robdyck

The amount of unwanted lines is entirely dependent on the model which is dependent on the user. For 99% of my elevation drawings, I don't have to clean up a single line; they are perfect. All it takes is about 15 years of practice and about 20 versions of Chief and about 15 different computers!

All one needs to do is make a symbol for the post with the correct offsets and then use 2 railing walls, the outer wall is the fascia mount railing with no room definition.

You didn't post a plan with that cabinet Gene, so no one can actually tell what you've used. Notice that the handle notch is off center as well. In the image below I used the drawer that was discussed in your topic. The notch is centered and there is no angle line.

The closest shelf I could find was Rev-A-Shelf 4WDB-15. I used a height of 3" but it doesn't show drawer slides, if that matters to you. Before I made a custom drawer symbol I'd tell my client that these days, we only use undermount drawer slides.

Without knowing anything regarding the programming, it would seem logical that a price could be added to a material. That could make consolidation of materials / prices a bit more efficient. As for being tedious...yup it spreadsheet work! It gets even more fun when all the concrete / gravel is priced per cubic meter.

There are 4 optional places to enter pricing data: the Master List, a Materials List, the Components Tab for an object, or in a spreadsheet after exporting. The best choice for automation is the Master List and the Components Tab for objects. If your Master List is at first incomplete in its available materials, you can create a Materials List from a comprehensively developed plan and then update all those materials to the Master List. You can then perform the reverse function, ie: update all the items in the Materials List from the Master List. This will update any new data to an existing Materials List. Simply click the upper left box to select all items and the click the 'Update from Master List' too at the bottom of the screen. I'm sure you've read this but its worth mentioning: the Master List is always saved. You don't need to perform any function for this to happen.

You could create a new master list or uncheck "Use" for the unwanted materials.

Are you using the macro (=thermal_envelope_area) as an accessory wall component? Does that work for any walls? That macro (added as a wall component) doesn't actually produce any data in the component tab when I give it a try. I'm sure you are aware, but you can export the thermal envelope area separately.

For some (if not all) objects, there is no easy way to transfer information from the Components tab to another similar object in the plan. Likewise, for some (but not all) types of objects, information entered into the Object Information Panel of a library object will be lost when placing the object into the plan.

In X14 this function is broken.

Type 'scale' into the library browser.

You can make a copy of the cabinet door symbol and then adjust the size and stretch planes. Although the door has an edge profile and your end panel does not.

Select View / Project Browser / Schedules... then delete one of the duplicates.

Ditto, room divider, uncheck railing.

In this app, which I've never used before, you can isolate various components:

Take a look at the difference here using a free 3d online viewer and a 3ds export:

Scott, the 3d viewer does have terrible viewing quality and there's really no way around this. For better viewing quality you would be better off using an orbital walkthrough video (or similar) and then sharing the link.

Gene, it looks like you may have overlooked posting the plan.

If you build this in Chief, there's no need to make different materials. And the only thing you need to 'build' is a custom cabinet door. In the example below I made this door using 2 different objects, replicated. 3d solids for the stiles and panel, 3d molding for the rails. Woodgrain textures that are vertical always show the right way on moldings! Convert to cabinet door symbol and apply to a full height cabinet.

Can you post your sketchup file?

In Chief, you could try 1 of 2 things (that I know of): place a manual backdrop using a 3d solid or molding and paint it using a material created from your desired backdrop OR create a new copy of that backdrop using a different size image (lower overall pixel width). Both will probably require a bit of trial and error.

A few suggestions to start: Save the camera. Lower the exposure to 0.30. Increase sunlight to one of the dropdown options. Increase backdrop intensity to a value between 500 and 5000. Post the plan.

You can save a terrain perimeter in your template plan. But no, there is no setting for a 'default' elevation for the terrain perimeter.

double click the 3d Solid icon and check its assigned default layer. You may have changed that at some point.

Scott, notice that this method will force build a double newel post at the wall break location. You may be able to remove those in the Rail Style tab for Start/End Posts.