rlackore

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3080

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by rlackore

  1. rlackore
    You can do it with a soffit in the center. You will have to add details in the section view. The recessed lights insert directly into the ceiling. The cove lights are placed with a ceiling offset or manually dragged into place in section view.
  2. rlackore
    I don't think Chief has any tools (other than Terrain, apparently) that can create a ruled surface.
  3. rlackore
    OK, thanks for the confirmation. I'll post in the Suggestion forum.
  4. rlackore
    I seem to have run into a maximum number of layers in a wall definition. I searched the X7 Reference Manual but couldn't find a mention of the maximum number of layers allowed. See the picture below, and note that the Insert Below and Insert Above buttons are grayed out. Has anyone else run into this limit?
  5. rlackore
    The Porch room and the Deck room don't play nice together - for instance if you change the Porch to a Deck, the two rooms "heal" and the issue goes away. The only way I know how to "fix" the problem is to define the invisible wall between the two rooms as near-zero in width (say 1/16"), which will give you this:
  6. rlackore
    I'm running X7. I get the bad behavior with your plan, normal expected behavior with my plans or an OOB plan.
  7. rlackore
    I didn't use your posted plan in post #2. I opened your plan and agree with Scott - the schedule is not behaving as it should.
  8. rlackore
    The schedule works as expected for me. Have you double-checked to make sure the Symbol Specification>Options>Schedules settings are correct for each item?
  9. rlackore
    I don't think you can align the grid, but you can get everything back "on grid" by turning on Grid Snaps. This should allow you to drag CAD lines, walls, and stuff like that until they snap to the grid spacing.
  10. rlackore
    Why not a molding polyline? It works great if you don't have a lot of openings. This shows a single molding polyline comprising the skirt board, girts, and truss carriers. The posts are defined by the wall's framing material:
  11. rlackore
    You can change the stud spacing in a framed wall by modifying the Main Layer Material Definition to use framing at a different spacing, then rebuild the wall's framing.
  12. rlackore
    Have you built the framing for those walls? Select the walls, then:
  13. rlackore
    Chief only has three types of lights: spot, point, and parallel. Chief's default "fluorescent" fixtures are nothing more than a single point light - the fluorescence is simulated by an emmissive material that doesn't actually cast any light. Chief doesn't have a decent method for simulating strip lights. Many suggestions have been made to provide better lights and light control.
  14. rlackore
    Those windows aren't very deep (high?) so the cut plane is slicing through the cripple studs below the rough sill, which is why they are showing in the plan view. I don't think we can change the height of the cut plane.
  15. rlackore
    Just to be clear the maximum lights isn't only a Chief Architect issue. Chief renders using OpenGL which by default allows only 8 lights in it's fixed pipeline. There are ways to get around this, but none are implemented in Chief.
  16. rlackore
    Joe's excellent point is the other piece to the puzzle. It's important to distinguish between the "maximum lights" that your video card can "render" to the your screen display, and the number of lights are "turned on" to compute the Ray Trace solution (which doesn't depend on your video card).
  17. rlackore
    I agree with Michael. Check here to see how many lights your card can handle: Regardless of how many lights are toggled on, only the maximum number that your card can handle will be displayed.
  18. rlackore
    Turn on Ignore Casing... As you move the window close the the adjacent wall this setting comes into play.
  19. rlackore
    If all you're planning to do is build shelves with hanging rods, then 24" minimum on each side of the aisle; make the aisle width what is comfortable for you, but 24" would again be my suggested minimum. If you are planning a more complex project, this PDF guide from Canyon Creek explains almost everything you need to know: Closet Design Guidelines.pdf
  20. rlackore
    Shoot an elevation, create a CAD Detail from View, and draw the shape using the CAD tools. Then copy/paste-hold to the elevation, convert the polyline to a Polyline Solid, and use a plan view to position it correctly.
  21. rlackore
    This is very weird. I've always thought of a CAD block as purely CAD objects - no smart objects like a countertop hole. It makes me wonder what other smart objects I can embed into a CAD block, and will they behave as expected if they aren't assigned to a symbol?
  22. rlackore
    Where are you trying to draw the walls? Which roof plane? Knee walls are explained on page 290 of the Reference Manual - this explains the error message better than I can.
  23. rlackore
    I can't help you with your email without knowing what email program you use, but simply adding the saved raytrace as an attachment should work fine. Same for the PDFs, or almost any other file for that matter.
  24. rlackore
    After the Raytrace is complete: File>Export Picture
  25. rlackore
    File>Print>Print>Save as PDF You can select the A4 sheet size assuming your Layout is set up for A4.