Chrisb222

Yep the classic dilemma! Grass is always greener??

That's cool. I did that during the crash and loved it, no homeowners to deal with. Now I'm back to design/build contract houses but the headaches! I have thought about returning to spec building, it has a lot of upsides! Good luck

I don't know, it depends on how much you want to spend and if Premier is a good investment based on your goals with the software I used HomeDesigner Pro for a few months before switching to Premier, and developed quite a few house plans and construction sets with it That would be a similar experience only much cheaper. Then if you decide to upgrade to Premier they credit you the full amount you spent on HDP (or at least did at that time) I will say, one reason I'm stuck with paying SSA is the ability to send clients 3D models of their design they can view at home. Worth every penny

Or move that one item to its own layer and turn the layer off

Yes create new materials for whatever boards you use I use three types of drywall, 1/2"x48-12, 5/8"x48-12, and 1/2"x54-12 (for 9' walls) I also created specific wall types that specify these different boards. For example, houses with 9' walls have exterior and interior walls with 54" drywall. Garage exterior walls have 48" drywall. Garage-to-house wall has 54" on house side and 48" on garage side (10' walls typically). 8' house walls, 48" drywall on exterior and interior walls, garage exterior 54", garage-to-house 48" on house side, 54" on garage side. House ceilings get 5/8", garage ceiling gets 1/2"

Just about any computer should work for this, connected via HDMI. The output is pretty grainy, like monitor resolution blown up, but you're usually sitting some distance from the TV so it's not bad I do this in client's homes sometimes, using a basic HP laptop and a long HDMI cable, so long as they have a TV with an HDMI port and know how to change the input And even with the basic CPU graphics of the laptop, I can do 3D views and navigate quickly and easily

Going through a plan now using this method. Some pain but with keyboard shortcuts it's quicker than retyping. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the report. Does Home Designer have the PBR rendering technique? If so how does it handle that?

Yw. I don't use that to grab paint chips, as I said it shifts the hue a little, but it works great for grabbing anything on your screen, like blending the color from one material into another where there's not another easy way to do so

Glad you figured it out. Changing colors/textures can be challenging, especially when two computers handle it differently. But I wanted to mention, one possible alternative method to getting a manufacturer library color into a texture using Define Material dialog... see the eyedropper in the lower left of your Select Color table? Have the color you want visible in your library, and use that to grab it. Caveat: At least on my system, that eyedropper color selector can produce a slight color shift.

You can also do it by overlapping two layout boxes in layout using copy/paste hold position, and changing the plan view or layer set for the dimension view. Like the earlier method, it takes some set up but once your plan file had the necessary layer sets and plan views, creating the layout views would be fast. Here's a sample of two layout boxes, one cropped down to show a partial room, with the other showing only dimensions:

When you select a roof plane, these buttons allow you to move the display of the plane to another level:

Opening Indicator layer

Like this? Simpson Doors bonus catalog But yeah parametric doors that worked like windows would be great!

https://appleinsider.com/inside/rosetta-2

Thanks for the report. I for one am very interested. I'll make a few comments in reply, just to add to the conversation. It's my understanding that Rosetta 2 is a little different than the original Rosetta in that it translates the software when it's installed, not while it's running. So Rosetta doesn't actually run when you're using the software, only when you first install it, which is supposed to make it faster. At least that's my understanding. I was afraid of this. I don't think it's the RAM or the graphics. In my experience a translated software program can suffer slowdowns when it has to communicate with objects and features that reside outside the software. In the case of library objects, I assume the software is having to reach out to the native system architecture to retrieve those objects (files). I suspect the same type of slowdown might occur when accessing the font list or other system-level assets. Yeah I think that's because everything's running in the system's native language. Thank you. Good conversation. But shoot, I was hoping the M1 was so fast that there wouldn't be any sluggishness running in Rosetta. Oh well, apparently it's "easy" (they say) for developers to port a dual-binary version of their software that will run native on the M1. Hopefully Chief is doing that soon...

Once I had my toolbars all set, I went to the folder where the custom toolbars are located, made a copy of the file and stored it in another location. When the toolbars go wacky I just close the program, remove and throw away the corrupted file, make another copy of the good file and move it into the proper folder. Relaunch the program and all is good. But for me this only happens once every two or three months so it's not real annoying. Not using chief right now so can't give the file and folder names/locations.

It will do that naturally. Nothing wrong with the original design, water-runoff-wise.

One example of each type of window only makes sense. We have the ability to specify all the same settings as a normal window, why bloat the library with a zillion sizes? I did look through my Andersen library though, and found it odd they didn't include the 100 Series single-hung. All I found were awning, casement, gliding, and picture. I don't use mfgr window catalogs anyway. Can't specify them as Default.

If I had the inclination to spend 10 grand on the latest MacPro, the goofy looking cabinet would probably be a deal breaker. I'm super stoked that a <$700 mini has the power it does. Anxiously awaiting the word that X13 will run natively, or at least through Rosetta. Apparently Universal 2 allows developers to easily convert Intel-based apps to a format compatible with the M1, and which will run on either, much like the original universal binary developed when Apple moved from PPC to Intel. I have no idea how "easy" it actually is, or how it would compare to software being written natively... if that's even a thing. But from what I read it's faster than running through Rosetta.

Andersen sizing is whack!

Ok

Then you might want to elaborate on that in your suggestion. I read it and had no idea what you were asking for.

And that's with two web browsers with multiple tabs, preview, calculator, Amazon music and other apps running in the background simultaneously. The Mac mini is about the best bang for the buck going and I'm anxious to get my hands on one that blows away almost every other configuration except a $20,000 gaming system.

That's not accurate. My 2014 2.6GHz core i5 8g ram Mini runs Chief just fine, and two 24-inch monitors out of the box. You might want to check some reviews on the m1, it's not really a lightweight computer at all.