DavidJPotter

When a camera view is open or active there is an icon for that camera view called "Edit Active Camera" where for that camera view, you can select shadows and other attributes. There is also "Edit - Default Settings - Cameras" dialogs were such attributes can be set per camera type. DJP

I too, miss Jim, he was one of the top ten Chief People. DJP

I guess you have already looked at the "Mohawk" flooring library? DJP

What Mark Mc suggested would be the easiest way but if you want something that really looks nice and representative you will probably have to draw custom muntins to get just the exact look you want. It depends on how far you will go to gain just the right effect. DJP

I am old and I would not have them (Barn Doors) anywhere in my home. BUT, things change with great regularity and us guys have to change with them (at least in our designs), The customer is always "right" whether we agree with them or not. At least now we have some choices of door libraries as symbols. Earlier, before the libraries were available on the Chief Website, I would get such symbols from 3D Warehouse. A feature request has been made to add Barn Doors to the existing "Door Tools" but not yet implemented. DJP

I do not see "this" in your post, did you intend to attach an image or plan file? "The terrain interpolator" is just a mechanical device, that you bend to your will, I do whatever is required to get the result I intend. With no image and no detailed data, the above is all I can offer for now, as help. DJP

In your LIbrary Browser, you right-click on the library file and select "Delete" which sends that library file to your trash bin. You then find an uncorrupted version of the library file and install it using the "Import" Library File found under the "Library" main menu. You cannot selectively remove just one file from most libraries. DJP

I took a look at your plan. My conclusion is that I could find NOTHING out of place. Therefore, I would send a copy of this file to Tech support for their evaluation. Your file looks the same on your PC as on mine, so Tech Support should be able to figure out "something" useful to you and everyone else. I did not try PBR but in Standard Render, trims appeared and disappeared relative to your view angle. DJP

In X9 and X8, what you do is "look" and then, in the future you decide to be a little more methodical while creating a plan file so this does not happen to you again. I am NOT being mean-spirited, just factual. X10 may or may not be a solution but YOU can always be your solution, always. DJP

The ONLY way you can do anywhere near a scientific bench test is for all testers to use the exact, same .plan file and then you would only know about the tested systems, it would tell you only about the systems tested. That might be worth the time to fiddle with it. DJP

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/profile/47-joe_carrick/ he has posted them here (Chief Talk) for free download. DJP

There is no exact answer to your question since different scenes have different materials and lighting and as such require differing PC times to parse. Performance is determined by CPU speed, speed of RAM and of your hard drive. DJP

Interestingly, Since Beta 2 of X10, I have not seen this unwanted phenomenon at all (Knock on wood), I am sorry you guys are. If Tech Support says "they can duplicate" the result, they can and will fix it as soon as they have a bulletproof fix, of that you can be sure. DJP

You are welcome, heck I am 71 me self but I have been using Chief constantly since 1995 DJP

Yes, as non-editable symbols, they do. Sketch Up symbols are editable in Sketch Up DJP

Very kind of you to take the time to create this and then share it, Thank you! DJP

Here is what I did with your file, thanks for sharing it! DJP

I downloaded your plan file (thank you for sharing it with others). When I tried to assign, as you did to a single window, I was able to duplicate your negative results. When I first opened one of your basement windows, on its "treatments" tab it was set to "Default", I then checked "Windows" Defaults and found that no window treatment was in fact assigned there. I then set Blinds to "Mimi Blinds" in "Edit - Default Settings - Window Treatments - Mini Blinds" and then checked the same basement windows which now show the default mini blinds. It may be that you do not want mini-blinds on all windows on all floors so setting mini-blinds as the default for all windows may not be the "solution" you were looking for. I agree with you that one should be able to assign or not assign differing window treatments as one wishes but in your plan at least that seems not to be the case. My first thought was that perhaps this is an uncovered bug (I have not seen this phenomenon within any of my plans...) but in any case were I you, I would bring it to the attention of Tech Support because it is a reproducible instance and as such it is something Tech Support could then deal with to help us all. DJP

What version of Chief Architect Premier did you upgrade from? As Eric pointed out, the most likely cause of no textures is the setting to turn off showing textures in a camera view. Chopsaw reproduced your results using non-optimum settings (BTW whether you get good or bad results is all based upon knowing the right and wrong settings to use in terms of Default Settings and Material and lighting settings which take quite a while to learn and master). There are "Display Options" dialogs for plan view, each differing camera view types and another one for the "Reference Display", each of those dialog boxes looks exactly like any other "Display Options" dialog. Since they look alike, new users often do not realize they are all different and control only what can be seen or not seen in plan views, each differing camera view and your reference display (can be quite confusing if not understood). Respond to our posts, give us more, specific data about your PC and settings and then help can only then be delivered. DJP

Everything visible or invisible is controlled in a dialog called "Display Options", object layers are there alphabetically and can be turned on or off via that dialog. The auto-interior dimension tool is a manual tool that you must manually turn on or off, the same is true for exterior dimensions. Temporary dimensions can also be turned on or off by way of its tool icon (usually found in the left-hand toolbar). You really should carefully read your tutorial Guide and Reference Manual and just make time to do these things. The Reference Manual is over two thousand pages so it is NOT an afternoon read but do work your way through it, little by little as it covers everything you need to know and there is A LOT you do need to know. DJP

Maybe I am missing your point but every material, wherever found has a properties tab that can be edited on any object at any time. That being the case, I do not understand your consideration. Reference this article in the Knowledge Base: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01006/customizing-a-library-material.html DJP

Just use a symbol that you can locate where you need it to be and then use a "light source" for the light, which has its own dialog box to get the lighting effect you want. DJP

I always charge by the hour and make sure the client understands that the billing ends when he and his wife say, "This is exactly what we want", then I print to PDF and share files with their Engineer in AutoCAD file format, then I am done. For my training and drafting-design services, I charge $75.00 per hour, others and you may charge more or less, that is up to you and your client base. When I know the project will require more than $500.00 I ask for a retainer and then bill them when that is used up. DJP

Zowie, you are WAY too pickie IMHO. That is the only solution possible. I get that what Chief58 made was not the same style of cabinet and sink but that is the way to a solution for your stated problem, use your cabinet and your sink but just two cabinets and then two sinks. What exactly is your objection to a straightforward solution? DJP

The scale is not indicated on exports unless it was exported directly from paper space and that view included the intended scale. I suppose you were merely lucky when you choose "Feet" as the scale. When I imported the drawing into X10 I chose "Inches" and of course it was not properly scaled there by, My point is that had the drawing been exported from "model space" it would have natively imported into Chief at that same scale (1' = 1') since it had not been downscaled to fit on a fixed size sheet of paper. The file was also "x-ref'ed" within AutoCAD which Chief is not programmed to read properly, "X-Refing" is an AutoCAD only device. Such files do not commonly work when imported into Chief, DJP