DavidJPotter

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    No Room Definition

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    1 hour ago, Scotbow said:

    Is there a way to make CA recognize the stone slabs, as wall sections?

     

    NO. when one wishes to have a room, one uses walls or at least walls, invisible. Only then does one have a "Room Specification Dialog".

     

    DJP

    How to cut or raise terrain behind retaining wall

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    When I create a retaining wall, I also  use a "Terrain Break" (Terrain - Terrain Objects - Terrain Break) object where the terrain abruptly changes  in elevation. I also often use custom slabs instead of retaining walls because slaps and polyline solids are easier to control how  they interact with terrain.

     

    DJP

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    Material Lists - Beyond Advanced

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    The first thing my then boss asked me to figure out about our change to Chief Architect back in 1994 was to evaluate its ability to create Materials Lists. I worked for a Remodeling company then.

     

    What I have found out is that if a client asks me to also create a Materials List, I tell them that what I estimated for simple 3D model or con docs. is small compared to creating a PERFECT 3 D MODEL  that can be used to create an accurate Materials list, at least 10X over and above what is required for plan sets or a rendering 3D model. The reason is that the software reads how the virtual 3D model is constructed, so if your model is not perfect from foundation to attic you will get an inaccurate Materials List and if it is perfect in all respects, you then can expect a useful  Materials List.

     

     

    It requires, for me at least checking and rechecking to make sure all is true and correct, which takes more time than it does for simple con docs or a 3D model for pretty renderings.

     

    DJP 

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    2nd floor in attic issues

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    That because some of the walls you are using are auto-generated attic walls that are marked by default as "NO Room Define" which disallows creating any rooms using such wall objects. Open each of the walls' dialog boxes you wish to use to enclose rooms and UNcheck "No Room Define" in those walls. Then finish your design.

     

    DJP

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