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Part of me likes that more than a raytrace - nice job.

Actually the mouse pad is the only bright spot of the purchase.

I spent $100 on a Mionix and in every possible way i am disappointed with it. Not only that, I ordered it directly from the company in EU - buying a mouse pad from them as well - and initially they only shipped me the mouse pad....but in their system it showed they shipped both. It took over a month for them to figure out they were wrong and ship me the actual mouse. Once i got it, a whole new set of disappointments ensued. Point is - stay away from Mionix in my opinion. Tons of hype that isn't backed by actual product.

^^^^ QFT

Thanks - i'll have him check the drivers for the graphics.

It happened on rare occasion in past versions, but x10 really stepped up the prob - but what I find odd is I checked with all the other users in my group (9) and they all relate the same thing. It happens to be more frequently, but others reported different issues i have yet to see (such as below).

There is something seriously wrong with Chief's tool bars and now shortcuts - with several of my drafters reporting the same thing. Toolbars and shortcuts are constantly (nearly weekly for me) disabling themselves requiring full resets. Does anyone know the cause - and/or is this happening to general x10 users?

I hope you find what you're after, but I can tell you its highly doubtful an architect will work with an owner in this capacity. You may have much better success trying to find a structural engineer to help you complete a permit set. As an alternative, Richard Morrison does a consulting thing for DIY'ers like yourself - and you can read what he offers. Perhaps that may get you close, and I would encourage you to do something like this as a min.

I really wish there was....but I was told what Chief ships with is what we have.

I work with Florida builders and developers who use this type of construction and everything works fine. However, I am not doing full 3D workups of exact replication of construction methods...i do more a hybrid with 2D details to support. If that is acceptable I think Chief works great. If you want full BIM for this type of construction then Chief may not be the best choice. Though, of your list of other software choices I don't think there is an ideal solution outside perhaps Revit - but I personally dislike that app. If you need to model these buildings completely id look into Archicad, Vectorworks, and Allplan. That said, I do think Chief could work for you.

Aren't you then using the stringers to emulate the skirt board? I'm not in front of Chief right now but i believe the skirt boards act a bit differently - which is prob why you say it isn't perfect.

Eric's method is probably one of the best but what i dont like is you end up missing the skirt boards since stairs need to recognize the wall to place those.

Yep same thing with Vectorworks - very easy and painless. Considering how strong CA generally is interior design elements its kinda surprising they haven't given us some better solution here.

Plan views are awesome - its what other apps have used for some time and its wonderful Chief jumped on board.

I bought one of these exact laptops for my engineer - and she loves it. Runs Chief well.

I was an Apple fan-boy for over a decade and still love their consumer gadgets (iPad/Apple Watch etc). However, when Apple started using standard components (intel etc) inside their systems and went away from dedicated dual processors in their Pro options I didn't understand why the hardware costs stayed so high. I'm finishing a new build right now on a 10 core system - better than what the new Imac Pro spec'd out - and I will be under $3k. That same system from Apple is $8k (lesser spec'd). Apple is cool and all, but spending $5k MORE on a computer that is simply going to depreciate rapidly and need to be replaced in a couple years doesn't seem like a wise investment.

Honestly - I wouldn't get either one. I've always liked the Asus ROG - which is one of the best gaming laptops out there. Gaming laptops make great Chief Architect systems typically since the resources needed are in line with each other. https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ROG-G703/ http://store.asus.com/us/item/201710AM260000001/-ASUS-ROG-G703VI-XH74K-Gaming-Laptop%2C-17.3-inch-144Hz-G-SYNC%2C-Overclocked-Core-i7-CPU-and-GTX-1080-8GB%2C-32GB-DDR4%2C-512GB-PCIe-SSD-%2B-1TB-SSHD ...or if that is too expensive, Alienware is another good option http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-17/spd/alienware-17-laptop/dkcwkblg0744

Thanks - that was it.

Im getting an odd double dashed line in an X9 made file opened in X10 - something i've not seen before. Double-dashed lines are displaying - one in line with the drywall and the other the opening itself. I want to keep the opening dashed line - but not the drywall aligned one. Anyone have an idea? I checked my layers and didn't see anything selected that shouldn't be.

All those other apps you mention have surely been programed with Windows Surface Pro pen in mind - that is a huge difference compared to X5 which wasn't even contemplated for that type of use. I hope you aren't thinking this is Chief's fault. 1st thing i would do is reinstall both Chief and then the driver for the pen. I've had way over 50% of every computer issue been solved that way.

I have to say this is the kind of thing Chief really FAILS at - since they so far haven't allowed the ability to get in and edit surfaces or sub-objects to clean up non-automated conditions that are left incorrect. I feel the OP's pain.

I wasn't thinking so much about less flexibility but the fact if you want to draw the molding line where 90% of the time you'd want it - that is technically wrong, on top of the fact the terminology for settings isn't correct either. If you draw the molding poly counter-clockwise like you said (obviously the correct way), then it models the molding inside the line (which is rarely used like that i would imagine). Just seems backwards in every way....though not a huge deal. Just interesting is all.

Yep, counter-clockwise did reverse everything - but then you have to go into the molding and un-check "extrude inside". That is interesting though - so both direction of drawing a molding line and creating a modeling profile impacts the sync between those two things. Thanks for the info. However, don't you think this is kinda odd? Its almost like picking your poison.

Yeah I am following now. However, don't you feel this is reverse of how it should be?...i actually think this is a mistake by Chief, and that is why its confusing if you have a closed molding poly. Here is a video to explain. (or maybe i am wrong)

I dont fully follow - can you look at my video and explain what you're saying compared to the results i'm getting...? It seems to be reverse of what you're saying....but i know you know what you are talking about so its confusing.