DavidJPotter

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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

    New user

    in General Q & A

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    When you draw a new room, it is programmed to have its "floor Level" matching the rest of the First Floor. Your add on room over the basement door even when set as "Open Below" still has a virtual floor level which you can alter so it matches grade instead of the level of the rest of the first floor.

     

    What Michael Gia said above is also true, lots and lots to learn, mostly procedures, default settings, input boxes and check boxes, how the software is programmed to work whether or not you agree with that programming, etc.

     

    DJP

    New user

    in General Q & A

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    You draw the three walls, set the desired ceiling height, designate it "Open Below" to allow access to the basement door. You mark the outer wall Gable by opening that wall's dialog box-Roof Tab - Gable over this wall.

     

    DJP

    Dormer issues

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    In the shared plan file Default Settings - Walls - Exterior Wall was  not set to your predominate exterior wall, also Default Settings - Materials - Exterior Wall was set to Blue Siding. The dormers will be easier to edit when exploded, try it. Other than that I did not find much wrong and was then easy to straighten out the dormers.

     

    DJP