Chrisb222

The Sales Dept would probably object to publishing that.

I run CA on a Mac mini late 2014, 2.6 GHz i5, 8 GB RAM and on-board Iris CPU graphics which I have driving two 24" monitors with just the out-of-box onboard graphics. I have never had ANY issues running CA except PBR. It doesn't seem to have enough video muscle to produce decent PBRs but I use Ray Tracing for good renders anyway and have been able to get my RTing down to just a few minutes for most renders. Graphics on minis are not upgradable except the method Ryan described of adding an external GPU. For me this isn't necessary at this time. Everything else about CA runs in near real-time, with zero issues except an occasional glitch on a new version release. It's fast, reliable, and stable and I do love the Apple platform, having used it since the late 80s, and the mini is an incredible value for what you get for the money. But I have no idea how a Mac mini would compare with your current system.

I just run a material list and look at shingles. Don't know how accurate it is but I assume it's close...

You can also do a Google search for "brick textures" and click on "Images" and see if you can grab something that will work.

You must be using the Core catalog 2-D plants. Those don't produce shadows in PBR, only the 3-D plants in Bonus catalogs do. See this post:

Same here. Reset is very handy. Yes it should. And always, not randomly. Allowing the OK to be pressed without executing the update, and not alerting the user, is incorrect behavior. This should be reported.

I'm glad it was put back. Please do not permanently remove it, it's a very important tool for setting up camera views.

Me also. Great tool, not sure why it was deemed undesirable...?

+1 I don't know how any user would benefit from this tool being removed. Even stranger to me is that they would portray it as being removed when it was not. I'm GLAD it wasn't totally removed, but it does seem that it was hidden, but why...??

Not a question, just an observation. I was pretty miffed when I read in the X12 update notes that the Perspective Crop tool had been removed, as I use this tool extensively for setting up 3D exterior views. The language in the notes was pretty clear that the "deprecated" tool was REMOVED, but it still exists in the customize toolbars dialog, in case anyone else wants to still use it. It works the same as it did in X11. (In my opinion the tool was NOT deprecated, I use it all the time.) Not sure why they would say it was REMOVED when it's still there..? From the update notes, emphasis mine: 1. Perspective Crop Mode In Chief Architect X8 through X11, Perspective Crop Mode allowed older functionality governing zooming in cameras from Version X7 and prior to be preserved in saved cameras in legacy plans migrated forward. This deprecated tool has been removed from the program in Version X12 ....

This is me. I'm not a 24/7 Chief user. Probably average 10 hours/week on the software including weekends. Too many other chores/jobs/hats/duties. It takes me nearly all year to get comfortable with a new version, then it changes. For that reason I have skipped upgrades before. It IS a pain to change when you just don't use the program that much. That said, all the good new features make learning the changes worth it.

Yes.

other people 2.calibz

2D, but full color: men.calibz women.calibz other people 1.calibz

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It can be used to delete unwanted lines, and also to extend or otherwise alter existing lines, and to draw new lines. Any line can be selected with the tool, opened, and edited for type, weight, style, and color.

I also find it difficult to zero in on the information I need using the forum search. I get much better results using Google and restricting the search to the chiefarchitect.com website. Try putting this into Google, replacing [YOUR SEARCH TERMS] with whatever you're looking for: site:chiefarchitect.com [YOUR SEARCH TERMS] This will give results from the forum, as well as anywhere else on the CA website including instructional videos, PDFs, knowledge base, etc. You can restrict the Google search to ONLY the forum by putting this into the Google search bar: site:chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com [YOUR SEARCH TERMS]

Chief works by creating ROOMS and much of the build data is derived from Room Specifications, including roofs. Dragging walls does not change the information used to build the roof.

All the layers are turned off in Camera View Layer Set.

In my experience that's a pretty unconventional way to frame an opening. I would think something that unusual would have to be done manually. The parametric controls only get you so far...

That's an issue with your wall definition. The technique works if your wall def is set up right, but as Eric said, so do doorways without having to reverse.

Did you reverse the wall direction as suggested above? That prevents the walls from rejoining. Notice the location of the "exterior layer" indicator:

Just increase the newel spacing. In the future if you're trying to get rid of a post and the above technique isn't suitable, you can also set the newel width to ZERO.

Thank you so much for posting this! I love my Mac mini and often brag how well it runs CA but not PBR. I had no idea this tech existed. Takes some hacking for my non-TB3 older mini but after doing some research I think this option will save me from having to either buy a more powerful Mac or switch to PC platform. Thanks again.

OP wins record for fastest-after-join to reach -2 rep with fewest posts. Wow very impressive.