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X14 has been ROCK SOLID on my M1 MAX mac. I have tried to crash it by opening huge plans and multiple layouts links to all kinds of things.................it just keeps on going. Thanks for the fixes from X13, Chief!!

try pressing the number 2 key as a keyboard short cut. As in, "Connect this plane edge 2 this one."

I bought the expensive model. I use it mostly for as-builts and in-progress new home building scanning. I found it useful to scan a home I was called into to ID code violations. Unpermitted work was done and a stop work order issued. I like how I can view the place any time I need to, and also share the link with contractors so they have an idea what they are walking into. https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=zyDT83Qz1rs&brand=0 So I stopped naming projects by female first names, you'll notice why... I hope to include this level of information on all my on-site projects. It's best to navigate the "model" by using the tools in the lower left of the screen. I actually fell down the stairs when carrying the camera and tripod.......the stairs.....uggggh the stairs.

Hey Steve, Every other app on this MBP works as expected......many things are very quick. Chief is the ONLY app that has crashed and it crashes between 1 time a day and sometimes every few hours. I really want to use the mac because it's new and portable with crazy-long battery life. When things get too much I go back to the 2016 Windows desktop. I've submitted tickets to troubleshooting with tech-support but the crashes occur so randomly that I don't think they will be able to solve this problem. I'm unable to predictably re-create these problems. As an outside observer, I am assuming that some line of code somewhere is not specific in addressing something that Apple has modified by their new design. I'm at a loss and so I save and save often until it gets to the point where I have to switch machines. It rapidly takes the joy out of using the software when it does this so often.

a NEW crash An internal rendering error has occurred (assertion failure): mHead-»size == mSize I was in a CAD detail creating this in 2D......all the text vanished. I copied the log that gets generated to send to apple 402,415 words 1225 pages This has to get solved.

(macOS) My current set up is (1) 34" ultra wide and the MBP closed (clamshell). I used to use a 43" but it was blocking my view outside. (win 11) Now, the 3080 windows machine has the 43" plus a 27" in portrait mode and it works okay. It chief crashes much less than the mac does.

Another random mac problem. This just happened. Tool bar icons just vanish...... I guess I will try to work on the windows machine...............this kind of distraction really blows.

Both are great. David Michael has a one time life time access to many custom things. I have taken a couple of courses from Dan Baumann and I've learned many things. Dan and his team are great. Steve Nestor is also a genius. Check out his work. And search Y/T for older DS Hall.......he's great and funny. Rene Rabbit is NEXT LEVEL!!

HP isn't what they used to be. Razor seems pretty solid for a windows design laptop. https://bit.ly/35buv1y

abbreviations.layout I just did this with 2 rich text boxes. I have an ever growing list and funny thing is I maybe use 15% of the words.

I paid Dan Baumann for his template........If I could strip out all his configs I would post it. I'm not about to steal from Dan by posting his template work here free.

I will check that out. Odd that it started out of the blue. I haven’t been in preference for quite a while. Thank you. And they are totally randomly located. Some even off the model out in white space.

23 mins. I was using the file drop down menu to see what framing options are located and where.......SEH CRASH. No 3D open at all. Just a plan file. I am streaming Spotify. Who knows. I have my mac connected to an ultra wide single monitor. I just started using the Caldigits TS4 dock and hub. Crashes started before that. Now I have to turn 90 degrees to my other desk and try to work on my windows machine. Oh.....and random "x" temporary marks have populated in various locations on the plan.......1 every few minutes.......I'm not intentionally doing that.

I spent WAY too much money last year to get a 3080 Ti from Micro Center just to try it out. It's not something that benefits my plans-for-permit business. I'm sure its great for sales people, but my clients are mostly builders looking for plans that work and get through the permit office as prescriptive as possible. I just want a stable app that doesn't crash at random times.

Thanks Steve. And may I say, you have a great, calm, on-topic way of creating helpful videos. I've learned a couple of things from watching your work and you make it easy...thank you!

I have the latest M1 MAX fully spec'd laptop. Chief Architect randomly crashes. Everything else works as expected. The Studio should be pretty amazing for anything you might want to do, especially if you get the M1 ultra. I can't say I've noticed any performance increase with CA, however. The daily intermittent crashes have me looking at other design suites.

it's also a macOS problem.....CA software is having performance issues on two different OS platforms....that's a CA problem

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On my mac, depressing the scroll wheel to pan when in 3D will cause an SEH crash

I bet David Michael has something nice.

well.........now I'm starting to have Chief Architect crashes on my win 11 machine, RTX 3080 It has happened twice when I was in a 3D camera looking at a wall of cabinets and I wanted to raise the camera up so I pressed the middle mouse scroll wheel to be able to drag the model "down". BOOM. Crash. Work lost. Now these things are affecting my business. I have a new mac and an aging PC and neither are having success with chief architect.

I'm lucky to be fully updated WIN 11, RTX3080 and way too much memory with zero issues. I wish I could ID what is the reason it's working so I could share. My new MBP (apple) is crashing with chief every day....almost every couple of hours, but the WIN 11 machine is working with NO ISSUES for 10 - 12 hours straight. - older CPU (see sig block) - its a Puget Systems custom build - it came with a 1080 Ti originally - last year I was in DC and was able to get a 3080 card for crazy $$$, so I could try the real-time ray trace. - picked up 128GB of memory to fill the 8 slots - no other changes I work out of Dropbox. For details I use a single plan file with all my details set in a grid layout and reference those for details in layout. I also create cad details from that master to each specific project as a back up And I then also have each detail saved in the user library as a back up to that back up. I'm using Dan Baumann's template (modified) with zero issues except for FONTs....I would love a permanent global font solution.............Arial or some thin, clean, EASY TO READ WHEN ON WET AND CRUMPLED PLANS like Apple SF Pro Text. Hopping between macOS and WIN 11 has been a struggle sometimes. If I can share anything regarding my WIN 11 machine hw/sw config, just ask......I will help in any way to get past this hurdle. We should be focused on our designs and clients..........and less on the tool's hiccups we're dealing with....

I have zero issues with the windows machine in my signature block. No lags. No odd behavior. No crashes. Runs like a champ. Apple silicon. Not so much.

Well now the link is accepted...............SMH

So I am able to replicate the black screen. Then, about 5 minutes later....like clockwork, the Chief app dies and pops up an SEH error. I'm looking into the M1 GPU architecture......I don't recall it being 2 separate types since its fully integrated as in System on a chip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M1