Chrisb222

I get shadow offsetting a lot on 3D plot lines with shadows: This one really baffled me. You can see how much it shrank the shadow:

Yes I've had the issue, but I know of no solution. I have read about it, it's not unheard of. Maybe someone will know more.

Your layout view is probably linked to a saved plan view like "Working Plan View" then whenever you change anything on that plan view it changes the layout view. Unlink the layout view by choosing "None" in the layout box spec dialog. Better yet, bone up on saved plan views, layer sets, and annotations sets.

Just a guess, but you might have some automatically generated invisible attic walls up in the loft. Go to the attic level and see...? Without looking at the plan that's all I got.

I even looked there, although obviously not well enough. Thanks.

We seem to have lost this control in the time since 2015, or at least I can't find how to turn off active cameras in plan view now, in X11... I can change several parameters in Defaults to reduce what is displayed in plan view, but it doesn't apply to existing cameras, and it has to be set for each type of camera. I can also change the same parameters in individual active cameras, but it has to be done to each camera. Is the function still there to suppress the plan view display of all active cameras??

If you're only concerned with the line being on a layout and you send elevations as plot lines, you can delete the line in the layout view using the Edit Layout Lines tool:

"Closed Stringer" vs. cut stringer:

This thread might help you.

Like this? All I did was pull the bottom of the window down.

I want that too, can't currently be done with standard tools. See this suggestion if you want to add your voice to the request:

C'mon, who really NEEDS a Hellcat??

Agreed, I participated in the test and thank Graham for taking the time, it's definitely an interesting thread.

I had the same thoughts. My puny system performs well in everything I do, which is designing average sized single family residences. Would it be more beneficial if folks had an idea of what their money gets them in those situations, what basics are needed to perform fairly well, and whether it's really worth it to buy the baddest and most expensive? Or going by Larry's analogy, does it matter whether the Corvette's 6.2L supercharged LTI or the 6.2 Hemi Hellcat is more powerful, if all we're doing is going to the grocery store? These tests help determine which hardware configurations are the fastest, but what about real-life situations? Sure, some people have huge projects and use lots of embedded files, but I suspect that for the average CA user, just knowing the basics they need to get the job done is more useful...

These times are until the operation and the displayed view were both fully completed. Several seconds elapsed between the operation completion and the view update. Open standard camera, :36 Drag wall surface up, :46 Undo above, :44 Build roof planes, 3D, 1:19 Build roof planes, plan, :27 Mac Mini (Late 2014) MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 2 cores 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory Intel Iris Graphics 1536 MB Apple ATA HDD 1 TB (2) Samsung S24D300 1920 x 1080 Displays

The confusing part is that you would normally expect Default settings to be global, but in the case of the appearance of pony walls in plan view, it can be set differently from within each Saved Plan View.

Saved Plan Views will respect different settings like you want. You need to set up different SPVs for the views you want to have different effects on the pony wall view. Once a SPV is created, go into Defaults > Walls > Pony Wall, and set the view you want for that SPV. Do this for each SPV. Then make sure that the pony wall setting for "Display in Plan View" is set to Default for all SPVs.

I agree it's just a sleeker, more nimble program. You combine the performance enhancements with the feature enhancements, and it is truly a great upgrade.

Right. I tested it again after seeing Larry's results, and did a few more operations like his. They all executed in the 2 to 6 second range. As I stated earlier, this is with a 2014 era $700 i5 Mac Mini using CPU based Intel graphics driving two 24" monitors.

Might reveal the crazy workarounds they had to employ to get the model to work. Just kidding but it does remind me of how someone once mentioned that the Chief videos never encounter any difficulties...

For a ray trace, open the final image in Photoshop or a free image editor (I use GIMP as it's open source), select the gray background with a magic wand, delete it and save/export as .png

Pony wall would work.

Well stated.

Cool. Please report your results and impressions of the experience. Thanks.

Well I'm pretty proud that my little Mac Mini is running with the big dog$. $700, quiet as a mouse, and not much bigger. Can't PBR but I prefer RT anyway. Yeah, I'm happy...