jcaffee

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  1. Some more X7 experimentation. Lots of compound mirror reflections on a variety of symbol/object types. Lots of shiny bits to throw a wrench into the works. Look Ma, no artifacts, ghosts, or fireflies! Yippee! jon
  2. Nice work Kevin. I like the blur mask. jon
  3. I'm with Joe. Go to Amazon and search for ASUS ROG Laptop. Look for one with GTX980M or GTX970M video card. good luck. jon
  4. I'm noticing some of the badness from X5 creeping back into the Library function. Merging, Merging, Merging... Blah, pewy! jon
  5. Select the Upgrade tab... http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/home-designer-pro/ jon
  6. Oops, you need to manually import (CA changed the lib extension again) using Library>Import Library jon
  7. The texture file path is unique to your machine Joe. An export from X6 (or rerun the calibz) is needed. jon
  8. As X7 is still in Beta, it is fairly important to get those crash plans to the development team...please, for the rest of us. You don't even need to get all that specific with your report, general conditions and the error message, if any. jon
  9. Block components together as done in the Cabinets Plus sub-library of the Canyon Creek Cabinet Co lib. jon
  10. I save my *.plan files of objects I may want to modify at some later time. jon
  11. Submit a bug report. I did for the disappearing X7 WMR "joints" during copy/replicate in elevation. There's still time for the developers to fix stuff before X7 goes gold. jon
  12. There are a few missing properties here and there, but I do agree! jon
  13. But I liked the fireflies. They add "atmosphere" jon
  14. Whoops, my mistake. I went back and looked at that plan, and this instance uses a finished interior wall surface (the panels) @ 1.5 inches. The Material Region(s) (the joints) are set @ 0.5 inches, and "Cut Finish Layers of Parent Object" enabled. This gives good reveal without the danger of z-fighting. jon
  15. I notice that I now need to right click and "open in new tab" just about any scripted link on the main CA website. I think some of their JS is not fully tested. jon
  16. in the picture I posted there are two different region styles: panels and joints. Both have unique materials and structure. Using Transform/Replicate in Elevation view, you get very accurate wall panel models. If you base your models on real world systems (dimensionally) then what you see is what your customer gets--not just a mystery grid picture. jon
  17. Wall Material Region. Seriously. You'll thank yourself for learning this invaluable tool--and the other Material Region tools in CA. jon
  18. I've noticed a visible slowdown/stuttering while zooming in 2D vs. the same operations in X6. jon
  19. Try one of the knotty pines and scale/color to meet your needs. jon
  20. Use Steel Stud as the Main Layer in your Wall Type Definition jon