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Has to do with older tablet or mini laptops, they don't run 64bit.

The images in Octane Render look amazing, but CA does not have all those highly textured surfaces right? We've got brick textures but nothing like what you'll see in those renderings.

I bought a small Asus Transformer Book T100TA, pad with a detachable keyboard, it can just barely run CA with no problems. For the price it was a great option as it is easy to hold in one hand if you need to.

This is what I'm doing now. I've skipped the room planner and now that X8 has a 32bit version, I can run full CA on my mini-laptop. I've stopped trying to use the touch screen (I suppose with lots of practice I could master it) but use a mouse instead, but any easy to carry input device would work. I then walk around like normal, using my Laser to get the measurements, and draw directly into CA to the house as it is built. That way I've got access to all the CAD features and many library items. It takes longer, as I'm drawing as I measure but when I'm done, I'm done, and I no longer have any mystery gaps or holes in the layout. It can be automated further by using the Bluetooth Laser and the touch screen, but for now I'm dropping the paper and pencil method.

Hmmmmm...Shift Select? In Plan view or 3d View? Both works I open plan and take a 3d picture to see what is happening and then just tried holding down the shift key and then selecting section 1 of the base set of 4 risers, then unchecked the "display railing" on the right side. Seemed to work! I cannot recall the feature of using the "shift select" key before. Thanks Chief! Now any idea on how to add volutes or make the base railing look right?

Like most people, I've had a bear of an issue with getting stairs to look just right, especially when they are more and more unique. CA has come a very long way in solving most problems, now it is mostly my lack if skill. In this angled stairway, I've got a problem with a middle railing appearing at the base of the first set of risers, I thought I could simply select that first set and click no railing on the "left" side, but when I do, the entire stair (mostly) loses it railing along with the middle set at the base. I'm also struggling with getting those nice curved handrails at the base, any links to CA vids that would describe how to do that?? Thanks -=JT=- Sorry forgot to attach

I love the new color and shadow options, but I ran into some kind of bug when sending to CA's print to PDF. It shifted the color graphics off from the vector graphics. I submitted a bug report. Anybody else have problems? Permit Set1.pdf

Thank you Gentleman. I've not used the on the fly symbol creator before so I'll have to get up to speed on locating, sizing x,y,z, and insertion issues. I got it to work and created a symbol and saved it in the User Library, but for the life of me I cannot cut it out of there and put it in a subdir called "paintings". Still got some learning to do.

I've been stuggling with how to generate a bunch of different paintings with frames, separate from the ones CA provides. I've normally just inserted on of the existing frames, then changed the pictures, but for years I've wanted to add my own custom pictures to each one I insert. I do this by taking pictures of my clients paintings and then insert them in my 3d model. Saving them is in a User Library is something I just recently tried to do without much success. I decided I wanted different frame sizes and frame shapes, so I took and interior elevation view and create a rectangle, converted it to a molding polyline, then asigned some molding profile to it. I then put a polyline solid in the center as my canvas and then group blocked them together to create a large square blank model. Unfortunately, it does not like mixing the poly soild with the molding line for inserting onto walls, for when I take this "architectural block" and insert it from the library to another wall, it has an original fix orientation, and when I rotate it to the new wall, only the poly soild rotates free of the molding. So I went about doing this wrong. Can anybody offer a suggestion as to how to create one or more blank canvas that I can then "fit" any painting piture on to it? Cheers

I'm having a hell of a time getting the lights to display in RT mode in one room. I've turned off all other lights except the 8 in that room, but they still won't display even though the light data indicates they are on. I've had this problem from time to time, especially with custom light fixtures. Any idea's on how to force them to display??

Wow, it pays to review all the catalogs, I had been missing so many cool things. Any comments or opinions about how big we can safely make our library?

Since updating to X8, I think I was remiss in transferring all my library items over. I don't have the one called "Kitchen accessories"

I use them so infrequently, I don't want to make them. I'll download the Pennville catalog from CA. Thanks Mark.

Indirectly, that answers my question. I'm missing the library which has those in it. I had previously type in that word "valance" and all variations, but nothing showed up. So which manufacture catalog do you find them in please?

For the life of me, I cannot find those underused finished cabinet valance panels which typically go over a kitchen sink. I used to see them in previous versions of CA, but cannot find them any more. Anybody know where they are hidden and under what name? Thank you. -=JT=-

I rarely use such a large external display, except for presentations. I've strained my neck while trying to use one for CAD work.

I've got the Bosch and the Distro and both are very accurate. Distro is also Bluetooth enabled so when I get motivate I can use it with my laptop to do as-builts on the fly.

Thanks for the feedback Bill. I was hoping that it was already part of CA, but I was simply not seeing it. I hope it is in X8 as it is long overdue. I really hate using so many work-arounds in my plans for something that is really so simple for CA to incorporate.

Has anyone solved the problem of attaching balusters to the outside of the stringer instead of on top of the treads?

I just wanted to ask the users here if they have the same problems we have in the State of Washington with our Energy code. Specifically, dealing with fresh make-up air? New homes have to be very tight so, make-up air is designed into the house in either the windows (ports) wall (ports), intake near the furnace with a timer, or heat exchanger worked into the furnace. On remodels is has always been loosely enforced. For example the simplest solution was to call out window ports on any new windows in habitable rooms, knowing the rest of the existing house was going to be leaky, but with the very low U-value windows, many manufactures don't offer window ports. Then there is the in-wall fresh air intakes ports, which I've never seen used. Or the air intake near the furnace which is on a 12 hour timer. All of which are linked to the Whole House vent fan. Most of the contractors and even building inspectors tend to look the other way on remodels, so nothing gets installed. I'm wondering what other professionals have run across with this "fresh air" issue on Remodels?

Also, when I'm doing corrections from the Building department and they want my new information "clouded" or highlighted, I've got the highlight in yellow direction with all new notes, and they stand out perfectly.

The cost is minor by comparison to the effect. I absorb the extra cost, as I rarely spend over $100 for 4 color copies of a complete set, edge bound and delivered to my front door. It only gets expensive if I have to do it several times. I'm using colored transparent fills more and more for some hatching area's as it communicates much better than a busy hatch pattern. Some sheets are still B/W with Grey scale, like elevations, but one CA changes their export to layout to include scaled color images, I'll stop using B/w there too.

That is very clever! Great workaround. Although I think the poster wanted something for the "interior" and shutters only work on the "exterior" right? Having more control over the casing would be a nice addition to the CA updates, I run into this problem all the time with oddball casing trim.

You raise a great point HumbleChief, the paper scribbles are a great backup which I use again and again to double check things, mostly to find out why something does not fit or dimension out. I'm assuming that if you took the time to draw it in the field right, you'd not need the dimension notes? Still, I'd almost want both. My thinking is that Room Planner is a bust, for those of us with CA already. We have what we need to draft up an as-built in the field, as long as that process does not make us look so stupid to our clients as we curse and fumble getting the devices to communicate to each other. There's got to be a better way. It is close, but I'd have to make a fair number of logistal adjustments in how I input data and work with a tablet to get it right. I did take my mouse and the detatchable keyboard on one project, but that was almost like bringing my full laptop. It is learning to draft using my finger or pen device that is my problem.

Thanks Jon, They have a great true 3d rockery wall that I just love using in my models, although I have reached a point of massive polygon counts which will slow CA down quite a bit. That is the danger with some of these cool Sketchup Models, they are memory hogs.