Chrisb222

Go into Preferences and under Text uncheck "Create New Line." You then use Shift+Return to create a new line.

You can't currently. You can try using a different color for blending, something with less vibrancy which should work for this situation. Also, you can add your support to this Suggestion thread:

Yeah it's gone. From Help: 3D Rendering and Ray Tracing The obsolete CPU Ray Tracing tool has been retired in favor of real-time GPU Ray Tracing. See GPU Ray Tracing.

Just to be clear - yes you can still use X16 after installing and using X17, but any X16 files opened, and saved in X17 cannot then be opened again in X16.

Yeah it is. I've seen other posts over the years discussing this limitation. Also feel like I've seen Suggestion threads asking for control of this, which would make a good - and seemingly "easy" - feature upgrade.

What do you mean by "trimming completely"? The interior casing is intact, and the door is set for no exterior casing. So what are you missing?

Haha, yeah I immediately started to conjure up how I would do it, then had to peel myself off...

Yep, can be done. Personally I wouldn't want to frame it though...

In Layout, go to Edit > Default Settings > Text, Callouts and Markers or get there clicking the Wrench icon:

That's the only thing I got mildly excited about. It piqued my interest about 2% as much as Saved Plan Views.

Steve, the staff sometimes participates in the Q&A forum but they specifically state that they don't read all of these threads, and if you want to make a suggestion to enhance the program, to use the Suggestion forum.

Yes. HOW it could be done - or whether it's even practical - is difficult to answer from what you posted, and maybe impossible to answer on a discussion forum like this. Best bet is ask a local contractor.

What exactly are you asking? Do you want to know how to make deck joists automatically break over a beam? Or just to make the Material List only show 12' lengths? Your question is a little vague. Try to be more specific to get better answers. Best to create a new thread instead of tagging onto an older thread, and include a plan file, or at least a screenshot or two describing the problem.

Yeah, well no one except you and alaskan son brought up the "concept" of accepting errors for the sake of using AI. Thanks for the apology.

Then the answer is yes, of course I care.

I've tried being super explicit with instructions to not alter the building, without success... so far. I have however started pasting a chief rendered house onto an AI terrain, with fairly good success. I think the grass, plants, and trees just look fantastic. AND the building is correct!!

System obsolescence is a real thing, always has been, but another thing we might be missing is that new potential users are emerging all the time. We might tend to think we are all there will ever be, when people of all ages will continue to enter this industry.

Thanks Steve. I was just going to not respond to that since I like to keep positive energy here, and couldn't tell if it was sarcasm, humor, or a serious question. It seemed obvious to me that I was showing the Chat image simply to illustrate a desired aesthetic - I even indicated it was altered architecture... who would want that?? I guess I have a blind eye and lack human intelligence. At any rate, it was really surprising people would think I was actually willing to sacrifice model accuracy for a pleasing rendering. Whatever, but thanks for the support.

I believe you're seeing "Z-fighting" - when underlying elements are competing for visibility - caused by your siding being only 1/2" thick, allowing other layer elements to show at the surface. If you make the siding layer 1" it goes away, as seen in this before and after of the same exact view: Before: After: I'm not suggesting you make your siding thicker, I'm just saying what's happening. I deal with it too.

Your file is empty, probably because you had Chief open when you zipped it. Close Chief then zip/attach.

Wholeheartedly agree. If Chief could produce a render as nice and fast as AI (on a Mac, tyvm), I would welcome a rendering upgrade. Otherwise, yes please just focus on fixing the lacking parametric objects, and giving us better tools for drawing plans and construction docs. CA Standard Render, 1s: CA CPU Ray Trace, 15 passes, 2:09m: (I prefer CPU RT because it shows nice shadows of 2D plants) CA GPU RT Ray Trace, 100 samples, 46s: ChatGPT Enhancement, 2:41m during heavy demand time (altered architecture): THAT ^ kind of rendering enhancement I would welcome. Otherwise, more meat and potatoes, please.

Chief calculates the minimum RO by adding the door size + jamb. If this total. is greater than the mfr RO spec, it bumps RO up to that total. It's a workaround, but you can turn off door jambs to control your RO based on mfr specs. Or reduce the door size by the amount of the jamb thickness, which throws off other stuff... If your door size + jamb is less than the specified RO, it's not a problem. But this should be fixed by allowing us to specify a door nominal size, and an actual door measurement. Or allowing us to override the minimum. I know, it's a Chief Thang™

Main difference, among others, standard text style, size, and color can be controlled by layer, allowing different styles for different plan views.

Yes, in the SPV Edit Active View dialog settings: The Pony Wall must be set to "Use Default":

Same! Study this Suggestion thread for an in-depth analysis of pretty much all issues involving your question. It will help you tremendously: