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Is there a way to covert a molding poly with the profile into a solid that can be joined or subtracted with other solids?
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Not sure if this helps, but nothing exists on layers - nothing. Layers ONLY effect the view settings of the object/item per floor (or with reference sets for different floors). Everything exists on the level you draw it on and even though you might turn on/off a layer, again its only changing the "view" its not actually "on" that layer. This nuance escaped me until Glenn shared it with me. Once I realized that it helped me understand what it was I controlled.
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GREAT tip yusuf on doing this! Perfect.
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So you guys know, I open the file and it works fine.
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Are you saying "final view" is taking a long time? I dont know what a "final render" means different than raytrace. I believe final view is based largely on your video card - vs raytrace is based on your processor.
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I'm curious if CA believes their software could be used for the Farnsworth House and end up with a true virtual version of that house. I think it would be very easy to make a nice 3D representation of that home in CA, but I have my doubts it could be effectively modeled exactly the way it would be constructed. Here are details from that home.
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Have you tried dragging the triangle grab handles of the "point" you want to delete into a point you want to keep? Here is a quick example. Does this answer the question? (Alaska answered as I was making this vid - but he is thinking the same thing, but this is a quick demo)
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Since you're only showing us PDF's I wonder if the actual file looks this way when you zoom in?? Perhaps try another way to make a PDF or print directly from CA.
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Actually, if you blur your eyes it doesn't look that bad... (a joke)
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Yep, it the house was modeled in CA. I actually modeled everything in CA this time - even the details. Although, I have to say that so far Im having a bit of a hard time understanding all the secondary rules CA has for modeling shapes and objects. You can only model/modify in certain views, and if you combine other objects modeled in other views (blocking) you can really mess things up. Not a fan of this.
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Thanks Alaskan. Believe it or not its just pics (not rendered) from the new Lumion Pro. It took me about 30 min to import and model the environment and place a few people/furniture etc. For the final work i'll do an actual render and video etc.
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Here are some preliminary pics of a project i've been working on that is literally "on the water" here in the San Juan Islands. I'm starting to move beyond the concepts, but this is a project Glenn and Alaska have helped solve some of my issues. Its coming along...
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That is a good work-around! Thanks.
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I'm working on some modern stairs that faces the riser with finished wood (similar to the pic below). I can't see an option to set the riser material different than the "skirting" material. Am I missing this option, or am I going to have to manually place a riser material (poly)?
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From the same plan I have an issue moving the molding poly down. However, thinking through this I just made that section a symbol and was able to move it. Can you not move Z coordinate molding poly? Maybe you can't...?
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I guess I didn't illustrate what I meant. Here is a quick vid of what i've seen some of the people I work with do inside SU for this type of work. SU has a semi-intelligent symbol system that allows tools (extensions) to be developed. From what i've seen in CA I can't see a way to make symbols behave like this....Maybe someone can and I dont know, but i've never seen scripting control symbols in CA.
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FYI the project is actually a remodel - a near complete remodel of a home located in an unbeatable spot in San Juan Islands. I'm working through the design using only CA - meaning this is one of the rare instances I actually dont start from 2D drawings I produced. I need to work on the interior once I am done setting the new theme. Here are a few pics of existing house. http://s8.postimg.org/ne17w110k/project.jpg http://s13.postimg.org/oxw2s2zrr/20151030_114610.jpg http://s27.postimg.org/t7h0h4c0j/20151030_114646.jpg http://s12.postimg.org/v26zyrarv/20151030_163708.jpg
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Thanks David! Appreciate the help, that is a good work-around for now.
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You can scale and add stretch planes to SU resources, but you can't manipulate shapes like you do inside SU. Everything that comes into CA from SU is basically a symbol. Having worked with other HVAC and fire system designers who use SU, the power of semi-intelligent symbols and resources inside SU is key. CA currently doesn't have anything that could even be setup to work like that.
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Like Perry I use Adobe's PDF creator. If I am not mistaken, windows 10 has its own PDF creator as well (Microsoft Print to PDF). You might try that and see what happens.
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If you notice - look at the glass panels on the 2nd floor terrace (the one with the hot tub). It shows in plan, but you can't manually enter an elevation to get them correctly located.
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Here you go - and I am having major issues with this file. I will be working on a poly solid and it shifts around on me without my input. As Glenn pointed out look at some of the elevation numbers of the polys. (edit) I had wrong version but now corrected. Plan_remodel.zip
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Yep, I double checked and its toggled "on" - in fact, I think you can see on the edge there on the video (thought its not super clear, but it is "on"). Bug?
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Shouldn't a modeling poly contain the same method of extended creation as a poly/line? There is a diamond shape handle at the end of those types of poly lines that typically allow you to click and drag out a new extension of the existing molding poly - but every time I do that it just makes a standard "line". Here is a quick vid showing my issue.
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On the edit toolbar you can "re-link" the particular view, or there is also a more global option "tools/layout/reference plan files"....
