DavidJPotter

No, your license agreement clearly states that the use of any version of Chief Architect belongs not to you but to Chief Architect Inc. You and only you are licensed to own and use any version of Chief Architect. I suppose your friend can use a seat of your older chief but not as its owner, it would be purely a loan and would not include any support of any kind or type. DJP

People are different. So it is one's job to gauge one's clients and deliver the level of graphic communication necessary to fulfill their needs. Our job is to graphically communicate that we understand what they want, so whatever that requires is correct for that client. There are no slots that everyone fits into. Chief makes it easy to get that job done for sure. DJP

I can help you if you like, I charge $75.00 per hour and use Zoom Meetings to support sessions. DJP

What I have seen reported here, via Australian News sources is almost 200 persons (183 to be exact) have been arrested for arson there. I know your country is large but that is still a lot of arsonists, eh? DJP

The pool I merely got from my Library Browser as a symbol, take a look in yours. DJP

It has been reported that the main cause of the fires was people setting them, the drought just set the stage. Can you confirm those reports, I wonder? DJP

https://youtu.be/ezKV4zJEbfw All about Room Names DJP

The attached ray trace was created in X8 for a client who has not, to date upgraded. How I created this pool room: 1. Created the structure 2.Added the windows 3.Drew the outline of the pool using room divider walls 4. In the resulting "Room Specification Dialog" I programmed the "room" to be open below 4. I then added the pool symbol and located it in the created "room" DJP

You have two choices: 1. build automatically or 2. Build Manually There are no other routes possible DJP

The fact is that technology moves into the future whether you are speaking of computer hardware or software. It gets better and better each year, X8 is still perfectly good except X11+ is even better in terms of a lot of features including rendering. PBR was added in X10. On a fully up to date PC or Mac ray tracing is a lot faster and PBR in experienced hands is even faster. I have clients that still use X5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11 so I have them all on my PC to serve those who choose not to upgrade. I mostly use X11 myself, it is "State of the Art" until X12 is released. DJP

When you send an image or render view to layout directly if you then upsize the image to fit the target page, it tends to degrade the appearance of the image, so I believe what Jintu is suggesting is to export the image to a size larger than the target layout page size so when you send that image file to layout you can downsize it using its corner handles instead of enlarging a smaller image instance which degrades its appearance. Making a large image smaller compresses its pixels and enlarging an existing image causes its pixels to be enlarged causing the loss of clarity. DJP

What, exactly was the "removed area" please, this seems to be the main bone of contention? DJP

He has his own website and he is active at Facebook on the "Users of Chief Architect" and "Chief Architect Showroom" pages. DJP

Yep, I just finished chatting with Jintu in the Philippines, probably the best consistent render person I know, and he strongly agrees. I just recently found out about the tool, read the manual and then practiced using i and found it quite useful. I posted this question to get more reality on its uses and importance. DJP

Thanks for the response, I saw a discussion of this tool on Facebook and wanted to know what was being discussed, I looked it up in the Ref Manual but was sill wondering what the deal was. Thanks

How do you guys use this tool, please? I searched the Reference Manual and videos but have seen no examples of how or why to use it other than to zero in on an object in a camera view. It is not that I do not understand at all, rather I am interested as to why it is important to you and why that is, please. DJP

This is what I finished on Christmas Eve, a model of a new home in Sussex ,England

Merry Christmas and a Happy new year t all! David and Linda Potter

I rarely use my copy of X1 (the main reason I have versions 9-21 is to be able to service those who still use older versions). Ray Tracing is dependent upon the speed of your CPU and RAM. Are you using a laptop or a desktop? DJP

I used "Got to Meeting" for years and then switched to "Zoom Meetings", both work well with Chief and there are others that people use. I am not aware of any user at any time successfully using "Remote Desktop" by Microsoft. DJP

This person can make such a door for you https://www.chieftutor.net/ DJP

The "Poles" are applied via the Railing wall Dialog box once put into your plan, you specify the "Newels" to be "round" and there is an input box for their diameter. Then on the "Rails" tab of that same dialog, you can assign "Round" top and bottom "rails" to complete the construct. DJP

Watch this: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2428/adding-accessories-to-the-backs-of-cabinet-doors-and-drawers.html DJP

Downloaded your plan file (thanks for sharing!) and used the "Define Material Tool" several tunes, went smooth as glass, sorry. I would suggest you check your software drivers and de-frag the hard drives etc as it looks like it is your machine. DJP