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Guys, What do think about this one. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ND6D14/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2SUX5LBFQNDQA&colid=16GEH821OW0HN&psc=0

Regardless of one’s perspective or desire we Obviously draw in chief based on how it is programmed so, I will “Get used to it” but will welcome seeing a complete framing design video by one of the many users who have chimmed in on the thread. I stool side with Humble Chief regarding all points made in his video. all the best and Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you.

Well, we have figured out what works for the Views we send to Layout and but as Larry said it doesn’t fit my little brain.

This does not address the fundamental issue that the framing does not report on the correct Level.

All good suggestions, or should I say work-arounds to a simple issue automatically. I find it hard to believe the coders could not figure out a solution to complete the wall end. As Designers and Architects, we should not have to spend our creative time working through functional matters such as these. I would much prefer to see all of us posting beautiful examples of the work we do with a awesome program and not fixes. Image the thousands of, combined, hours we spend trying to find ways to solve common structural elements. I’m sorry but this makes no sense to me.

I’m certain I have no idea what is driving their decision to tie up Engineers on RT enhancements when they could probably get a license to use any number of existing RT engines on the market, Unreal is free to developers now. I do like the improvements I see with Physics Based Render for planning views but the RT process, although powerful is the right hands, does not compare to Lumion’s ease of use and flexibilty. I agree with you more time should be spent on the designing elements of the core program.

Very nice! You’ve provided a great example of what can be achieved. I’m only now focusing on learning the features and capability version 6 ( assume you too have Pro). I’ll upgrade to 8 from here but that will be down the road. it really is so much more intuitive than Chief’s RT. Brightman Designs has some of the best free tutorials I have found. Michael takes his time to really explains it well.

Absolutely Stunning! Which Version of Lumion?

For what it’s worth I tried using room planner on a Reno project and never again. I purchased a blue tooth laser and a laptop stand and will never go back. My clients allow me however much time is needed to measure a single room are an entire house before I leave. When return to my desk the bulk of the work is done. I essentially have a completed model ready to start the Reno and details. I just find it so much easier and rarely do I have to return to secure additional information.

I would be curious to see the Autocare files too. Import them into chief as a dwg and experiment with the various import options to see how close you can get them to the Cad images. They are simple cad lines no big thing. Save each one to cad detail management and you’re done. If Matt does not have time and wants to pay $200... okay. Matthew, have you tried a High res screen capture or simply print each to a pdf and import the pdf into chief. This is method may not get you the sharpest image but it will work and won’t cost you but a few minutes of you time. just trying to off constructive options you may not have considered. Otherwise, Post your CAD files. I would hard pressed if some does not already have exactly what you want and would be willing to share them free of charge.

Jintu, Another example of your fine work. BEAUTIFUL!

Jintu, Attached is my Collada file. Below is video, If anyone is interested, on the plan and the structure of my workflow plus a few issues I have with Chief (or may the way I use it). BTW, from a Navigation standpoint, I have my camera settings to Smooth edges on Idle while working but when moving around I notice the jagged edges of the crown molding are very evident. Of course when I stop the camera everything looks awesome. My point is this, when I navigate around the same model in Lumion the trim always look funky even when idle. I did try changing/adjusting the material, etc in Lumion for the trim but nothing I did yielded satisfactory results so, needless to say, I am very anxious and excited to see what you can do with it and share how you will get my model looking like a photo. For those who want to shoot down the fact some of use want to use programs like Lumion to ENHANCE what the AWESOME CHIEF program can already do, I want to create animated videos of my projects. For me, Lumion is the obvious choice. Working with Professionals like Jintu to create the settings for a Still photo will easily translate to creating a video and the render time is well, a non-issue. Thanks again J! SIDG PC_Gram 1_Ext.zip

Hum! To you’re point we are getting off topic so Skype or PM me and I give you more BG.

Just rebooted and having breakfast. Look for it within the next 30. Thanks J.

Mega Dittos to that statement!!!

Jintu, I trust are not referring me as one of "These two", I am actually suggesting Rich back off his soap box. With all due respect Rich if you are not interested or don't appreciate what others may about this topic then remove it from your notification list. Enough said, keep up the good work Jintu. You Rock! Now, about the file. I will first post the Collada file. Any special requirements? Thanks,

Rich, I thought you lived in "Heaven on Earth" so what are you getting so stressed out about? Seriously, posted under false pretenses I completely agree with you. There should be a disclaimer that any posted images showcasing Work on this Forum should be required to state whether or not they were produced 100% with Chief, and if not, provide the applications used to do so. If one is trying to promoted their capabilities for business pursuits their is a Thread for that. I am voting for several focused thread groups on the Forum, based on Chief Architect, of course. One specifically, where when someone posts a video or plan to their thread is automatically gets ported to a specific thread category. But I digress, the very Chief provides a Collada file export features justifies the existence of this very conversation. Will Chief reach this level of sophistication....you might be surprised before you know it.

Sure can but the secondary, and or more importantly is, what will you do to the model prior to exporting it to a Collada file? If you would elaborate on this here, I will attempt to emulate your process and test it in Lumion 6. One of the things Graham does for us with Ray Tracing, is explains his settings so we can achieve the results he does in his postings. This is really what this forum is all about so, it you would similar, we could all benefit. Thank you,

Jintu, I, for one, have no doubt you’re a power user and expert. Would it be possible for you to provide a short demo, as you did for me, but with a model of Our chosing? This way people can really see there are not as many steps as one might think to achieve these results. Thanks for all you do!