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8 hours ago, ChiefArchitect said:

We are excited to invite you to join our X16 Beta Testing Program.

Your feedback and insights are important for shaping new features and usability of the upcoming Chief Architect Software release.

 

Why should you join?

• Get exclusive access to new features and updates before they are released to the public.
• Help us identify bugs and suggest enhancements for a smoother user experience.
• Collaborate directly with other testers and our team and have your voice heard.

 

To apply, e-mail us at beta@chiefarchitect.com; we will reach out to you in the coming weeks with further details if you qualify.

*Note: An Active License of Chief Architect Premier is required for participation.

I tried to e-mail beta@chiefarchitect.com and my e-mail didn't go through for some reason.  I am not not sure why?  I am interested in joining the private beta if I qualify and am chosen.

2 hours ago, mthd97 said:

SSA beta must be different to private beta. Always going to be some surprises in X16 and 3D dimensions is just one leaked clue. We just have to wait till it’s our turn to find out. If you got SSA you probably will not have to wait as long as me. Still it’s good to see CA getting better and better. 

I am up to date on my SSA.

1 hour ago, Doug_N said:

Now that is just mean.  

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!

14 minutes ago, Dominic900 said:

Hello everyone,

 

I talked with sales and they said that private beta has started in the middle of February and we should see (if no further issues found) public beta by late spring/early summer.

 

I have not seen any updates on new features either. Sadly. Sales is very tight with sharing any info as of yet. 

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.

To anybody that is interested, I am giving access to my revised configuration file for the 3D Connection devices and Chief Architect X15.  Keep in mind this is a work in progress.

Chief X15.zip

On 4/13/2023 at 10:09 AM, DeLayDesign said:

You'll want a pretty decent graphics card if you are wanting to run raytraces.  I built my PC with Ibuypower.com  A few years ago my system cost $2400 delivered; not sure what it would cost today - but it's pretty OP.

I invested in a ibypower desktop for around $2,400 to $2,600 about a year ago.

• Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Edition
• Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.8 Ghz,
• 8-Core 16-Thread  CPU
• 16 GB DDR4-3000 Mhz RAM
• 512 GB m.2 NVME SSD
• nVidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with 8 GB of GDDR6 RAM

I have since increased the ram to 32 GB's.

I also have purchased a Samsung Pro 970 1 TB M.2 NVME SSD.  I never got around to installing the new drive / cloning the old drive.

I once post on a similar but related topic.  I think whenever we are presented with an option to select a material we should always get an option to select a material default category.  Secondly, I have always wanted the ability to modify the Material Default Categories list just like we are able for the room types.  Implementing this would likely fix the OP's issue an complaint.

On 5/25/2021 at 1:56 AM, ComputerMaster86 said:

Just like we can do for "Room Types", I really wish we had the ability to modify this list.  Options would need to be added to for the following...

 

• New (Add a New Material Default Category)
• Rename (Rename an Existing Material Default Category)
• Duplicate / Copy (Duplicate an Existing Material Default Category)
• Delete (Delete Material Default Category if not Currently Being Used)

 

 

Secondly the "Material Default" tab would need to be added wherever it is missing.  Often times we are not given the option to choose a "Material Default" from the "Material Default" list.  Please fix this and add some consistency.

 

I have added (saved) a bunch of Door / Window items to my "User Library" that includes a variety of information already typed out in the object information text boxes.  However, I am noticing it is not keeping (saving) what I have typed for "Manufacturer"  I keep losing this "Manufacturer" information.  I have sent this in as a bug.

16 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

Thanks , but not sure why you'd have to register for a recorded Webinar ?  ( so I didn't try that....)  it's a Public Beta after all.

 

M.

 

 

I don't know why but, doing so allowed me to view the webinar.

If you click on the link and register, it will allow when to view the recording.

A tool won't activate if your not on a screen that allows the tool activate or have a dialogue box open or maybe even another tool open.

For Chief Architect X15, I only have created 5 radial menus at this point in time.  I haven't got around to creating anymore but, will at some point in the future.  I have recently starting using the 3D connections keyboard and have been using the 3D Connexion SpaceMouse Compact and their CAD Mouse.  I don't have any experience with using the Space Mouse Pro or Space Mouse Enterprise.

I have mine stored in the wall type definition's dialogue box and saved as a part of my template file.  Everytime I open my template file I have all my wall-types handy.  You can export your wall-types using the export function and then save as a DAT file.

Then in your new template file you can import by selecting the file you previously saved.