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  1. kMoquin
    Right, If the tool produces a result other than it is labeled for is it a workaround or a mis-labeled tool?
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    I'll agree that things need to be fixed and continually improved. I'll disagree that CA disregards a fix when there are know workarounds. (shadow boards and ridge caps immediately come to mind.) In my opinion CA does a pretty good job implementing fixes and improvements. The workaround serves well as a step that gets someone to the point that they can produce what they need to at the moment and move ahead in their project. Nobody wants to wait until the next update cycle to finish a drawing.
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    Mixed use in the original Portland.
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    I would use manual roof planes
  5. kMoquin
    There is some good discussion in this thread as well. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1923-shipping-containers/
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    I am in Portland.
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    I would draw it just as it would be built. Create a wall type and draw it with walls.
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    I find when a client arrives with a plan they've found and we benign fixing all the things that do not work it is radically changed. The client always wants "one little thing" changed, but the ripple effect is always large.
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    Just export 3DS to an empty folder, zip the whole thing, and upload.
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    Small Cottage on a small island https://skfb.ly/N6AC
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    A true designers ability to conceptualize is not defined by the tool they use.
  12. kMoquin
    Some quick renders of a camp under construction on a lake in Maine
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    The icon is letting you know your angle snap are turned off.
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    I've noticed lag as well.
  15. kMoquin
    There is a layer called "Cross Section Lines" that contains the line work for objects that are cut. You can make it any line weight, color, etc... you like
  16. kMoquin
    Simple. Draw the profile you want, add it to your library, and apply it to a molding polyline https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00166/creating-a-custom-molding-profile.html
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    Ah! So true, and easier. Why did I never pay attention the the x and y coordinates portion of the dbx?
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    Here's a tip to replicate a camera from one plan to the next (since we can't copy them) Draw a line from the camera to the marker at the end that matches the camera you'd like to copy in the first plan. (CAM 1) Copy the line and paste in place in the second plan. Create a new camera (CAM 2) in the second plan snapping to the ends of the line you copied. Open the camera specifications on the camera in the first plan (CAM 1) and record the settings on the "Camera" tab. Input these settings in the dialog box for the new camera (CAM 2). Note that in step 1 you cannot snap to the camera object. If both plans need 'exactly' the same camera point of view you can use steps 2 through 5 to make two exact cameras.
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    Here's a tip to replicate a camera from one plan to the next (since we can't copy them) Draw a line from the camera to the marker at the end that matches the camera you'd like to copy in the first plan. (CAM 1) Copy the line and paste in place in the second plan. Create a new camera (CAM 2) in the second plan snapping to the ends of the line you copied. Open the camera specifications on the camera in the first plan (CAM 1) and record the settings on the "Camera" tab. Input these settings in the dialog box for the new camera (CAM 2). Note that in step 1 you cannot snap to the camera object. If both plans need 'exactly' the same camera point of view you can use steps 2 through 5 to make two exact cameras.
  20. kMoquin
    Create the profile you want with CAD and save it to your library as a molding profile. Use the profile as you shadow board.
  21. kMoquin
    Preferences > Snap Properties > un-check "Display Angle Snap Grid"
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    Dennis - yes, currently gutted and being renovated by the owner.
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    Here are some ray traces I've done for a client's real estate listing. All in Chief. 10 passes, about 1 hour each.
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    This looks like a good texture site: https://episcura.com/ Link came in the recent Sketch-u-cation newsletter.
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    I also have a layerset set up for moving the house on the site that Isolates all the site layer that need to move and hides all house layers I want to stay put.