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Everything posted by johnny
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wow that is awesome Scott.
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That did it. Crazy, but thank you.
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Rob, what is the material on the wall?
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What is odd, for me at least, is I dont get consistent results. Sometimes whole wall sections are filled, and other times they aren't. Sometimes I get cut walls that are filled and others times not.
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That is a good idea - thanks. One area i have an issue is some walls are "filled" and others aren't. Any ideas on why that is the case? When I say filled I mean its almost like the sections are picking up the color and giving walls in the same plane line as the section a fill.
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Where do you uncheck the XOR?
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Here you go... LG_brian_townhouse5.zip
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Im having a hard time getting my ref sets t work correctly. Please see vid - thank you for consideration. (just fyi i am working from home today since I sprained my ankle - so im being quite and i have background noises)
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That is a nice example. Can I ask if you are using normal sections or back-clipped sections? Your line-work in the section appears to be back-clipped but the fact you see building in the background suggests its a normal section. I can't get my normal sections to be this clean. I get better results with back-clipped but then I lose the building in the background - or, if I extend out the backclipped section I end up with too much overlapping of structural elements.
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Yeah, I like that approach too - but in some ways I find making a cross section with poche fills can be almost more challenging - and then I end up with an odd mix graphically. It would be nice if Chief had an option just to product a more simplified section that had poche fills.
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Are you exporting to a CAD view or keeping it all live?
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For me, building sections are a PITA to get "clean". 9 of 10 times I end up making tedious sections by capturing the view in a CAD detail for line-by-line edits. Is that what most people are doing, or are you guys spending tons of time trying to get the dynamic section to be clean enough to work?
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Chief recently gave us the ability to refine the display order of objects - however, most apps i use also use that as the "selection" order. In Chief that doesn't seem to be the case, which im not a fan of at all. Anyone else agree? Id like to suggest they change this.
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That worked pretty good - thanks.
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Yeah that might work - will give that a try - thanks.
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Eric nailed it.
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Its actually the visual issue for my framing plans - which i attached. I want a single line for the header like normal beams to show in the framing set. Yeah, the headers themselves in 3d space aren't as much the issue.
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I'm desperate to find a quick way to draw in door/window headers. Can someone tell me the problem if I use the floor beam and simply relocate the Z so its in the same general location as the head is supposed to? Is that going to cause issue?
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Is there a location where you can easily re-use symbols that have been imported into a project/file already?
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^^^^^^^ what Rene said here is the key. There are 3rd party apps that quickly reduce poly counts to something more manageable by Chief.
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Helpful thread - thanks everyone. What I wish we could do is set all arcs drawn in Chief to lock to center by default. Is that possible?
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Its hard to fully tell based upon the pic, but i dont think those are Quoins. What I would do is set brick wall to a thickness that is appropriate to the outside of the main layer of brick, and then come back and place wall material regions that "cut" the surface layer - and use the settings to make the recess correct. You will need to align the material regions around the corner correctly since we dont yet have ability to wrap - but it should work.
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This discussion on roof calc is something i could use greatly as well. I hope Chief lets you guys use that data in the future.
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This issue of library items is a tough one due to how many styles there are to cover, and I think Chief does a comparatively good job with content included with SSA. Sure, I think the content styles could be updated a little. Most modeling apps you need to find collections and download or make your own library. Do some searches and you can join sites that sell specific resources certain design styles...