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  1. SHCanada2
    they are also in the dimension defaults if you want to change them permanently going forward
  2. SHCanada2
    CA does have a couple videos on this topic: Stepping a Foundation - Video | Chief Architect Creating a Walkout Basement - Video | Chief Architect Foundation and Daylight Basement on a Sloped Lot for the Bachelor View Project - Video | Chief Architect
  3. SHCanada2
    I randomly found the CA "chefseries dishwasher" a few years ago because I liked the handle, that goes into the cabinet. It does not have the proud cabinet frame that you show. just doesn't colour the toe klick to match, although yo can paint it:
  4. SHCanada2
    in alberta, for residential, the floor plans are imperial feet inches, the site plan is in metric (metres to 2 or 3 decimals), or can be both storey poles can be either or both, although geodetic elevations are always metres ASL. for multifamily mid rise (4 storeys or more) it is typically it square feet and sq metres. rooms are typically both Actual surveys are always metric in metres 6 storey midrise: storey pole
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    If you are making your terrain in CA true to real life, then the cut plane would ensure your grade line is real life, where if you are drawing a CAD line, it would be more of an estimate I would think. I will use CAD lines when the terrain does weird things and I get exhausted at trying to fix it, but my first go to is to just try and use the terrain without the cut plane as most of my projects are boxy box 120ft deep lots by 30 to 50ft wide. And some of my projects I just superimpose on existing customer's elevations, so in those cases I also just draw a CAD line. Lots of options
  6. SHCanada2
    did it work on the two examples you show (corner walkout and angled garage)? I am curious as to if the cut plane terrain feature would need to be broken up to follow the angle of the garage for that side elevation
  7. SHCanada2
    He had one way, in that thread I proposed another (terrain feature with glass). There should be no cleanup with the way I proposed as it is just a cut of the plane (as shown above) The other way is what Maurren proposed and is what I do normally. Not sure it if would work for the one above. probably not because the grade changes in front of the gagage at an angle yes, make it 200 and you will not see the bottom
  8. SHCanada2
    yes, I used to have a 3080 laptop, and my current laptop is a 4090 16GB which is a laptop only version and is closer to a desktop 4080. I posted some performance statistics on rendereing when I first got it. if you search for 4090 and 3080 and authored by me you should be able to find it
  9. SHCanada2
    the other way to do it if you do not want to see terrain on the other side of the house is to use a terrain feature of materail glass on its own layers in you default template. See my comments on this thread in plan view it is just a line(thin terrain feature) cutting the terrain near the house:. This is essentially the "cut" of the plane that will show as the grade line with material set to glass so you could turn this below, where it shows the elevation on the other side (see bottom right): to: the grade line is also cleaner. Int he above the terrain layers are turned off except for the custom layer for the terrain feature, named appropriately something like "Terrain Right Elevation". You would need 4 of these on 4 different layers in your template. And each elevation would need its own layer set (although you might get away with 2 by grouping the perpendicular ones) ..and no shadows below grade: This is a black and white camera, with live layout view
  10. SHCanada2
    i will typically show grade on the other side, but for the case you have which is only a corner walkout basement, it does not work so well. For a typical walkout where the complete back is a walkout, it works well: I also typically show the front and rear grades on the rear elevation and will denote both: I also do not use shadows on elevations, which look to be filling in your grade in your screeenshot? although for the full walkout, it looks ok (I think rene put in a request to not shadow below grade) you will also get different results if you put the elevation camera in the terrain vs outside of it. The latter will not show shadows below grade, but it will also not show basement walls
  11. SHCanada2
    bar counter top is not a solid material? maybe put a camera under there and look up
  12. SHCanada2
    that is what we are talking about. So if you put the rear at -120" say (depends on your terrrain below first floor), you should be able to see a nice terrain/grade line on your elevation if you turn that layer on
  13. SHCanada2
    ditto what Maureen said. with X15 it shows the basement walls as dashed as well below grade if you wish But...looking at your video Steve, you created your slope to be linear, so you should be able to just show your terrain in elevation view and it should show as the grade. I keep my terrain 1 or 2" thick for this purpose.
  14. SHCanada2
    I use the pan all the time for kitchen elevations. Never thought if it was even available for 3D views. Thanks
  15. SHCanada2
    I think the pulling of the walls is the way it is done in the CA training video if I am not mistaken. One question, as your terrain is a linear slope down (no crazy terrain interpolations), why not use the terrain as the grade line in elevation view, as opposed to drawing a CAD line? And why not use the storey pole and pull a dimension marker off of it if you wanted something the storey pole does not find?