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what scanner? some of the manufacturers produce DXF or PDF floor plans

so interesingly..in the Nvidia app it said there was not a driver installed. In device manager under display adapter it showed th edefault MS adapter. I went to Driver Results | GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | Windows 11 | NVIDIA then clicked see more versions and installed the GR driver from Jan 2026 Driver Version:591.74 Release Date:Mon Jan 05, 2026 and now everything magically works and device manager now shows: ...ghost in the machine

The 21st century solution to solve all my problems...reboot...did not fix it, neither did the classic "repair" your installation. Any other ideas? I get this in the CA log file: 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.010450 Bootstrap 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.010611 Computer Name: "DESKTOP-1RAKJTT" 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.011984 Checking for multiple launch 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.012936 Multiple launch check did not find existing instance 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.013747 Loading Preferences 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.054477 Preferences Loaded 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.084307 Initializing error reporting system 06/16/2026 10:12:40 PM 0.085225 Check for registration 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.078354 Registration is good 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.089681 State has been set to UnsyncedManagedState 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.108598 Checking for upgrades 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.216547 Checking for updates 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.324426 Checking paths 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.357511 Initializing Spell Checker 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.433950 Initializing the Master List 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.434881 Loading paper sizes 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM 1.713160 ArtException.cpp(177): Error #272000009 "A serious error occurred (SEH). Please contact Chief Architect Technical Support with steps to reproduce. " 06/16/2026 10:12:41 PM Build: 27.3.3.12 Windows 64-bit 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.035764 Shutting down wait cursor detection 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.036177 Clearing library browser preview and models 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.036540 Terminating external help browser 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.036819 Terminating Print Device 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.037068 Shutting down the Master List 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.037589 Clearing CAD items 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.037882 Shutting down export services 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.038192 Clearing ManufacturerManager 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.038339 Shutting down the BatchTransactionProcessor 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.039305 Cleaning up the FileTransferManager 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.043578 Cleaning up the ManagedResourceMetadataPoller 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.044304 Waiting for pending analytics 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.385945 Clearing directory cache 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.402425 Clearing cursors 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.409192 detecting display resolutions: 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.411827 \\.\DISPLAY1: Monitor Rect: top = 0 bottom = 1600 left = 0 right = 2560 Work area: top = 0 bottom = 1528 left = 0 right = 2560 flags = 1 bits per pixel = 32 pixel width = 2560 pixel height = 1600 display flags = 0 display frequency = 64 cursor scale = 1.000000 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.515809 Shutting down PDF subsystem 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.516747 Clearing thread manager 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.517571 Clearing Qt Image cache 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.518524 Deleting temporary files 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.554553 Cleaning up the ResourceManager 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.629834 Stopping the Ruby Thread 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.630772 Stopping the Timing Log Thread 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.631728 Cleaning up curl 06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM 2.640194 === Ending Session (06/16/2026 10:12:42 PM) === and this in the render log: [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: Astral log initialized at C:/Users/janea/AppData/Local/Chief Architect Premier X17/Rendering Log.txt [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: ResourceSearchPaths::addSearchPath 'C:/Program Files/Chief Architect/Chief Architect Premier X17/' [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: ResourceSearchPaths::addSearchPath 'C:/Program Files/Chief Architect/Chief Architect Premier X17/Astral' [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: Initialized primary graphics backend for API: DirectX 12 [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: DX12GraphicsBackend::initializeDevices ... [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: D3D12 device found: 'Microsoft Basic Render Driver'. Attempting to create D3D12 device... [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: Successfully created D3D12 device: 'Microsoft Basic Render Driver' with D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_1 [2026-06-16 22:12:41]: NVSDK_NGX_D3D12_Init failed: NVSDK_NGX_Result_FAIL_FeatureNotSupported

did you find a resolution to this? My X17 just started doing this. X16 starts up

Yep, I was a continues wall before then. sounds like a software bug

so if you have to do full plans and elevations, you use matterport for the inside, and hover for the window sizes/placement and roof pitches? Today I measure the windows from the inside and distance to a wall, but it is a PIA

i've been given a few magicplan plans to draw up in CA, and usually my response has been "it needs some better magic" after comparing it to a video also given to me. Are you finding it actually works? or do you have to do a bunch of fixup, and if so, how are you determining which walls to move in order to fix? or are you getting an option that they give you a plan the next day (after the humans do their best to correct it) I used roofr.com a couple months ago, as it was free to determine roof pitch. Other than roof pitch, what else does hover get for you to do the model in CA...the last time I looked at them was a few years ago

did inserting the bay window break that wall

i've noticed this too, where there are some very odd widths..thought it was just me

sounds similar to what I do, but I'm not organized enough to keep them 1 to 1. But some of that is due to my details being semi automated (if the stud is 2x4 vs 2x6, I only change the label, I do not have a sperate detail). I would perhaps be interested in both. I get tired of making new details for different wall assemblies and the associate RSI calcs. I will send you a PM

do you(or any of the polyline people) have a trick for getting the living area polyline for a detached garage? it seems to only give room area poly line, which looks to be to the outside layer, not the main layer. ...other that the change the room type to something other than garage, then create it, then change it back. as that seems to be a bit of a workaround

Robert, did you create RSI calcs for all the floors, ceilings, walls to match the different details. I noticed you have them nicely named sounding like you would have them

curious, why don't you just scale when printing ? or does that not work I rescale them in layout, one layout box at a time

if I understand, correcty: If you go into your template project, then open up the template layout, and go to that camera, and click to update the view, it updates the layout with the elevation of the template plan. But if you copy your template project to a new project, and then go to the layout file in the new project anddo the same thing, you dont see the plan's elevation, and instead you get that error? You shouldnt. I assume you are using project management mode? you might need to post a screen video

are you using the tools->layout-Referenced plans/layouts from the layout menu? I use it all the time. ...but the better workflow I found is to just have a template project with the layout and plan file in it, already linked) Then just duplicate the project, and rename the project, plan, layout

centers on this dialog?

well..found this in home designer forum which is exactly what I am trying to do L-shaped Dutch gable roof - Q&A - HomeTalk Forum CA staff state: "Home Designer Pro should give you the tools to make that happen. However, you can get really close in Home Designer Suite by using the following technique:" I'm not sure if the "tools" means manually or automatically I tried the work around in this thread and could not get it to work

just did, but I realize I could build it manually, and this video shows a good way to do it compared to what I would have tried. But is there no automatic way to do it? and why is the program dutch gabling the whole side when I only told it to do the left portion? If I make that wall back to a gable, then the front garage is correctly built as dutch gable so it has something to do with that split wall

I'm trying to do what I thought would be relatively simple. Change the gable to a dutch gable that looks like: so the roofline is over the top plate I have this, where the lower wall is broken to delineate the gable going across: but if I change the 3 walls (broken, top, right lower) to duthc gable and set the in from baseline at 24" I get: it looks like this: the one not seen looks good, but it looks like it just ignored the hip directive on the wall to the right of the broken wall Residential Template - Copy 1.plan

is your SPV any floor or a speciifc floor. Mine are any floor

are you sending both of those to layout, or are you copying the layout box and relinking for the one on the right?

I just note where my crosshairs land on the left and right by looking at what icon they are touching, and then align the main floor height to that for each one and call it close enough. The issue for me is elevations. Joe, what do you do to align those? I like Rene's point marker way. for this CA changes my floor to 0 when relinking to another SPV, or maybe it is to another plan. dont remember. I just remember it is a tad annoying

if I know it is going to a truss manufacturer, I will sometimes show a representative truss in the layout with the heel height dimensioned. garages here typically have different heel heights, so for that i just dimension in the section like rob says., and if the heel is uniform every where else I will dimension on the section of the house, or create a specific section where the heel is different and dimension that The problem with showing a specific truss in layout is if the roof gets rebuilt, CA does not maintain the order, so your layout might be left showing a dimension on white space, or worse a dimension on a completely different truss. So it can be better just to bite the bullet and create specific sections where the heels are different I suppose you could, just put all of the trusses on layout and send them as part of your package and let the truss company measure to scale. And I have been asked by the truss company if the truss is to the end of the top plate or the the exterior of the sheathing. so nothing is every straighforward from their perspective

It is not available AFAIK. it is also a global setting for build roofs. Plus I'm not sure if CA stores it with the roof plane, or if it calculates it on the fly when you open up the dialog box, in order to show it to you. I usually just dimension it on the section(s) and have it dynamically change in details based on me typing it in in a text macro (which I suppose could be your other option, although not sure it buys you much)

that seems to mask the problem. Now when I move the mouse there is a delay in the mouse pointer moving (which is now tied to the crosshairs) I tried 3 different mice, same problem. Not to mention the problem does not occur in plan view.