MarkMc

Did that for the first two tries. Weird

Sounds like using a wall may be better than what I tried but here is- made wainscott panel with angled top and bottom, converted to cabinet door and set stretch plane so it can't resize.. Placed in a bow front cabinet as side panel inset, fooled with origins, Hard part is working out radius of the cabinet Then 3D view, delete surfaces and converted to a symbol. I only went as far as making it a millwork symbol (the height on that could be resized, doubt any of the rest. Wonder if making it a molding symbol might be an option. Anyway, kept me amused for a little bit, maybe it helps, plan with stuff I used and symbol in it. curve wainscott.zip

Finally got it -downloaded and deleted 4 times, then saved to a new folder and worked. Wonder what...?

Anyone having trouble with latest update? I've getting error . Tried twice.

There are gaming laptops that have desktop CPUs like i7 7700K. With most of those you won't have to deal with Optimus which I find an advantage especially with multiple monitors. I often run my 6700k with main screen, a 24" off display port, TV off HDMI, and a 15" DisplayLink off a USB with no issue. The older machine can get fussy if I use for DisplayPort. These machines are about 8-1/2 lbs and only get 2 hours on battery. Note that some no longer have easily swappable batteries. Don't know about more lights on the GPU but haven't noticed a need. Raytrace runs off the CPU and will use all the lights that are on, so more likely need to turn some off.

Here's how I do moldings. Once done I disonnect one edge of the molding line, copy and paste that into a warehouse plan where I keep molding stacks I've done in the past. Generally I keep the pieces at a 6 foot length and also paste a cad block next to it that shows what the stack looks like along with a name of some sort so I can quickly identify them. Then when I need that stack I can copy and paste into a new plan. I use this exclusively for top moldings since it allows me to make the overhang on the side of a cabinet slightly different than the front, avoids issues when cabinets are not quite what CA expects. I also like it in particular for baseboard since I'm prone to doing funny things to toe/sub bases to get what I want (which mucks up molding in applied to the cabinet in the DBX) A rare vid from me- hope this works. molding line.mp4

Yup-I was only interested in offering and demonstrating a method for bead inset cabinets and these cabinets are from the first batch saved. I have a batch of hardware saved with modified exactly the way Graham suggests, which I eventually used in the actual plan. Easy enough to do what Graham says and save to your library.

I saw it demonstrated at KBIS. Looks about the same as Chief's.

I do that as a matter of course when I don't want a symbol to resize in a direction no matter what. May not be needed here but I've done so many odd things with door symbols I often set a plane outside the symbol so nothing odd happens.

The first round that we tried some time ago required a new symbol for every door style. The plan I posted uses something different and is easy to change the door style. I just made some cabinets , starting with a full height door, and added to the library. The doorstyle can be changed to anything you already have in the library. Just did these in about 5 minutes. If the main doorstyle is set to use default they work globally.

A simpler way, make a copy of cabinet door you want in user library. Open symbol and offset the y origin, set depth stretch plane to 2" (anything outside the symbol). Place that as a door panel next to the same style door (unaltered) also set as a panel.

Was waiting for a client so here is one version. Open the DBX for the door to see settings since you have to make a new symbol to change the doorstyle. sliding door.zip

From what I've read where the 1080 makes a difference is with 4k monitors and that may just be gaming. A web search will give you more info though most will reference gaming. If it were me I'd likely go to the 1070 and if I had more money spend and options existed I'd put it into upgrading CPU, RAM speed as opposed to quantity- doesn't look like they give you many options for the SSD other than size which is the other place I'd be going- brand and connection type not just size IMO. Am very glad I sprung a few bucks to go to Win Pro over home- more control over updates and nonsense.

I ran into something like this back a ways on one plan - don't remember the solution but got it from tech support. May have involved a legacy plan- call them.

In the Chief 3D library on line there are catalog for: Office Accessories, Cubicles (in furniture), Grouped rooms- Office . You can get some things not there from the sketchup 3D warehouse. And an enormous number of things can be made by altering cabinets within chief and saving to your library. It's a long time since I used the Interiors version but I think all of that is available to you. (you may still discover that Premier is worth the cost for productivity) It's pretty simple to make your own templates, most of us do. May want to also have a warehouse plan where you can store symbols to copy and paste- or work out a good system for your user library to make life simpler.

Must have been doing something wrong when I tried it earlier.

plan attached with floor in two directions- open the materials dbx for each to see-look at ALL tabs.For vector view change the pattern directions as Graham suggests. TIle -you can only change tile size pattern by switching to custom pattern and changing the scale- gets very tricky-see tile on wall. For symbols and materials (and most anything else) I like to use the reference manual as opposed to just videos. floor.plan

Screen shots are limited by the monitor resolution but the dpi and overall size can be enlarged in a photo program. Ray Trace allows you to set DPI and to set total image size either by pixels or by inches so the only limit is time.

Got it, ctrl alt c; sticky mode, PP-click, -then for subsequent copies PP (my shortcut key) pick the "from" point and then pick the "to" point- go on all day long if you want. Added the circles-those worked exactly as expected. ctrl alt c, sticky (zz), pp, pick point from, then just click multiple "to" points and centers all copied where I wanted.

Well I may have found a bug in it. Copy and paste (ctrl + at +c) sticky mode (ZZ on my machine) them P to P, just continue to click on the next point BUT see below. Check pages 171 and 172 in ref manual. The bug is at least with cabinets so far-select cabinet, do the above, P to P one corner to another- just fine. Select second corner and I get a mid point snap.?? Checked preferences and should not be happening.

I think he multiplied that. In any case- I use copy paste in place (CP on mine) constantly with reflect, center, PtoP and transform replicate. But thought I'd take a look at the reference manual (I love that thing The attached was done without copy and paste in place-two clicks for the first copy, one click for each subsequent copy all done P to P. I kind think this is the function you're after?

Here is update with fillers done similar to how you were looking for the last batch. Note the reason to take the trouble to make the ones on the right side of each pair shows with the doors off or open. Blind 2.plan

Here are two ways to add filler overlay directly to the cabinet- depends on how fussy you want to be with detail. Since I most often need the overlay as a line item in the schedule I add it manually. Just happens I was working on a blind with an extra door panel and was getting fussy-hence the one to the right. That is the sort of thing I will keep in the library to avoid doing over. The "door symbol" used on the one on the right is placed on the floor- worth opening that to see how it works. Blind.plan

What Michael said- I keep some standards in the library but often just make em on the fly-split vertical-blank area-ez.

Johnny's comment got me thinking about something I left out- collaboration. Not that CA is perfect at it, still better than the alternative if you know how. IMO the questions should not be "does CA do pricing?" rather "can CA help me make more money?", "save me time?" Absolutely. Consider that the national average closing rate for walk-ins is 33%, in my tracking web based leads close around 10%, home shows are about that too but for referrals from professionals closing rate runs 80-90%- and pros are repeat business !! I tell architects "think of me as an extra pencil" , make contractors happy with clear drawings so their crews work faster and avoid mistakes, even export to SU for some contractors to use with clients, not to mention show consumers more than they typically see from my competition. Better drawings, clearer detail, easier installs all keep those professionals coming back AND I get better work because of it. I may be a better designer because of it too. (FWIW-I was laid off end of Oct. '09, started my business Jan '10 on fumes, got CA Dec '10. I wouldn't be here if not for pro referrals/repeats, certainly would not be doing as well without CA.) Yeah, yeah, ra, ra .. but if you look back to the old board I was more than a little po'd at them in '11.