Chrisb222

Check out some YouTube reviews. Yes, ray tracing has improved vastly.

Jim, I copied your Brick-6 and deleted the drywall, and made the framing layer 2.75", then wrapped it three sides. It's a quick cheesy workaround, and I don't like the lines showing in the plan view, but it took about 2 minutes and they key word is "works": WALL END PROBLEM - CB.plan.zip PS I like the way your file opened to the problem area with a cloud.

@para-CADthanks. Been considering M4 Max Studio but this made me check and... think I'll wait. The Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips is expected to launch in the middle of 2026.

You can also just double-click on the browser's title bar, at least on the Mac.

You might play around with the method described here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01142/creating-an-image-for-use-in-a-brochure-flyer-or-website.html It uses a Top View 3D Ortho to give you a "flyer" type of look to the design, then overlays the floor plan for annotations. I've also done something similar, but used the cross section slider to display doors and windows in the 3D Ortho view without having to overlay the floor plan. I like that look better, and then you could add a plan view with just the room names and dimensions, instead of the entire plan which doesn't always look right with the 3D ortho.

Haha, I have a Chief .plan that is nothing but reminders on how to do obscure or complex techniques that I don't use often enough to commit to memory. And sure, it could be a word document but I'm in chief so why not access my tips without leaving the program.

Saved that to my tips and tricks file, thanks Robert.

Post it up in https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/8-suggestions/

Simpson catalog, 160 Interior is very close:

Shane, I didn't bother to track down the cause, I just went to fix it. If you select the wall in elevation or 3D, you can see the little stem projecting down. Just grab it and slide it up to align with the bottom of the wall: This cancelled "Default Wall Bottom" in the wall specification dialog under Structure, so something is wrong somewhere. But personally I don't usually fight the program on stuff like this, as long as it doesn't cause a worse problem elsewhere. I just find a fix and move on. Hope this helps.

Yeah it's normal. Somewhere along the line a material was used in a way that caused the program to create an additional copy. You can merge the multiples in Plan Materials, but it maps anything using that material to the first one in the list. Sometimes I go in and clean it up but, I mostly ignore it unless it causes issues like you described, then it needs fixed. From Help: Click the Merge button to merge multiple selected materials into one. The material that is listed first is retained and all other materials in the selection set are deleted. Any instances of the deleted materials in the plan are replaced by the first material. Only available when multiple materials are selected.

As of X17, Temporary Dimensions now use settings in the current Dimension Default, under the Setup Temporary panel: There no longer is a single default setting for temp dims. That way you can have multiple setups and switch between them, without having to change them in the Defaults.

Just scoot the "rafter tail" roof plane over the thickness of your I-joist. It will throw off your roofing material, as Shane shows above.

For the 3D I would just toss a ceiling plane and move on. If you want to show a cross section with framing or other, detail it out in CAD. Sometimes trying to bludgeon the parametric features into special situations just ain't worth all the squeezin.

Idk, it doesn't do that for me. It blinks for half a second but does not restart the PBR. Are you going to File > Export > Export Picture?