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You can run Chief Architect on Core i7 and Ryzen 7 Processors just fine. I actively do on both an Intel Core i7-10700K and AMD Ryzen 7-7700X. Both are 8-Core 16-Thread CPU's. The Intel processor has a base frequency of 3.8 Ghz and the AMD 4.5 Ghz. The i9's and Ryzen 9's depending on model have a few more core's and/or a bit faster clock speed but many i7 and Ryzen 7's are still decent work horse processors. I try to shoot for 8-core processors with around 4.0 Ghz speed as a baseline for a processor for a computer that is going to run Chief. If you are going to do ray-trace renderings get a good graphics card. I've been using a RTX 3070 super on my semi-portable open air desktop quite a bit this week. My big ole desktop PC in a more traditional case has a RTX 4080 super on the inside. I honestly haven't used the 4080 super much but, others on here actively use RTX 4080 supers for raytrace renders.

Its not a laptop but, I picked out the components and had a local computer shop put this machine together for me. It's a mini ITX computer built on a OCPC frame. After it was built, I added the RTX 4070 super graphics card. Almost doesn't fit. I call it a semi-portable computer. It has a... + OCPC Mini ITX Case + GIGABYTE B650I AORUS Ultra Mini-ITX AM5 Motherboard + AMD Ryzen 7700X Zen 4 Processor 8 Cores, 16 Threads @ 4.5 Ghz Base Processor Frequency + 32 GB's of DDR 5-6000 (3000 Mhz) Memory (2 DIMM's @ 16 GB's) + 1 TB Samsung 990 PRO NVME M.2 SSD + GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Super Eagle OC 12G Graphics Card After my 8 year old laptop gave up the ghost on me, I had thought about another laptop. Hearing people having problems with brand new laptops, I decided to go this route. I am so happy I did. I even cart the machine back and forth to my daytime employer.

I think the easiest thing would be for Chief to implement and allow two customizable hot keys. The hotkeys would be dedicated to each option. One for Angles/Corners and the other for horizontal / vertical. I actually use the corner snap with "Reflect About" a lot and would hate to see that go away but, I also have experienced the issue shown in the video.

Thank you so much for the tid-bits.

My window schedule has a custom object field that is linked to a column of the schedule. In the custom object field I have typed the following... %@rouSil[1][4,0,0]% My macro works and does what I intended it to do but, I am having trouble getting the macro to execute automatically for all items in schedule. I have to click on "Open Row Object" and then close out the dialogue box for the macro to execute. Then it will execute for just one window. I have to keep repeating the process of clicking on a line item, clicking on "Open Row Object" and then close out of dialogue a number of times equal to how many windows I have in my schedule. There must be something about how ruby works I am not understanding. How do I trigger the macro to run automatically for every window in the schedule? My knowledge of ruby is limited. Here is my macro... @sill = (owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom).to_f.round(4) @rouSil = [ -> (thickA, thickB, height) {(owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom).to_f.round(4)}, -> (thickA, thickB, height) {( owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom).to_f.round(4) + thickA + thickB + height}, ] puts = @rouSil[1][4,0,0] Schedule Issue.zip

I revised my code (see below) and got it working to a point. It still is creating a seperate line item and runiing the macro for the first instance. I can open up that line item and then close the dialogue box and will force the macro two run. But I have to do that multiple times. Maybe I can get video footage of that. @sill = owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom @rouSil = [ -> (thickA, thickB, height) { ( owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom).to_f.round(4)}, -> (thickA, thickB, height) { ( owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom).to_f.round(4) + thickA + thickB + height}, ] puts = @rouSil[1][4,0,0]

With my limited knowledge of ruby I am running into another issue I can't understand. Let's say I have 6 quantity of windows listed as one line item on a window schedule. Currently, it will run the instance macro and do the math formula calculation for the the first window of the line item but, create a second line item and not perform the macro calculation for the remaining 5 windows. In the end, it theoretically should still result in one line item. The result of the macro is going to be the same for all six windows. Very baffling. @rouSil = [ -> (thickA, thickB, height) {owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom.round(1) + thickA.to_f.round(1) + thickB.to_f.round(1) + height.to_f.round(1)}, -> (thickA, thickB, height) {owner.bottom_elevation - owner.rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom.round(4) + thickA.to_f.round(4) + thickB.to_f.round(4) + height.to_f.round(4)}, ] All 6 instances of the window are at the same rough sill height. My macro just does a simple math calculation where I can manually type in the concrete thickness and it adds that value to the rough sill distance. It spits out a vertical distance from bottom of grade board to top of rough sill. A value the builders can reference for framing the window openings.. For upper story windows, I manually type in three values. The lower floor concrete thickness, the lower level ceiling height and the upper level floor assembly thickness. It will do the same calculation and spit out a value. I just don't know why its creating another line item when the result of the macro is going to be the same for all six windows listed in the original single line item.

Thank you for this piece of information. I will have to try to remember this for similar future scenarios.

I was almost certain I tried that combination sometime earlier in the day and it wasn't working. Now I can't even remember. Anyways, it seems to want to work. Now tomorrow I will be doing something and it will be messed up again.

Lower wall type if split by butting roof wont generate. This scenarioalways gets to be a royal big PITA. What's the secret sauce to getting "Lower Wall Type If Split by Butting Roof" to actually work? Roof Project.zip

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I am up to date on my SSA.

it's probably because I whine about stuff they think is trivial. Just like my idea of being able to copy and paste angular dimensions and reassociate them to things just like we can do for linear dimension strings. Being able to rotate dimension text for angular dimensions. Being able to add to or override dimension text for angular dimensions. Being able to modify material defaults list similar to the room types dialogue. They probably know I would complain about not having 3D angular dimensions. Just Joking!

I didn't know private beta started yet? I asked to join the private beta and never got a response, so I just figured private beta had not started.

Its starting to sound like X16 won't happen until summer, maybe June at the earliest. I sure hope that is not the case. I have a project starting this week that would be a great candidate for putting through the paces of X16.

Hopefully since it is the week of the builder's show they will not keep us hanging too much longer. I have projects I would have loved to try out in X16.

I am now wondering if they have started the beta testing yet for X16. Some years in the past they were already releasing sneak preview videos to the public of the next release by now. I have an active project for my employer that would be great to try out in X16. Hopefully something will happen soon.

I have been wondering about the X16 beta testing myself. Usually they send out invitations for people to join the private beta testing this time of year.

I have a Facebook group that I started for Chief Architect users that live and/or work in the Great Lakes region of the United States. My intentions were for it to be users that reside in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio Users. Feel free to join the group if you are in the Great Lakes region. Someday in the future I wouldn't mind creating / hosting an in-person users group meeting but, I don't have the means to do that at this time. https://www.facebook.com/groups/greatlakeschiefusers

1. Make sure the wall girt framing layer is in the exterior layers. Normally I have my wall girt layer as a main layer but, this doesn't allow a girt at the slab. 2. Your walls containing the wall girts need to be on floor 1 or start on floor 1. 3. You may have to delete and regenerate the framing for it to repopulate with the new settings. 4. make sure the wall girt layer has a value of -4" specified for the "Extension" field. That is new and allow wall layers to extended down past other wall layers, like a framing main layer. 5. Make sure "Bottom Run Elevation" is set to -2 1/4". In my picture above Chief architect is not going to automatically generate a 2 X 8 or other size treated grade board. What it does generate is a 2 x 4 white lumber horizontal framing member starting at the same level as your slab. You then go into a 3D view modify that first row of girts to mimic a grade board.

I have been playing around with the automatic framing tools and horizontal framing recently to see how close to the way we build pole barns in Michigan I can get. One thing I have recently discovered if you... + Draw your walls on floor 1 + Set your wall girt layer to be in the exterior wall layers area + Set extension to be -4" for the wall girt layer + Set the bottom run elevation for the horizontal framing to be -2 1/4" It will place the first row of wall girts starting at the bottom edge of your concrete. This is assuming you are using 2 X 4 wall girts and have a 4" thick concrete slab. I was then able to modify the first row of wall girts in a 3D view to mimic a 2 X 8 treated grade board around my building.

I always have the wall wrap and steel siding layers as exterior layers. The wall girt Layer and post layer are my main layers.

Now keep in mind this was tailored to my personal work flow and is actively a work in progress. It's also tied to Chief Architect Premier X15. It may not work with other versions of Chief Architect. As time goes on, I will likely be revising some of the radial menus. I plan on adding more radial menus and macros that are tied to Chief Architect tools and functions. If you are able to access the radial menus, feel free to change and tailor this to your own work flow and needs.

If you load my configuration file, it should load the radial menus I have created. That is assuming you have a 3DConnections device. Once loaded, you may have to map the radial menus to the buttons on your own device. In some instances it may override your device and it's existing settings. That is if you have the same device as me. Currently, I have the following... 3D Connections + CAD Mouse Compact (Corded) + 3D Space Mouse 3Compact (Corded) + Keyboard Pro + Numpad Pro (Comes with the Keyboard or Sold Separately)

It does take a little finagling to get the radial menus to load but, once loaded, you should be able to pin those radial menus to the buttons on your device.