johnny

I should have added that all the notes, CAD, and callouts which don't flip with the plan. Obviously the plan flips so does everything else in a live view. Its just we have all those extra things so the box beforehand makes it easier.

We developed a fairly efficient method by first drawing a bounding box around the outermost X and Y elements, then placing a centerline through that box. From there, we perform an area select (grabbing everything), and use the mirror tool....excluding the box and centerline from the selection. This process is repeated for all elements that need to be mirrored, including sections, elevations, and any other drawings. It’s a bit faster than other approaches, though not perfect. One advantage over the "reverse plan" tool is that it generally keeps the page layout elements in roughly the same position. Overall, it’s the most effective method we’ve come up with so far.

I'm curious if anyone has successfully found a way to publish material list data inside Chief as a schedule?

You’re better off investing your time in learning how to move from Chief to an AI-based, controlled rendering workflow. That’s clearly where things are headed, and after a lot of research, I’ve figured out how to get predictable, controllable results from AI rendering. It’s too complex to fully explain here, but once your node matrix is set up, you can re-render new projects in under 30 minutes (with adjustments) for a perfect 4K output. The challenge, for now, is training yourself to control the AI and build a consistent workflow. In my opinion, learning Lumion or Twinmotion this late in the game isn’t worth the time, and I say that as someone who knows both tools well.

I think it would help if you found an example or sketched something to illustrate. When you say "walls to create a shed below" really threw me.

100% agree. Dare I say next to impossible to manipulate effectively post union. Not to mention, if you plan to do any wood texture for a rendering etc you have to have a texture per direction so per wood member (which kinda sucks). I really wish we could build wood structures out of framing members (which auto rotate the texture).

I'm noticing that I can't use both the automatic (follow me) sun with added user lighting. Is this correct?...or is there a method of getting both? Thanks!

That does look good - i'll try.

Overall kinda works - but the corners are a problem. I can't seem to get the wall intersection tool to miter the corners.

....and then just manually put posts in after? I guess that would work. Thats too bad there isn't a way around this to have my cake and eat it too so its automatic.

Is there a way to get a custom fence panel to run through the posts?

Thank you. I was looking in the roof Dbx and simply couldn't find it....now I know why.

I'll admit, I haven't used this condition in a while, but I have a project where I need to do the boxed eave gable end returns. I remember in past versions of Chief this was just a few clicks. Now, I can't seem to find where that option is. I remember you could even set it to hip-return that little roof section. Did they remove this feature?...or am I just missing it.

Laptops habitually overheat and thermal throttle - specially with the GPU. You want a laptop that is full body aluminum and uses that body as extra heat dissipation. The best i've found thus far is Razor Blade. Build quality is A+. 16-Inch Gaming Laptop with Fastest OLED Display | Razer United States and i upgraded to the UHD+ (3840 x 2400) so i could get 4k - makes a huge difference on drawing sizes using the laptop screen. Read about the thermal aspects - and I can attest to it 100%.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the further you increase those lower wall heights the less "A-frame" the home becomes. Just wanted to point out obvious fact.