jcdurand Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: It's actually not all that difficult: Create an Orthographic Full Overview. Go back to Plan View and decide which Roof Plane you want to work with. 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. Select your Orthographic Overview Camera and use the Make Parallel/Perpendicular tool to make the camera perpendicular with the aforementioned Roof Plane. 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. With Camera still selected, click Open View. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Another way would be to make a symbol from the roof plane and rotate it flat (negative of roof pitch) using Rotate in the Symbol Specification dbx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusuf-333 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I remember I have once used it to create skrews and its threads. Here is a preview video uploaded earlier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneK Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 12/5/2020 at 9:46 AM, yusuf-333 said: I remember I have once used it to create skrews and its threads. Here is a preview video uploaded earlier. Off the charts!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusuf-333 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 20 hours ago, ShaneK said: Off the charts!!!!! ShaneK Thanks for the complement. Alwsys appreciate your experties too. Your truss works are stunning and special ones. Thank u. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 hours ago, yusuf-333 said: Your truss works are stunning and special ones I second that! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 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 Rattan Sectional Grill Grill 3.webp 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneK Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 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 Rattan Sectional Grill As usual you set the bar above and beyond,,,,,,,,, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 1:54 PM, ShaneK said: As usual you set the bar above and beyond,,,,,,,,, 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... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I suspect the chain was a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: What no blue interior glowing light Michael? Slacker! JK great job! Love the pump station especially! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 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... 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcdurand Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 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... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvoyeDesign Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I use it to sketch out ideas for things or to design things that are not architectural, just in my personal time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Z Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 to dr aw and build this project took half time of building mid size house 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Richard_Z said: to dr aw and build this project took half time of building mid size house Not too shabby Richard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Richard_Z said: Very impressive, Richard! Does it keep accurate time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Z Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 It works quite accurately. Because of size of gears it runs about 12 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 21 hours ago, Richard_Z said: It works quite accurately Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcdurand Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Realized I didn't follow up an post a picture of our gingerbread house last year from Chief plans... here it is. Solar panels on the garage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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