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I think though, because you and I seem to be doing the same thing, if you send it to layout then crop the box, as long as CA does not reduce the camera width or height by more than the amount you crop, you would be okay/ Or put another way, if your camera was larger(width and or height) that what you really wanted, you then send that to layout and then resize using the X, then crop to what you wanted, you should be okay ...at least that is how I do it, I dont care that the camera is perfect width or height, as long as it is larger than what I want because I will enlarge and crop in layout

Keep them the same or change them in default sets i change the arrow size for different default sets: 1/4" 1/2"...should probably be 2.25

well, let me preface by saying what i am trying to do and so I am always on the lookout to see how people do it. I want to be able to send the cameras to layout and then not touch the cameras or do anything more with the layout. Because I want to change things in the plan, such as cabinets, fridge location etc, and just have the change show up in layout so i can pdf them to send to the client, or even for me to review. So i first tried sending the camera to layout but it showed up as a medium sized layout box (see the second image below), and when I went to pull the corner to make it larger, the layout box would not expand correctly(third image). So then I went to sending "screen as image" to layout and constantly resizing the image and constantly resending to layout whever something changed. Then someone told me the layout box will expand concentrically if I hold down the X key while dragging a corner, I then crop it to how I want...which results in the aspect ratio I want.Which is why when I saw your issue, I was wondering if you are doing the same as me, because I do not have the same issue, and I essentially choose the aspect ratio by cropping. I have these two on layout and I dont have to resend or export images. they update with the plan The only "remaining" problem I have is that to get the crispness of the image, I need to pdf the layout as ARCH D, if I pdf it as tabloid, is is not as sharp, presumably because CA is maxing the out the DPI at 300 (CA indicated such), and by having the larger sheet, i get more dots in my image. But that is just a guess. The only problem with this is that a full page ARCH D PBR RTRT camera takes minutes to pdf, while tabloid takes seconds. Send "screen" to layout: dragging the corner: uisng the X key while dragging: cropped: per first screnshot above Now other people have said they export the camera to image, and the layout is linked to that image. Its just a PITA in my opinion to constantly be exporting images. I asked CA to be abe to specify a DPI per camera. If they did that I think one could get as good an image as one wants through configuration, and pay whatever price one wants with relation to file size. And with the existing cropping ability one can get whatver aspect ratio one wants. which is why i was intrigued by your issue

in case i ever have this issue, from what to what did you change? thanks

thanks for the update, I did some checking on layouts, and do not see it change the apsect ratio for me. It keeps to the same size window filled that I sized using the 'X' key. is it only happening when you do this? : if so that would explain why i do not see it

most people use plot lines I believe for elevations plot lines live view live view with black and white camera plot lines:

download it from 3d warehouse and then import it into chief

This is normally what I want the behaviour to be. I might switch layersets to see other things (all on for instance) on a plan, but will go back to the one I sent to layout, and I might turn the odd layer on or off. To quickly go back, I actually just go select the saved plan view in the saved plan view drop down rather than trying to remmeber the one i was using If you use save plan views, I believe if you switch to a different layer set in the plan file, and then save that saved plan view, the layout will refelct the layerset, as the layout uses the saved plan view (if configured that way)

I had a post couple months back on this

to fo this, select the roof planes, then click the transform replicate button, and specify a positve number for Z. But really this should just build properly without having to do that. You might want to post the plan

i think it is in build-> roof. or check the help

what is your heel height?

Do you have the dimensions of where the ceiling changes, along the walls. And the height of the peaks, and the height of the starting points of the slopes. You would need these in order to properly place the ceiling planes

btw thjat pitch over the doors looks m ore like 4:12 than 8:12. you would need to measure the peak to kinow for sure, or scale your picture

you would need to know the dimension coming from the outside wall to where it starts coming up, and how long it goes for (or the hieght at the top) but here is a quick showing of it working. your two end ceiling planes need to be equal parts (they looked to be off an inch). Then the ceiling plane to the right (I redrew)Bedroom.plan needs to be raised/lowered to the meet the ridge of the other 2 using transform replicate in the Z direction anyway the attached altered plan can hopefully get you going

Probably post the plan

i had the opposite problem earlier this year. drywall was showing on the outside. CA had altered the materials without telling me. check thew materials in the wall specification the other thing to check is to ensure you have a "room" formed by the extrior walls sometimes I find the basement wall gets extended to the roof, and there is actually no room on the main floor.

When you change the layout box width or height it moves the label with it, so the label is constantly getting moved The underlining problem for me is the terrain. I would like to clip to 6 feet of terrain. But I need the terrain beyond 6 feet for the pbr camera

did you log a ticket? I'm curious as to what CA would respond with

What do you do after you export them? I read in anothe post that someone was using the same jpg filenames between projects, so they could link the files back to layout easily.. or are you using some third party program to print the jpeg files? how does that work in terms of describing what the picture is? I'm more or less happy with the PBR box in layout, but annoyed that I have to print ARCH D pdf size in order to get a decent resolution. I think it is faster to export images and link them to layout, but jeez, kind of defeats the purpose of sending the camera to layout..so I have been holding out doing it (i.e. too lazy, happier to watch the paint dry while printing to pdf)

a somewhat related question, are you printing(save to PDF) to ARCH D. I ask because if I print to ARCH D vs Tabloid, it takes probably 10 times as long (each PBR camera takes awhile), and if printing to tabloid, the PBR cameras are not crispy on the PDF. so wondering how long it takes you to print 10 to 30 caemra shots? or are they all standard and no PBR?

click on the suppres then add leading text

maybe post a video. as well make sure your active defaults show the new default: (on the right below)

it sounds like you only have one dimension default and you are changing it, and both plan views are using the same one if that is the case you should probably create a new dimension default set and save it to your new view. my roof view: my floor view

got it, so in this case, when it fell back to doing rafters, it did not do it properly. I will send in a ticket. And for context in case someone is asking why not change the defaults to rafters, the use case is the main house has trusses, but this sunroom addition would have rafters. So the plan defaults would likely be trusses