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17 hours ago, DavidJPotter said:

Allow cookies.

 

DJP

I do.  If I go directly to the viewer at Chief's web it works fine because I do allow cookies for my browser.  The problem is when I embed into a page Chief's app is saying "allow cookies" to my custom webpage and not to the client-side browser (which is on).  I believe they need to allow the embedded element see the page its in as a container on their end .... and client-side browser a separate thing.

I'm trying to embed clients 3D view of their model into a webpage (as Chief has designed it for).  However, I get this error about cookies.  Anyone know a way around this?

You're calling for an architect, but I might suggest a technical drafter and structural engineer.  Architects like to design things - but you have a "complete" design.  A competent residential drafter should be able to help you with code related issues. 

So you guys are basically saying Apple M chips don't have the GPU claimed....or Chief just doesn't support it well?  Of course Apple claims their integrated GPU is great, but so far everything seems to indicate there are problems there. 

On 1/31/2023 at 3:28 PM, Dermot said:

Please note that this is just a very small subset of the new features that are coming in X15.  

 

As for the reference display, we are going to have the ability to offset and rotate the reference display which will allow some more flexibility in how it can be used.

 

Id love to know how the Z axis adjustment works.  That's interesting.

41 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

Ed from Chief Q+A has confirmed all drivers after 526.96 have issues in my Nvidia Driver Thread

 

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/16205-nvidia-drivers-updated/?do=findComment&comment=285783

 

 

Mick

 Yep, I took your suggestion and went back to that earlier driver and i haven’t crashed since.  Thank you!

1 hour ago, DRAWZILLA said:

new drivers came out yesterday, is this the drivers you are talking about?  528.02 is the latest.

Yeah - i updated when it happened...and i've tried both types of drivers.

Very odd since i haven't run into this in some time and now its happening regularly.  I updated my video drivers to the most recent, and right now I'm on a laptop with an RTX 3080 so it can't have anything really to do with the contents of Chief's official article on the matter.

Troubleshooting 3D Camera View Display Problems in Chief Architect

Has anyone been experiencing this lately?  Like I said, it just kind popped back into existence for me.

Thank you guys - i'll try what you're suggesting.

Just to followup on my own question - i guess i don't understand why turning on the sun seems to automatically turn off the lights i've placed.

I was just trying to add some lighting under the covered deck...but i can't find a setting that keeps the sun on and allows me to show the lights.  Any help is appreciated.  Its like i can have one or the other but not both.

I've had a lot of laptops for when i'm mobile to get the closest I could do a desktop machine.  The last year is the first time I found a laptop that I honestly don't realize i'm using a mobile device its that powerful - but it was a 3,500 laptop.

The Laptop for Desktop Quality Gaming - The New Razer Blade 17

I think LIDAR is more practical when getting measurement data of highly detailed objects in a building - like moldings, staircase details, etc etc....not large spaces themselves.  I've used my iPad for this type of thing and the information I get is worth more than not having it sometimes on complex things i'd typically ignore due to practicality.

5 hours ago, Gelby4 said:

Yep, that's the method I got to work but only with an interior wall. If I do the same steps with an exterior wall, it doesn't cut below for some reason

I too struggled with walls and roofs where they needed to cut etc. when I first started using Chief.  What Scott (a famous forum helper back in the day) pounded into me is how precise Chief needs the connections to be.  I'll admit Chief has made it easier with some automated function, but overall the method you use to connect walls/roofs needs to be done a very particular way.  See how in Eric's example the roof plane jogs under the wall in just the right spot?

Nowadays I don't even have to think about it very often and it works great in most situations.

Are you guys saying you can have different sheet sizes in a layout file?  I'd love to know how that is done.  

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but what would be awesome if this same edit function of instances worked with Architectural Blocks.  Then, what would REALLY excite me is if Chief allowed walls, doors, windows, stairs, and roof planes to be added to an Architectural Block (basically any 3d item).

2 hours ago, CJRLLLC said:

Hello all, i know im missing something simple but i cannot seem to figure out how to print without showing line weights? I'm creating a technical drawing for a heat shield and the scale is so small that the printed line weights obscure the image. Help please.

With respect, why not just set the line weights to something correct?  Between posting this and going back and forth it would have taken 5-10 seconds to just change all the lines to a thickness you might like.  You can even create custom scale sets (layerset/annoset) with whatever line thicknesses you want at certain scales.

The variation in light/dark your seeing in Chief may be the same variations that could occur in real life without looking right at the material with camera lighting (in your 1st pic).  To me they look identical....again, outside the variation you'd expect to see dependent on lighting.  If you do artificially lighten the material, and its going to be that sensitive to the client, you might actually represent the wrong tone once its placed in the actual kitchen.

What I like too about this idea is not having to mess with pony walls if you simply want to change a material type from floor to floor. 

25 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

No.  Inside that dialog, you need to check Remember Zoom/Rotation and then you need to rotate the Plan View using Tools>Rotate Plan View.  Make sure to read my notes in the other post though with regard to how this setting comes into play with your other Plan Views. 

OK, I think I got it...close anyways. 

To clarify, do I need to draw the site plan PL so they are fixed to the X/Y space and THEN rotate to how its suppose to be on the site plan related to N?  So I'm not rotating the plan to match the site plan but the site plan to match the true N orientation?  

1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Here's what I'm doing these days @johnny

 

Thank you Michael - I'm trying to follow this but when I right click on plan view in the project browser I see nothing about rotating the plan.  Has this changed in X14?

15 minutes ago, MarkMc said:

A very very large billboard, set to always face camera, bottom a bit below terrain, use a white image.

Turn Brightness to 100 and increase exposure as much as you can get away with..

Thank you!  Will try.

I'm curious what people are doing for site plans that are incorporated into the model plan files - in which the property lines are square to N.  I typically do my site plans in a separate file, but i'm dealing with an HOA that wants all sorts of modeled diagrams to show compliance with their CC&Rs.

However, as most know, its far better to model in Chief keeping right angles.  Are you guys just rotating the site plan to keep the house file square to X/Y? ...then rotate back in Layout to actual N orientation?

I have my backdrop in camera's set to white - but when I go into PBR it automatically uses a grey.  Does anyone know a way to remove the grey backdrop for PBR?

Great addition to CA though.