MarkMc

Either "save camera" or send to layout

Some backdrops are worse than others. Spherical from bonus library in particular cast more color. Moving the sun locations around often solves it as does adding a light source to wash out the color. Best solution I've found though-if I need/want image in the windows, don't want to move the sun, or mess with adding extra lights. Use no backdrop, add a billboard image in back of the window and adjust the transparency. (I've only tried JPEG but have a hunch PNG may have more issues?) In any case here's a quick example.

I always struggled with Ray Trace. Maybe did not invest enough time, partly not that important or worth the effort for me. In any case I had a need for better/faster renderings for a particular client so I dusted off an old copy of Thea and Rene was kind enough to give me a few pointers. Shortly after the first Beta came along with PBR. It was a lot rougher then, Even still I took to it pretty quickly and got better results with it than almost any RT I'd ever done. Not as good as what Thea can do in someone elses hands but for me more than adequate. Chief has made great strides with each iteration.. Have not had time to fully integrate the info Graham and Mick and others have posted here but I'm happy enough to use it far more than I ever bothered with RT. I'd like the settings to somehow be condensed but that is what it is.

With what you show you can get it's likely that you can mess with the settings as described in this thread, all of them. and get better results. Takes some mucking about. Attached are a few shots from X9 files. Just a few tests done on the Spectre in my signature with just an Intel card. Not my best, have better on the other machine, but not bad just quick tests of the machine. It's running on a one year old driver since none of the actual drivers for it worked with PBR. I did not fuss with these much, very few added light sources, adjusted the sun down, they are using improved lighting. Very slow updating so if I added any lighting I did it in standard view then switched (yeah and no problem!!) Note that I worked on these with NO additional monitors connected-you might want to disconnect one to see?

In the camera defaults, also available in individual camera DBX

I'm not so sure that they knew a year ago. I can't say if I understood this correctly but I got the impression that PBR was came about something like the digital effects in Jurassic Park. In JP there were not supposed to be any digital dinosaurs but some guy down in the basement got into it and it happened. Talking with Chief folks at the show I got the impression it was something like that, also got the impression that there was one developer who was doing all the heavy lifting on it. Even if I'm way off on that PBR went through significant changes in each of the Beta releases with the largest change happening in the final release. I don't think they could get all the materials moving in the right direction until they knew what it was doing. In any case I have no doubt that much will be improved before X11 and that there will still be plenty to complain about too:)

Is this what you are after? Cabinet curvedand inside.plan

Front cabinet has openings at back to match front, Back cabinet copy reverse, change bow, change back from "match front" to custom and leave it alone, change front by deleting all layouts and making the front Blank. Place cabinets back to back, adjust depths as needed. I also changed the default separation on the "back caibnet" to 3/4"

Got it to work. Made an image just in case, then tied up with closing showroom, moving office--yadyadada... The 21.20.16.4542 that I could find did not offer the 620 card? Tried forcing the newest current driver- yuck. Then figure whatthe... and got hold of 21.20.16.4590 1/18/17. That worked at least so far. Only ran a quick test-snappier, no pixels in PBR, seams decent. Thanks guys.

Nice of you to say Mick. I believe the problem is that for say a trash pullout, Chief thinks it's a drawer. If it was something I really wanted I'd get the CAD block and insert it. Since that can't be blocked to the cabinet I'd be doing that only in finals. I don't show them nor do I want to. (I don't even like that drawer boxes show if I want to show doors). Even back when I floated these things on different layers to fake opening I hid them in plan. There is enough going on in a kitchen plan and just about nobody that matters (client, installer, even maker) knows what these look like in plan. I want them in the schedule so I can order properly, in the correct size cabinet, opening is "nice" since the clients like it. OTOH besides including correct labeling or codes for special inserts in whatever field I'm using for Mods I also note any inserts or accessories in plain English in the Comment field. Then include one separate plan with referenced macros, %Comment%, plain English that the client and installer can understand it. I save the ones I use in the library with a note to self for minimum maximum width.

I use base cabinets to make these. Framed, 0 separation, face and side are side panel inset, others are openings, all separations deleted.

Graham, take a look at comparisons of 980 and 1060. May be better where it counts, 989 Ti in particular, both cost more than the 1060 though.

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In older plans-I picked annoset/layerset, zoom to view you want, save plan view as. Repeat as needed.

I've not had that problem, likely specific to your system. I'd check mouse driver/battery, video card (issues with some newer drivers noted elsewhere in forum), call tech support maybe they've heard of this.

First to the space issue- Is your dropbox file located on your C drive? It still uses space on the machine. I have X8, 9 &10 installed with pretty healthy libraries each, along with a mess of programs and only using 108GB of my C drive. Everything else is on D. I left the primary Documents folder there to allow a few programs to install data there but everything else that lives there and all photos, music, downloads, whatever is on D. Second CA works best off the C drive. With X10 libraries can now be moved elsewhere-cloud or another drive if needed. I'd first see where the space is going, then install X10. Go over this thread, make some notes, then spend an hour with a file from X9 and see how it goes. While PBR has changed each beta iteration and the public requires a bit more finesse- I had decent PBRs up and running pretty quickly without the benefit of this thread to start- better than my lousy RTs anyway.

For myself this has only occurred when my printer settings, not Chiefs, were set to other than 100%. Usually I needed "to fit" for a previous print and forgot to change it.

Sorry had the wrong video on there. Updated, still not getting embed to work though.

or why you don't need 2020. This video shows how to move labels and codes from a cabinet schedule into an manufacturer online order platform. At a later date I'll do something showing how that schedule is generated in Chief (some of which has been posted in the past) The file size is too large to post AFAIK and I don't know how to do embed codes yet so here is a link to a page with the video. Link to page with video Rest of web site has never been finished-one of these days

While I love details as much as the next and often do CAD for special cabinets In this case it's not really a big deal. All but one of the makers pictured would finish the back as a standard modification. One would want to add a 3/4 panel, unless I had it quoted and asked for flush.

It's actually a very common standard construction from many makers. I don't use those but when I do need a corner sink I use a recessed corner sink base which is similarly difficult. I make those from 3 cabinets.

Layer,line setting

I get the same behavior in X9 as X10. Cabinet doors behave the same way, think it's what Michael suggested.

Just make it from a cabinet can be in the schedule then. Corner Shelvs x9.plan

Several of us were making this work in X9. If using X9 you can also either... Import as a door, change the origin and place in the back of the cabinet. OR Import, place in blank plan, place the cabinet door you need in front of it. From 3D view, convert to symbol, cabinet door, change origin to just behind the door, set depth stretch plane outside the symbol. Then use as a drawer front. OR Look for post by Alaskan_Son sometime last year if you want to have the door swing open AND the basket pull out OR Upgrade as Dermot suggests (best option)