MarkMc

Powerful features are rarely simple-until we are replaced by AI that is. From what I see a lot of folks just don't use plan views, very few bother to read the directions much less read about how to use new features, the default icon is to save the plan view rather than "save as" (which needs to be added to toolbar to use), compounded by the pop up message do you want to save (plan view) which gets a knee jerk reaction of sure I want to save. I think Chris may be on to something useful, IOW might work, with default being none (I'd want to be able to change that though)

Look into "plan views". If you open the layout views you will notice that they are using the same plan view. Several threads and methods on the forum and in documentation. My preference is to use dedicated plan views, some set plan view to none.

I just had to do this for a client yesterday. Ended up inserting a blank floor, zero height, at absolute zero, no floor and no ceiling to start with. Had screen shots of existing structure DBX. backclipped section and detail from veiw made from it, pasted the detail back in for reference, and a 3d cross section slider. After inserting made a room away from the house and adjusted the foundation 0 level rooms. Did a quick run at yours yesterday and the clean up didn't look all that bad. I think having things set to absolute is better than from floor as on mine I had a couple of windows end up in the newly inserted room and had to move them. Used reference sets and adjusted layers to show what I need in plan views The client did something different in the mean while-inserted new foundation level below but used foundation walls on level 1, haven't looked at that yet and not sure which is going to be easier to deal with for docs or finishing off the model.

Have you tried ctrl + tab to see if that gets you out of it? I have had it happen in any of the X11 releases so no help about why. I do occasionally completely lose the mouse cursor when switching programs. That appears to be the other programs fault and not Chief specific, cause seems to be a program that does not always give up focus with Alt Tab. I use UltraMon and it has a script to center the mouse on the primary screen which always solves the issue (helps when I get myself lost too:)

Unless you move a few things to another layer and then turn layers off. Easiest to use a save as plan for the remodel. To date I've mostly needed this for interiors and fiddling is required no matter what they do with the program unless it reads minds. Would be nice to have the reference glass house work. Like I said at the start-till you get what you want . I've finally decided that I'd rather get what I want than be right.

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That was the first one I showed you but you said you wanted it reversed!! The principal is exactly the same. Place the camera in the plan that you want to be glass, reference the other.

Larry- attached zip with 3 plans and two cameras. To get what you want you need to have the camera in the AS BUILT, reference the addtion. Once referenced change the camera view you are in to glass house, which you can do since it is NOT the referenced plan. One view has references a complete structure (as built and addition), another view has layers of the referenced plan turned off amd am extra roof plane. The camera is ALWAYS in the as built plan. Glass house.zip

You have full control of the view type of the plan you start with. First take standard, the add reference as standard, switch original to glass.

Standard and glass can be reversed but not sure that's where you want to go either. Looks like you want both glass house? On this one with Glass house in back and standard to front the glass house starts to look more like a watercolor since both structures overlap there. Guess it has it's uses though.

To change all in plan change the defaults. To change on a single cabinet or two, 3D view, drag from library Otherwise as noted above

Easy enough to get what you want now. Open the New plan first, make that glass house so you have control, then use the existing for reference and you can change view type for that. Here's a quickie-not sure I picked the right files but you get the idea :)

They not only added outline to DBX but now have separate control of icon background.

It also adds lines around fields in DBXs which I'm real happy about, thanks Chief.

It's actually a schedule number- to figure that out open the Text Macro Management with the room selected, in the TMM select object properties and look through the list. In any case-I tried a few things but schedule numbers are a bit different so referenced macro did not work. BUT what did work was placing %schedule_number% in the room label BUT that screws up the standard room name in the schedule. Will fiddle with that some more, maybe a way to get it all, don't know yet. Without having either the OIP or components I don't see a way around that, so far it's one or the other.

well sent both in, that one they could not reproduce. Sent it that plan and just to be sure opened it and now the view callouts are working. So it is some sort of sporadic issue.

These are macros from the drop down list. Also just found that I'm not getting pages numbers on elevation callouts when text below line is set to automatic and adding int %layout.label% does nothing. Tested a layout box label and that macro does not work there nor does %layout.title% Yes I had tested view name and it works in a RT box

Am I missing something here? simple and easy in X10, no result in X11

While it has been a while and I wasn't specifically an architectural modlelmaker all the time, I still have enough experience in it to have some idea. I think fussing about this being missing is scratching things that don't (or shouldn't) itch. We still can export for 3D printing which appears to be where the model making industry has headed at least for better presentation models. Based on tests I tried out of curiosity the software doesn't generate I would want to build a model by hand if it were more than a simple box with multiple stories. If building from scratch using boards I'd be working with detail from view and making some adjustments. With acrylic or bass wood I only want dimensions since that is table saw work. Same goes for massing models made with closed cell foam. Lasers-there are plenty of options to outsource laser (or water jet) cutting in most localities. I'd been doing that since the mid 80's. We never used it for facades, more like scrolled railings, complicated surface details, and it could be useful for terrain contours. Thicker materials start to have a slight bevel on the edge creating issues in assembly. At first we just sent line art, later we sent dwg. Again you can get that from detail from view. For smaller outfits that have a need look around for an old school architectural modelmaker, many are in need of any work, might get a deal.

Possible cause is it's using the Intel Video card instead of the Nvidia card? Have you set?- Nvida control panel, manage 3D settings, program settings, add- add chief there and run through the settings. While in there under global settings -Power Management-prefer maximum performance. My Spectre only has an Intel card and it manages to run X11, I set Windows Power management to Performance on the rare occasions I do that-even then many operations are sluggish so I don't do any heavy lifting there with 11. My Sager has zero issues. Your GTX is a whisper faster than mine so should be adequate (Sager does not have an Intel card).

Here's one way -I run into issues with shower walls all the time, even with the new ones (update your sig to X11 please BTW) I made some symbols that are basically overcoats for walls. Was a solid that was exploded, in my case I made each panel a different material but you don't need that. Then converted to a symbol. I can then place this on top of wall sections allowing for proper 3D look and still get framing (which usually needs a little edit) In this case the stucco material needs to be set to global mapping. Sample with full overcoat on one wall and just the symbol on the other. Is this what you are looking to do? w_overcoat.zip

Well certainly don't continue here-you do have a previous thread about the problem though-might just use that and since the OP was told to search and someone even suggested making a laptop sticky-maybe someone with time on their hands can post some links to appropriate threads as an edit to a post on the first page?

Shame on every one of us, including me, who posted to this thread-except for the first 3 or 4 posts. Those advised the newbie to search the forum. Another thread in Tips has the same suggestion. Now and for a while a search of the forum for laptops will bring this thread to the top of the list-4 pages of hijack while Builtrights original thread on his problem collects dust where I doubt all suggested diagnostic steps were followed AND I seriously doubt that a drive will solve a display issue. Then we tell newbies to read "how to get good answers" We should all know better.

No not an MSI-my computers are listed in my signature-both are laptops. As Eric noted there is a lot of information from Professionals already on this forum. F1 key calls up the help based on tool you have open (not unlike searching the forum -note PM in signature stands for "private message"

Eric means search this forum