johnny

On 7/20/2018 at 6:28 PM, Chopsaw said:

You might find some interesting stuff here Johnny.

 

https://www.poliigon.com/

 

 

Try a few of the free ones and let us know what you think.

Thank you!

20 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Any specific ones, I'm willing to share, just hop on a teamviewer session with me and you can pick and transfer

 

Thanks Rene.  Do you have time tomorrow?

3 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Unless CA breaks the connection between walls, stairs and handrails we will continue to have have this sort of nonsense. 

 

THIS is exactly what they need to do.  If they want to keep stairs as they have it in the app, at least they can give us part options to assemble more complex stairs.  However, Scotts stairs aren't even all that complex.

Does anyone know a good place for high res textures (architectural) with associated image maps?  I dont mind buying those textures, but I am having a hard time finding a good selection.

Thanks!

I would love to attend!

1 minute ago, Kbird1 said:

there is also the High DPI Icon Option in Preferences>Appearance>Toolbars

 

though I thought it was on by default....

Thanks - yeah i think that was on in Chief but i didn't have the correct setting in Win 10 to make use of that feature.  I have to two snyc'd up now and its perfect clarity.

I'm still running a bit slower in performance than i would like - but it is a lot better.  At home i have a GTX 1060 in my laptop, and that should be more than enough to run Chief in 4k quickly. 

Got it fixed!!!  So I guess I had Win 10 icon scaling "off" which when I turned it on made everything perfect.    Thank you for your reply since that made me dig further and know it was me and not Chief.

2 minutes ago, Kelly_K said:

I use a 32" dell 4k same resolution as yours, and am blown away how clear and well defined everything is.  That said my other apps like quicken, and adobe for example fit what your are describing about chief.  I just updated quicken, so I haven't taken the time to dig into what is going on.  It is annoying - I feel your pain.

Good to know - thank you.  Are you using the GTX970 with that monitor?

I'll keep looking for a solution then for my situation.

I purchased on of the highest resolution monitors i've owned - a new LG that is 4k on a 32" size - 3840x2160.  All my other apps look great, and its been fantastic.

...except for Chief.

The UI is blurry and overall very poor performance - almost a "under-water" experience.  It massively helped upping the resolution by 125%, but the UI is still oddly blurry compared to the sharp, rich, experience I get with every other app i've tried.  At my office I used dual Dell 30" monitors that are called "4k" but they don't run at 3840x2160 which makes me wonder how that works.  Everything at my office looks and performs fine.

So does this mean Chief just isn't optimized for high end displays?...or am I doing something wrong?  Again, every other app i've tried works just fine so its a bit odd to me Chief would be the only app I have an issue with. 

Can someone comment if they are using a real 4k display at 3840x2160 and let me know if everything is looking fine at 125%?

Thanks!

If you guys have updated to the new Win 10 version this is actually now controlled by the OS.  On my laptop I was struggling to understand why I was having issues all of a sudden controlling this from Nvidia's app.

Watch this video for more info....they go over the top 5 new features but they show specifically how this is now controlled by Win 10.  I started using this and works like a charm.

We are looking to hire 1 if not 2 new full time drafters.  We have a good team now dealing mostly in residential, in-house architects/engineers/drafters servicing a large home builder exclusively...its just we need more drafters.  

If you have an interest, please message me through Chief and I can share more details.

On 6/20/2018 at 3:46 PM, Designer100 said:

I cannot seem to work out roof above garage on right  w.o messing up window, nest to front entry to the house. I would appreciate any suggestions someone can give me.

Trying to get finished before going out of town tomorrow. Trying to keep the 4:12 pitch. I tried coming off just under windows with maybe a 2:12 roof to the 4:12 roof but could not get it to work. I have not had so many issues with a house plan. 

 

Thanks for any help.,

 

Beach_House_Corpus_Christi_plan_1.zip

Sometimes its not about forcing something to work, but redesigning or adjusting the structure (assuming its new construction) to be fundamentally compatible with design, egress, building sciences (flashing Glenn mentions) etc etc.  That can require going backwards to move forward. 

To me, without spending a bunch of time on it, I think you have that situation here.

6 hours ago, Designer100 said:

How do I place a flood light on a exterior column or exterior soffit? Aalso placing a electrical outlet on a column. I have made a small retangle wall in past to do it. 

Any suggestion? this is something cheiv developers need to work on.

It says walls or cabinets! Ther should be a simple solution. 

I make a lot of my columns from Cabinets.  I would suggest that, very easy and lots of control.

2 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said:

I just tried "Edit Area" on Johnny's plan, and it worked just fine, including rotating.  

Yeah, this is an older thread.  It appears to me they fixed it in x10 since its now working for me as well.  Perhaps the person that revived the thread is working with an older version of Chief where this was a problem.  Although, I will note it was an odd bug that seemed to not be consistent (if you note the comments in the thread).

17 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said:

Whoa.... That's almost 500 sets per year! 10/week or 2/day. I don't know of any other firm that cranks out two permit sets per day.

Yep - a lot of the plans start with a "base plan" as in a pre-designed plan but the changes and locations vary and plans range from a few changes to full customs.  6 Drafters, 2 architects and 2 structural engineers keeping that pipe-line going.

This is a "starting" point plan example below...and then changes from there.

Madrona-Sales-Sheet.pdf

We use Chief Detail system with every plan, and now completed 1200+ permit sets in the last 2 1/2 years and no issues with losing them.  Our templates contain our "typical" or "standard" details so we can call them up as needed, or draw or own.  Its actually one of the strong points I like about Chief....though I think it would be WAY better if there was a 3D environment in each detail as well.

Does anyone know on the 3D viewer if there is a way to set the default settings so HD and shadows are standard?  Honestly, I dont know many computers/tablets/phones today that can't view just fine in HD, and MANY times clients don't understand that HD turns on textures....or that you can turn shadows on for better visual.

Unlike other CAD apps, in Chief nothing exists "on a layer" - it exists on a floor.  Layers are designed for visual reference display settings only. 

What about making that first riser a "landing" and shaping it how you want?

Id like to say that though "live" i guess works good for presentations, without Plot Lines I think the CONDocs don't look very sharp at the edges - and its a bit sloppy for the visual.  I hope Chief still fixes this issue so we can use Plot Lines.

Here is a quick PDF when i cut and past into a new file and send to layout.

test.pdf

1 minute ago, Chopsaw said:

 

I will look for Michael's video but there must be another factor as well because for me it won't even work on a 1200 sq ft plan.

Did you cut out the terrain and everything else?  Its the size of the model or anything else in the model.

1 minute ago, wjmdes said:

 

Any idea on what the cut off is?  And do you know if it is building size or the amount of detail?

Its a matter of the virtual size of the terrain/building.  What i remember about Michael's report on the issue is that the problem is progressive based upon size.  So, i think if you cut it back down to the main section of your proposal - along with the terrain etc - you should be fine.

3 minutes ago, wjmdes said:

I have been going through some house plans with this issue and have "checked" the "Edge Smoothing When Idle", that fixes it on those smaller files and it looks good.  Does not fix this file.....

Its the SIZE of the structure/terrain that is doing this.   If you shrink down to the min size you need (maybe copy the file) you might see it work correctly.  Shrink the extra structure on the sides of the proposal along with the terrain and any objects far from the center.