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Can you post a plan with the walkthrough path?

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First, I do appreciate your help. What do you mean by construction documents?

I've read the entire reference manual for X6 over the past year. I bought the book a year ago. I re-read the section on Annotation Sets, and it just doesn't seem to help with what I do, electrical design. What would help is a quick change of cabinet defaults for manufacturer, wood species and stain. Another help would be a quick change of interior trim color like cherry to painted white. Do you have any suggestions?

I recorded and played your walkthrough on my Mac and it plays fine. I used the Default for Apple which is QuickTime (.mov) The file size is 340 MB, codec is H.264, duration 3:15, and I used 30 frames per second

What settings are you using to create the walkthrough? Which file format?

I reading about them now

That worked, thank you

See if you can open this, it's from X7 RWS353HH.plan.zip

Like the topic says, sometimes I get brick showing inside

I start several and let them queque.

Just select a recessed light from the library and place them on the plan. Everything else is done for you.

QuickTime Movie file (*.mov), 30 frames per second, compression 75%, Techniques-Standard. I'm on a Mac, so QuickTime is a default for video. In Windows (*.wmv) would be similar. I make the walkthrough at first with a low frame rate like 10 frames per second. I keep tweeting it until I get what I want and then for the final version I use 30 frames per second. I choose 30 fps because that's the rate my HD camcorder uses. My camcorder is 1920x1080 - 30 fps also known as 1080 30P.. This is a good size and frame rate if you're going to burn it to BluRay and is a video industry standard. ​Whether it's (*.mov), (*.wmv) or (*.mp4) or other file format shouldn't matter that much. The only time it would matter is if you were going to edit it in a video editing program like Sony Vegas or Adobe Premier, then (*.mov) or (*.wmv) would be the better choice because it's less compressed than (*.mp4)

Yes, 100% Chief, that was done in X6. I'm on a Mac. It's a QuickTime Movie file (*.mov), 30 frames per second, compression 75%, Techniques-Standard EDIT: I added more detail in the post below

Is it a Mac trackpad or other manufacturer?

Here's one I made. You'll see before it goes upstairs, that it looks up into the foyer with the camera set at 45º. When it walks up the stairs, I set the camera angle to 20º. You can also control the speed of the walk with Keyframes. Add a keyframes and slow down or speed up the walk. Be sure to add keyframes before and after to take it back to normal. In the family room it slows down a little to view a photograph I took of Pittsburgh. HERE it is. Be sure to view it full screen.

I have a Mac Pro with dual 23" monitors. I use a 40" Sony TV for customers, they sit on a couch about 10ft away. I run an HDMI cable to the TV and the computer automatically shuts down one monitor, and switches both the TV and my monitor to a 16:9 resolution, 1920 x 1080. It looks great.

I started a thread about the walkthrough path not extending about two weeks ago. Since then I gotten it to work. No matter what I did on the first one, it would not extend. I don't know what I was doing wrong. To look up in the Foyer, add a Keyframe and adjust the camera to 45º. Be sure to add Keyframes before and after that have the camera at the normal 0º

Thank you, I'm going for it!

I just started a large project this morning and have six hours in it and have about six more hours to go. Should I open it in X7?

I don't see it at all. My SSA is up to date until 1/6/2016 Service Period: 1/7/2015 – 1/6/2016 NOW I SEE IT.

Here's the walkthrough, it stops in the master bedroom. It's 3 minutes long http://vimeo.com/116485247

That worked to add curves thank you. Usually when I draw the path, I drag so far and stop, then drag again from the last camera and it adds camera 1&2 but then joins the first path and it becomes one. On the second floor, when I drag from the last camera, it stays camera 1&2 and does not join. It starts a new path.

Give me a few minutes and I'll try posing the plan.

I tried that and was able to make the line longer and move it into the mast. bedroom but it stays in a straight line. I'd like to curve it into the master bath.