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Thought today (25th) was the release day, so I checked and sure enough, the upgrade was there. Let's see how it does on my MacBook Pro M3.

Yes I agree, that would be cool. It’s odd that the app shows different icons in our respective apps. I apologize for the earlier comment that the 3D Viewer app didn’t have the goggles capability. Clearly yours does, and looking at the screenshots on the App Store, it also shows a goggles icon. This app is 2 years old though, so maybe that function existed at one point? Anyway, thanks for the discussion and maybe I will email Chief Support to see what’s up.

Well that’s interesting. My 3D View App has Augmented Reality as the last icon on the right, not a Goggles icon. As far as the iOS App Store shows, I have the latest version. Weird. I’d be curious what version you have.

Ok, I think we keep getting the terminology mixed. There is no 'Goggle' view selectable via the Chief 3D Viewer app, whether the model is accessed via the app, or the website (which then opens the file in the app). It sounds like you are able to view the 3D model in the app no problem on the phone, but I'm thinking you are then trying to access the 360 panorama file (which I'm assuming you saved via a camera view and uploaded to your account), which would be done either through a web link you send to yourself, or by logging into the website on your phone, navigating to 'Manage 360 Panoramas', selecting 'View', then tapping on the 'Goggle' icon. When I do this on my iPhone 13, it works fine. However, I had also purchased the CA Cardboard Viewer and that is the one that I setup in Google Cardboard. As I mentioned in my first reply, I had seen the exact problem you show on a previous version of Google Cardboard, so I'm wondering if you may try to update the app you are using with the Headset viewer you own. Not sure if that helps, but good luck.

Ok, that makes more sense to me. To answer your question about the the actual viewer device, no, I don't believe it makes a difference which device you use. However, I do recall seeing what you are describing on an earlier version of Google Cardboard, which went away if I rotated the phone to landscape mode. Anyway, I just exported a 360 panorama, saved and uploaded it to my Chief Account, made it public, then email myself the link. It opened fine with no craziness. However, it did seem to be running it via my web browser, and not the Google Cardboard app. May want to list the steps you're taking to help solve the issue.

I'm not aware of a mode for 3D headset display with the Chief 3D viewer app. Are you talking about the 3D panorama views in Google Cardboard?

Got what I wanted with your suggestion. BTW, when I had been messing with the offset, I thought I was moving the balusters, but was actually moving the newels, so that option wasn't useful. I ended up using a wall width of 1.5" (minimum allowed) then created the manual newels as you suggested. It worked great. Thanks again.

Great suggestion. I hadn't thought about that. Also, I was messing with offsets to the balusters, so I think I can make the alignment workout with manual Newels. I'll post an update if I am successful. Thanks.

I'm looking for a way to offset the Newels of the railing between my Loft and the Open Space below, so that half of the Newel is running down the loft flooring structure. I have attached a few sample screenshots of what I am attempting to accomplish, along with a picture export of my plan. Thanks. BTW, I am currently using Home Designer Pro 2023 on a 14" MacBook Pro M1.

Thanks. I am just trying to get the look / measurements right and fully understand that HDP does not produce engineered truss designs. The “problem” I’m trying to solve is getting the roof eves to terminate at the correct wall height. Right now, some of them hit the window and door framing in my models with the default truss settings. I will probably just do some manual measurements off the plans and raise the trusses off the top plate, but was also asking because I wasn’t sure what method of truss design that was. Thanks.

I am redrawing our designer’s plans in Home Designer Pro 2022, and am having problems with the roof framing. The top cord appears to sit higher in the drawing, and I initially thought it might be due to an energy heel? Anyway, I was walking through a framed house in the same general area that my home will be built and I noticed this truss structure. That seems like what my designer has drawn and I was hoping someone could tell me what that is called and maybe how I can replicate it in HDP. Thanks.

Hey MGM_Home, I see that you have not found (or at least posted) a solution to your problem. I had the same issue and after watching some videos and researching other similar questions, I have a working solution for me. It might work for you too. Essentially, I drew two additional external walls into the room, long enough to intercept with the dormer's ceiling planes, then edited the wall to "Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom". There is still a small piece of the dormer's ceiling plane that I cannot figure-out how to eliminate, but at least it solves the weird drywall issues without the extra walls and closes the "gap". My next step is to see if I can hide those extra walls in the plan view. Hope that helps. UPDATE: After posting this, I went back into the model to see if I could hide the extra walls (making them invisible didn't produce the desired results). Anyway, I read about hiding attic walls, so I tried redrawing the dormer roofs without raising the ceiling in the room, which created attic walls to close the "gap". However, that created walls above the roof as well as below. I was able to use "Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom" to get rid of the wall in the room, but could not delete the wall created above the roof, without it re-creating the wall below the roof. Anyway, still not the best solution, but going with my original method until I can figure-out how to create a better solution.