know what your workload in chief is like; do you raytrace? is it mostly design and construction documents?  are you running multiple monitors?

This is one reason I stay away from Mac, because I want to build my systems specifically for my workload and not rely on a pre-built scheme.

I will also say that my PC system (see specs below) was built around the same time and is showing its age, even with the 7700k overclocked to 4.8GHz.  This could simply be a matter of older hardware not up to the demands of newer software.  It could also be bloat; lots of software installations that are weighing down your system resources like memory and CPU.  Have you had an Apple technician service it in the last 6 years?

For future questions, you might want to use the Q&A sub-forum in the Discussion category of this forum.  This sub-forum is for users to share with others interesting tips and workarounds that other people can learn and use to improve productivity.

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/7-general-q-a/

You probably want to do this with moldings in an elevation camera.

The pictures attached show my setup.  I use a 32" center monitor flanked by two 24s.  Having a center monitor is ideal for neck comfort, where having only two with the center bezels directly in front is going to cause neck, shoulder and back strain.

On 3/26/2023 at 5:34 AM, stevenyhof said:

Thank you gentlemen for your comments! Right now with 2 flat monitors I feel like the last foot on the ends of each monitor are facing away or past me, and a curve would be a better use of space having all of it's space facing me. And also with the two monitors above which are typically used for email, scheduling and reference docs, are still cranking my neck to look up all the time. Thank you once again for your feedback.

I use a 3 monitor setup, with a 32" in the center and a 24" on either side.  Having to look to one side or the other all the time is not ideal and can cause neck, shoulder and back pain.  The side monitors are for quick reference, and the pictures show my standard setup with the Layout file open on the left monitor with the library and project browser, the plan views on the center monitor, and the 3D views to the right.  If I have to look at one for more than a brief moment I drag it to the center monitor.  I plan to upgrade the side monitors to 32" and raise the 24s above them.  I use this THIS MOUNT to hold them precisely where I need them and keep my desktop clear of stands.

On 3/25/2023 at 2:03 PM, Chopsaw said:

Are you currently running 2 1/2" Sata SSD drives ?   I am pretty sure there are others that would be grateful to have the system you are running now but if you have 4K for an upgrade that looks like a pretty sweet build. 

I still have my Z170 board and 7700k from like 6 years ago.  I'd upgrade to his current system in a heartbeat.

The new elevation cad snaps makes custom muntins a breeze!  Just dropping in a thank you to Chief for that.

Never made sense to me that north arrow and sun angle were in cad lines.  They are geographic settings and impact exterior lighting and shadows.

55 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

What browser is your client using? 3D Viewer models viewed in Safari (OOB Apple browser) do not show a Full Screen button, but Chrome does. 

 

In fact Safari is very buggy for 3D Viewer. I use Chrome to preview my models and it works fine.

Thanks for your responses, I will forward this information to the client.

Rod

My client sent me this email this morning:

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Hello Rod,  received your three emails.   Im using a Macbook air laptop.   A little different moving around the rendering.  Im figuring it out but cannot make the image go full screen as your tutorial says to click bottom right.  There are no icons in the bottom right of my screen.

I'm a PC user, so I can't go and investigate this.  Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks!