rlackore

I'm not smart enough to evaluate your current rig, but the best "upgrade" I ever made for renderings/raytraces is to use TwinMotion - I believe it's still a free download. TwinMotion is far from perfect, but it's a heck of a lot faster to set up a quality scene, the results are real-time, and the animations use keyframing. The export/import using .dae isn't fullproof, but I seldom run into issues, and refreshing the TwinMotion file after a change in Chief works well. The biggest advice I have for anyone using Chief with TwinMotion is to save any material tweaks you make in TwinMotion into your TwinMotion user library so you can quickly re-apply them if they are lost during the model refresh.

Or define the those brick walls as Foundation walls and adjust the footings as required.

Wherever you have a floor cantilevered (like at a balcony projection) don't set the wall (or a portion of the wall) to hang: Interior bearing walls will not respect the bearing height - you need to drag them up manually:

I assume the floor trusses are hung off the masonry wall on a ledger, correct? If so, set the exterior walls to hang the floor structure, then set the the floor levels to your 9'-4" increments: With this method the actual floor system doesn't matter. This is my normal method of working with cmu, tilt-up, panelized, etc.

Like crap. But, in my defense, the OP's picture appears to be Standard view.

Corner cabinet with shelving, all components except shelves set to an invisible material, with the end panels created from partitions:

SketchUp Pro 2019 provides geolocation: You can plop the mass model down over the imagery. The Origin is the referenced lat/lon, which provides a reference for drawing/importing/locating the survey data. If you know the lat/lon of one of your survey points you can manually set the geolocation as well.

Corner windows still work the same for me in X11:

Everything Glen said; plus if you don't want the annoying return (on the right-hand side of the gable), then open the garage wall and uncheck Roof>Auto Roof Return:

Adjust the line weights in your Wall Definition, which currently has the interior layer weight 5 points greater than the exterior layer:

You can only modify the User Catalog.

I think the quickest method would be use a polyline solid for the arched parapet section. However, you can also use curved roof planes (with 0" Surface and Structure values) to control the height and shape of the arched parapet, then use a 3D Molding Polyline for the trim:

Use the Break Line tool on the lower gable roof form to pull the eave back in the area of concern; this will allow the wall below to extend to the high roof.

I suggest posting the .dwg file for us to examine.

Yes, I've had a CTD a few times after the latest update.

Have you tried the Bumping/Pushing icon to toggle the behavior on/off? I have mine set up with a hotkey [S,B].

I've submitted this issue to tech support, but I'm wondering if anyone else has observed this problem. When printing a layout page using Chief Architect Save As PDF there is considerable file bloat when the page includes an embedded PDF document. A page printed without a pdf is 40kb. A page printed with test.pdf is 1,152kb. The pdf is only 37kb; this is an increase of 2,780%! A page printed with test.pdf obscured is 1,153kb. So even though the print engine isn't rendering the PDF, the PDF is still impacting the size of the printed output. I use PDFs extensively throughout my Layouts, so this anomaly greatly affects my ability to share files via email, Dropbox, etc. Does anyone know how to prevent the bloat?

Use Copy/Paste with Point to Point Move. If you set up hot keys it's pretty quick.

Works for me also (I reduced the width of the transom by 1/2" so that the jambs and casing align):

European Copper is out of Tulsa. European Copper Chimney Pots.calibz The material assigned is Chief's standard Brushed Copper; the real pots have a patina, but I don't have a good texture replacement.

Agree. I model the timber frame elements separately from the building walls.

I'm coming to this late, but how much greater than 10sqft? If you can fit a person inside, then I'd interpret the space as an Accessory Storage Area (1 occupant per 300 gross sqft) and you'd need at least a 32" door for exiting. Further, if it can be considered an essential part of an employee work area, then it may need to be accessible and would need a 36" door.

Two simple symbols: a 4" insert for utensils, etc. and a 8" escutcheon for trash/recycle holes: insert.calibz escutcheon.calibz ...and if you want the 6-valve bev dispenser, here you go: bev.calibz

I don't know about a fence. I'm not sure you can get a railing wall to follow a slope.