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I've moved the location of program during install but there are no options for moving the library that I saw.

I can't seem to figure this out... any step by step help would be appreciated.  My libraries still go to the OS drive no matter what I do and I don't see any way in preferences to map the library location.  It shows where it is but you can't do anything with it.

Is it possible to move the library files to another location and reference them from there?  It seems that every time I try to move them there is not way to point the program to reference the new location of the library files.  I use a SSD drive for my OS and a separate SSD for my program installation.  This keeps my OS running really fast.  However my OS drive is only 120GB  and the libraries are 12GB and takes up a lot of space on my OS drive and I want to keep them on my program SSD with the CA installation but it keeps wanting to put them in the folder "Windows 10/Program Data/Chief Architect Premier X9" on my OS drive.

I'm assuming I'm probably stuck with it this way, but I was just curious if it's possible.

ha ha, here's a new one... it leaves one window in an arched mulled unit... 

here you go.  I already finished the render which I'm attaching but I'm still dealing with this issue for all of my other models.  Really would like to get it resolved it's a time killer.

Artistry Parade Home Render Model.plan

Here are two versions of this house.  Will someone please try and import them into Sketchup and see if the arched windows import.  If they do then I know it's an issue on my end with sketchup, if they don't then it must be something in CA that's causing the problem.

Artistry.3ds

Artistry.dae

No it's there, just those specific items, ceiling sf, wall sf. windows, etc are not displayed only linear footage of walls.

v8 in Sketchup?  Interesting this is what happens when I import arched windows, you'll see even the casing doesn't import.  The casing over the garage was a molding polyline so it stayed but you'll see that the window and sill are gone.  This is Sketchup 2017 been happening to me since 2014 version.  Imports fine in Lumion BTW

I've had issues with this in the past and am wondering if anyone has ever had luck with this situation.

If you have any arched (rounded) door or window the door or window will be deleted from the model when imported to sketchup from a .3ds file.  If you export to .dae file it will have an error pop up that says "import failed" and doesn't import at all.

The only way I have found it to work is to export to .DWG, but the textures don't export that way.  So I have to open a new file, copy the wall with the arched window and door.  Export those to .dwg and them import them into sketchup, delete the walls leaving only the window / door and then move it into the model of the house where it was left out.  Obviously this is ridiculously tedious and completely ridiculous.  Am I missing something, can someone verify this, if so can we get this fixed please?

Exporting to .dae file fixes this in sketchup too.

So since the X9 update we haven't done a Res Check on a house until today and noticed that all of the information we used to gather for that in the Materials list General Section is no longer there.  Used to have Ceiling SF, Walls SF, Windows and Doors SF, etc.  None of that is there any more.  Is there a new setting somewhere that can bring this back or a new Res Check area?  The Res Check exporter never worked for us so we just kept doing the same method we always did before but now we can't.

Any help would be appreciated.

Not with this project... I'm not asking for much here honestly.  I can typically model these houses in about 2 - 4 hours... I just don't have the time.  My entire staff is covered up on other projects.  Not asking for cheap, asking for reasonable.

I'm looking for 5-10 people to help me out over the next week.

My company was hired to create 31 renderings of 31 different homes for the local home builder's association 2017 Parade of Homes.  Two problems I've run into.  1) Usually we are given from October to work on these but we were given the project in January. 2) This has been our busiest year ever since January 1 (that's a great problem to have).  Renderings are due this week and we have barely begun to model the homes beyond the floorplan footprints.

So this is what I need:

• Proficient and detailed modelers to model exterior fronts only (no interior walls or finishes needed).  We will provide PDFs or CAD files of plans and images (if we have them) of the house currently under construction .
• CA X9 models preferred.  Landscaping and Accurate Exterior Textures will be handled by us.
• Some object modeling may be required by you to make it look like the elevations in plans (ie. light fixtures, garage doors, etc).  Objects that can pass as "close enough" that can be downloaded from 3D warehouse or some other website will be acceptable.
• They need to be complete in a day or less
• Your price has to be reasonable, we are on a tight budget.
• If the first house gets completed in a time frame that is acceptable and looks good you will get more passed off to you.

This is a very important client for us and I need to deliver a great product.

If you think you can produce this please send me an email with your contact info and a price to produce 1 model at a time.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT... YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO START TODAY OR OVER THE WEEKEND.  DO NOT CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN NOT HAVE THE MODEL DELIVERED TO ME BY MONDAY MORNING.  I have to be able to put the models into Lumion Monday morning to begin renderings.

Contact me at aaron@adgtexas.com if you are interested.  I will be accepting offers through Saturday evening.

Nevermind... found it.  3D > Camera View Options > Toggle Shadows.

WHERE DID THIS GO IN X9?

Used to be with the light tool bar and is not longer there.

Yes,  I ended up downloading AutoCAD LT demo to work on this project.  And all lines do in fact have assigned lineweights.  When importing they all covert to 1 in Chief.

So whatever happened to the default AutoCAD Layerset that used to convert standard layers set to the AIA / AutoCAD standard?

Also, I'm in a bit of a pickle.  I had a client send me a .dwg and when I import them and check "import all attributes of lines" (paraphrased) it does not import the lineweights.  It defaults them all to 1?  What gives?

Something that has perplexed me for year...

Is there anyway at all to show a clipped corner on a cabinet and get it to butt against a wall and not default back to displaying a normal square cabinet?

Yes, I need a Revit user to open the file in revit and then convert the file to a .dwg or .3ds or some other format I can import into CA X8.  Working on a commercial project so everything has to look exactly as it will be installed or ADA review will not pass.  Trying to work around my limitations here.

Got this file from manufacturer's website and unfortunately only have option to download .rfa files.  Can anyone convert it to a file type compatible for import to CA please?  Thanks.

Clicky Clicky!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xzbn1txa8nrwebk/3351.101.rfa?dl=0

So X7 decides to crash whenever we try to export a 3D model to any format and this is only on one of our computers in the office.  This happens to be the one we use to export to Lumion so needless to say it's a pain in the butt right now.  Only started happening a week or 2 ago.

anyone ever have an issue with this and if so any resolution?  I'll be submitting to Tech Support but just curious if anyone else had this happen.

Is there a way to set up scenes to queue without having to keep every light on?  Meaning, if I set the raytrace in que does it remember which lights I had turned on and off for that particular shot?  This would be in order to have 8 shots render overnight without me having to baby sit them all day.

That definitely can be handy for existing/ remodel situations.  Nice tip Joe.

The only thing it doesn't work for is my situation the fact that I'm using the walls to display differently on interior and exterior but need them all to be "Located" and Defining room.  I mean, I could use that method, but It would probably just be as much work as the methods I use, with the exception that it might be easier to keep up with changes.  I'll see if I can make it work for me.

Yeah, Joe that doesn't get me where I need to go.  The only real way to get what I need is to either:

a.) Turn on "Walls, Main Layer only"; create a plan foot print by creating CAD details from View; highlight all of the walls and make them dashed.  Highlight the CAD lines then create a block.  Copy and past in place back in the plan set.  Create an interior wall layer and and exterior wall layer, then a layer for the footprint block I just created.  Then turn off the interior wall layer and turn on the CAD block.

or

b.) Copy the plan (and hope I don't forget to make changes to both whenever I need to update changes)  Create layer sets and wall sets with each filled depending on which views I need

Both take a lot of productivity time and both have issues when it comes to revisions.

Why go through all the trouble when there might be an easier way to do this?  I think my suggestion holds enough weight to consider.  Why shouldn't we be able to control the fill of individual wall without having to create new walls or even new plans, in some cases, to get the wall to display how we want them to display?  If we didn't have walls that defined spaces like we do then doing remodels and other things like I'm doing would be a no brainer.  You could create two walls put them in the exact same location and have one filled and one not and have each on a different layer and then you could turn on the one you needed when you needed it.  But because of how CA works that is impossible.  So therefore the simple solution would be an individual control check box in the wall dbx.  Check on to display fill, check off to display no fill.  Simple as that.  

What you described is basically what I've done to this point.  I'm more concerned with the fill that is defaulted to the "Walls, Layers" layer that turns the wall fills on and off.