Besides the building world do you use Chief for anything else?


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8 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

It's actually not all that difficult:

  1. Create an Orthographic Full Overview.
  2. Go back to Plan View and decide which Roof Plane you want to work with.
  3. Select that Roof Plane, Open Object, check Pitch in Degrees, Copy the Pitch (degrees), and then click Cancel.  This will place that pitch angle onto your clipboard.
  4. Select your Orthographic Overview Camera and use the Make Parallel/Perpendicular tool to make the camera perpendicular with the aforementioned Roof Plane.
  5. With Camera still selected, click Open Object, highlight the value in the Tilt Angle field, enter a negative symbol (-) and Paste the previously copied pitch angle.  Click Okay.
  6. With Camera still selected, click Open View.
  7. Either print that view directly or send to layout (depending on how you're printing your patterns.

Repeat as necessary for the rest of your roof planes, but note that cameras can be copied and rotated or simply rotated copying to create views for additional roof planes.  This means if your next roof is the same pitch, it can literally take less than 10 seconds to set up your next required view.

Great idea, thanks.

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I have a handicapped Golden Retriever

 

to get him in/out of my car I needed steps that were 2' deep

so he could get his entire body onto one step before doing the next

 

the system also needed to fold together and take minimal space in the car

 

my partner/friend modeled them and once I approved he built them 

 

they worked fine :)

 

Lew

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If we're including symbols that might be used in the construction world but aren't part of the house itself, then I've used Chief pretty heavily for lots of that stuff and have modeled a whole slew of furniture, appliances, and fixtures.  Here are a few examples that were done for one particular client here recently....

 

Pump Station

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Rattan Sectional

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Grill

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Just now, Alaskan_Son said:

If we're including symbols that might be used in the construction world but aren't part of the house itself, then I've used Chief pretty heavily for lots of that stuff and have modeled a whole slew of furniture, appliances, and fixtures.  Here are a few examples that were done for one particular client here recently....

 

Pump Station

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Rattan Sectional

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Grill

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As usual you set the bar above and beyond,,,,,,,,, :D

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On 12/7/2020 at 1:54 PM, ShaneK said:

As usual you set the bar above and beyond,,,,,,,,, :D

 

Thanks Shane,

 

I can't take full credit though.  I don't always model everything from scratch.  Sometimes I'll take components from an existing model, separate them out, tweak them as necessary, and then use them for my new symbol.  The throw pillows and cushions in the sectional above for example, or the knobs, temperature gauge, and mini-fridge on the grill.  The pump station was completely from scratch, but this Wagon Wheel Light I made a few years back is still one of my favorites and one of the more complex items I've modeled completely from scratch...

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2 hours ago, rgardner said:

What no blue interior glowing light Michael?  Slacker!

 

You got me!  I actually didn't even try.  Here's a real quick mock up with some glowing elements though just for fun...

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I actually thought about adding the glow originally when I was modeling that but concluded it wasn't really worth the effort, especially considering the best method really depends entirely on the rendering type.  It's typically a balancing act between super high accuracy and cost, and I'd rather model something that looks relatively accurate in all view types then one that looks really good in one single view type and crappy in all the others. 

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Here is the gingerbread house we made last weekend using Chief elevations. Thanks for the suggestions on the roof planes everyone. We are actually building this lovely lake home in northern Wisconsin right now! There will be solar panels on the garage...

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