DavidJPotter

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    Texas Engineer

    in General Q & A

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    The Engineers here in Austin, Texas commonly use AutoCAD so I recommend going to your local library and  finding a telephone book for where the project is and then start calling local Structural Engineers until you find one that isn't busy.

     

    DJP

    Extra lines in fascia

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    I assume that you added that return manually, when you place a return via the Wall Specification Dialog box you get no extra lines usually. Sometimes that setting does not work and a manual return is then necessary. Such lines are EASILY handled after the view is sent to layout, while on layout any missing or unwanted lines can be added or removed easily using while on layout the "Edit Layout Line" tool available in your edit tool bar when you select a view you wish to edit.

     

    DJP

    Importing a plan into another

    in General Q & A

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    You should make sure both .plan files have the same exact Default Settings before importing. Then use the "Edit - Edit Area- All Floors" to copy-paste into the house plan away from the house. Then while still selected using "Point to Point Move" locate the barn structure. Since the Barn may have a different first floor level due to terrain, you may have to manually adjust the barn for that.

     

    DJP

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    Windows 11

    in General Q & A

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    On 2/14/2022 at 4:53 PM, CarrieS said:

    Thank you for your patience as we worked with NVidia regarding crashes in Chief Architect when using an RTX 30 series graphics card on Windows 11.

     

     

    NVidia has released a new Game Ready driver today (2/14/2022 version 511.79) that appears to help with these crashes.

     

    https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/187098/en-us

     

     

     

    If you are still experiencing crashes and are using an NVidia RTX 30 series card with Windows 11 we encourage you to download this latest driver and let us know if it helps.

     

     

     

    If you continue to have trouble after updating, please let our Technical Support team know by creating a Technical Support case here: https://support.chiefarchitect.com/home  

     

     

    I am using the NVIDIA 12/5/2022 driver and get crashes when using Standard Render technique, so I have taken to quickly switch to vector view to avoid crashes at least for now. Otherwise my PC is totally stable and fast.

     

    DJP

    Large file size WOW! How to lower it in Chief?

    in Tips & Techniques

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    On further inspection, the presence of so many furniture objects and custom 3D solids may have also contributed to the total 3D face counts and ultimate size of the .plan file. The .plan file does not appear to be cleaned up for interior rendering, so why all the furniture, I wonder...

     

    I deleted all the "Furniture, Interior" objects and that also did not significantly reduce the file size...

     

    DJP

    Large file size WOW! How to lower it in Chief?

    in Tips & Techniques

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    Once you are through using PDF's to help  create a .plan file you should discard them as they tend to bloat the size of a .plan file by default. However, after I deleted those PDF's the size of the .plan  file did not significantly lessen as I figured it would, so the next thing I suspect is the presence of a high count imported symbol or symbols, thought that is at present merely a supposition.

     

    DJP

    DWG file not workable

    in General Q & A

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    First off, Please add your signature to your posts so helpers then know something about the software you are speaking of and a little about your computer that supports that software. How to add your "Signature" can be easily found here: 

    AutoCAD is abasically a 2D ONLY file format. And different end users of that software use different methods to create their products. Such .dwg files are AutoCAD release sensitive like Chief .plan and .layout are also version release sensitive. If I knew what version of AutoCAD the .dwg was in and what the .dwg file version was supported by your version  of Chief Architect, only then could I advise you on what to do.

     

    DJP 

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    3D 2D and 3D Modeling

    in General Q & A

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    Anything I do that helps others visualize or accept in detail a proposed Architectural project is a service a help to another or others. I occasionally do animations of such virtual constructs but as I said, they are all services. My clients define what products they want  and I produce them.

     

    DJP

    3D 2D and 3D Modeling

    in General Q & A

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    2D = flat lines, fills to graphically communicate a 3D concept to others

     

    3D= a virtual object to emulate a real or intended, conceptual representation of an intended "REAL" or actual project or construct.

     

    Both are virtual graphic representation of new constructs or objects communicated without having actually just building or creating something in fact.

     

    A good 2D and 3D graphic communication can help investors and clients whether or not their money should  or should not be spent in a larger sense.

     

    That is why Architectural drafting and 3D modeling is a needed and wanted skill.

     

    DJP