How to set perspective overview camera to open as vector view no patterns?

[GeneDavis]

I am having an awful time with X17 locking up when in a standard camera view or in PBR.  Even when in perspective framing overview, with the standard camera view showing all that fir grain on every stud, cripple, rafter, and beam, any mouse move with the camera makes my laptop lock.  The only out is a hard close via holding down the power button.

 

Wanting to see what my exteriors look like after making changes in 2D, or wanting to see roomscapes, I do a lot of perspective camera viewing, moving the camera when in view with the mouse.  I've had dozens of lockups when doing this.

 

You can view my system specs in my sig.  The driver is the 32.0.15.7700 from July 12, 2025.  I went to put that newer one in but read the warning in the recent thread about that one causing crashes.

 

What I want is to set my Chief to use vector view no patterns as the default camera setup whenever I go to perspective overview and perspective framing overview.  I think this will solve my problem.  I know I can change the camera view type when the view opens, but I want the view to open in what I am now considering "safe from lockup" mode.  How is this done?

 

[ChiefTylerL]

@GeneDavis This can be done by configuring your camera tool defaults to use Vector View, and then turning off the "Patterns, 3D Views" layer in both the Camera View Layer Set and the 3D Framing Layer Set.

 

To do so:

1. Go to Edit> Default Settings> Camera Tools, select the appropriate camera tool, and click Edit.

2. On the Camera panel set your Rendering Technique to Vector View and click OK.

3. Repeat for any other camera tools.

4. Go to Tools> Layer Settings> Display Options

5. Change your Layer Set to the Camera View Layer Set

6. Find and turn off the Patterns, 3D Views layer

7. Change your Layer Set to the 3D Framing Layer Set

8. Find and turn off the Patterns, 3D Views layer

 

Creating camera views should now load a Vector View with no patterns.

 

I hope this helps you work without interruptions, but ultimately I would recommend staring a support ticket through our Technical Support Center. 

 

Using the Technical Support Center: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00717/using-the-technical-support-center.html

 

The Technical Support Center: https://support.chiefarchitect.com/home

 

I am using the same driver version as the one you mentioned and am running an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060ti without issue. My recommendation here would be to first do a clean install of your driver, and we could certainly help you with that through the Technical Support Center. 

 

I hope this helps!