Electromen

Thank you, That's kind of what I had in mind. There is a Mezzanine level but CA can handle that.

I'm wiring a 25' x 75' steel building. The outside walls are supported by tapered steel beams 25' on center with horizontal Zee Girts and metal sheeting. The roof is Zee Purlins and metal sheeting. Is there a way to draw this in CA?

I'm on a Mac. I have all the data files and documents/drawings on iCloud.

Chief can't do what they require. I get them done free by the local lighting supplier.

What did you use to Calibrate the monitor? The ICC is the International Color Consortium. Monitors and Printers can be calibrated to an ICC Profile. The prints and monitor will match, they'll also match everyone else in the world that have Profiled devices. You can hold the print up to the monitor and see that it is accurate. If you're using a Digital Camera, the camera can also have an ICC Profile. One of the best devices to Profile both monitor and printer is the XRite i1Studio That is what I use. After the monitor is Profiled, you use the same device to Profile the printer. Each paper will have it's own custom profile and must be selected in the print driver. TV's & scanners can also be Profiled. This works best in photography software like Photoshop or Lightroom. The problem with CA and color is how the lighting and reflective materials affect the walls and materials. I'm not sure that can be turned off.

I'm an electrical contractor. I use CA to design the electrical layout. I've never dimensioned the electrical. Plumbing, HVAC, and framing change the placement your best layouts. The symbols show the desired location but the customer and I know it will change on some items.

The Codec on my Mac for X10 is H.264 just like it has been in the past. H.264 is a standard HD compression widely used.

I'm an electrical contractor and use CA specifically for electrical drawings. I've been asking for better control and more layers since '97. Very little has changed since then.

If you don't have flooring under the cabinets, how would you ever get the dishwasher to slide out?

My Toolbar has also had problems since the latest update. I'm on a Mac.

Still using both Ray Trace for top quality

Import this Ceiling outlet into your Library Untitled 1.calibz

I switched to Mac about 12 years ago. The reason was, the Apple OS was not vulnerable to viruses and malware. As far as CA goes, it's stable on both platforms and the files are interchangeable. I other words, you can start a project on one and open it on the other OS. If this is more of a decision of Windows vs Mac, that discussion can go gone forever. Obviously, Mac is more expensive, but in the past, it's my experience that they lasted much longer. I like Macs backup system. Time Machine is automatic and can go back, hours, days, and months to restore files.

Thanks Chris, I got it working

I'd like to be able to send a Plan to the Layout and control the Layers shown. In other words, Send each floor to the Layout with all layers shown. Then have a page in the Layout that has no dimensions, just electrical. Right now I can send a floor to the layout with Electrical only, but then when turn on layers in the Plan, the Layout also changes. I'd like to have several Layout pages with only certain layers turned on.

I've been using a Wacom Tablet and Pen for about eight years.

My MacPro has dual AMD D500 video cards with 3GB of VRAM on each one. CA only recognizes one card. It would be nice to take advantage of both cards.

Thanks to Mick (Kbird1) for helping me figure this out. He's my first attempt.

I think the results are decent. Considering this took no time at all, maybe 2 seconds, it beats Ray Trace by an hour. RT may have better resolution, but I think this is going to be my new standard in presentations.

Thank you, that was very helpful. I've changed my defaults for my main template. If I can perfect it, it will save hours of RT.

Thanks, I found it under 3D > Rendering Techniques. I added that Icon to my Toolbar. So All I do is point the camera and Select PBR? It changes immediately, there is no wait time. Is that all I do?

I guess I should have asked "How do you PBR in X10 on a Mac?

Like the title states, What is PBR?

Post #20 must be a wrong reference # ??? It seems the materials in the Library updated today make a difference. I'll try a new countertop.

I could be wrong but I think X10 is a stand alone program and does not upgrade X9. I did not uninstall X9. Both full versions are still on my system. It was an upgrade from Beta to the full release