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You would need a custom symbol made from the Premiere line

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Pretty difficult to do considering the right elevation is drawn incorrectly Extend the roof til it clips itself and auto trims at the garage ridge Use the Copy/Paste tool and in the sub-edit menu use reflect about to reflect your copy about the ridge The ridge to reflect about Move the edge to be in line with adjacent roof plane select the edge of the adjacent roof plan and use the join roof plane tool and highlight the ridge to get it to auto-connect delete this roof plane

share your .plan file

Right click your project file and choose Export to save to some known location on your machine and then load into a cloud service. If you need one, you can use wetransfer for free

It takes two symbols that have to be built in the premiere line which will cut the wall at the corner and is quite extensive to setup.

It does seem as if these options are not available in HD2025, only HD2026. In that case simply gut a project and for each new project make a copy of your gutted project and start from there

this is a very old video and is modifying the core data files which I would not recommend. HD2025 I believe has the Save As Template option in your file menu. Also your default plan and layout files are set from preferences under the new plan panel

I am NOT affiliated with Chief Architect I MAY be out of my mind BUT because I am not affiliated with or employed by Chief Architect, I cannot see any questions you have logged, if by logged you mean submitted to technical support. I would appreciate it, if for lack of a better phrase, you didn't hijack this thread, it was intended as a very kind gesture and this post seems targeted and aggressive, I was only here to be kind and give quite literally thousands of hours of work away for free. If you would like to post your questions in the forum and mention me, I could probably solve a number of your technical questions.

Sorry balut, I do not have notifications turned on for HomeTalk. I did not receive anything from you on the 5th can you let me know your email, it may be stuck in spam but I don't know what to look for. Thank you

It's a roof plane cutting through the rooms ceiling. Either change the roof plane or change the rooms ceiling height

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Getting Started With Raytracing in HD2026 (Beginner-Friendly Walkthrough) If you’ve never used a raytrace engine before, here are the key things you need to know to get good results quickly. These steps take advantage of HD2026’s new access to the full Chief catalog library and the rendering tools that come with your subscription. 1. Download the HDRI Backdrops (Backdrops No. 2) For the first time, HD Pro users have access to all catalogs. Go to the 3D Library → Download Backdrops No. 2 – HDRI. Using an HDRI backdrop dramatically improves realism because it provides: environmental lighting accurate reflections soft ambient illumination 2. Set Up Your Raytrace Lighting Once your camera view is open: Apply an HDRI backdrop. In Rendering Technique Options, set Backdrop Intensity somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000. Switch your Sun to Manual Sunlight and start the Sun Intensity around 15,000. Let the HDRI’s natural radiance contribute most of the lighting — this gives a softer, more realistic look than relying on default sun settings. 3. Add These Tools to Your Toolbar To control your lighting direction easily: Rotate Spherical Backdrop Rotate Sun These tools let you freely adjust the direction of the HDRI light and the sun without digging through dialog boxes. 4. Sample Rate Basics (Why Your Image “Cleans Up” Over Time) Raytracing works by sampling the pixels on your screen. When the camera is still, the engine continues refining the image until the sample rate target is met. Beginner settings: Start your sample rate around 30 when you’re working live. This keeps the preview responsive. Great for design iterations. Higher sample rates = cleaner final images Lower sample rates = faster previews with more noise at first 5. What Are Fireflies? When a frame is still “undersampled,” you will see bright pixel specks called fireflies. They are normal. As the sample rate climbs: The engine gathers more light data Fireflies reduce The CPU runs its neural network denoiser to clean up remaining noise 6. GPU Denoising (If You Have an NVIDIA Card) If your machine is compatible, certain NVIDIA GPUs offer real-time AI denoising directly on the graphics card. This: cleans up the render much faster gives near-instant previews dramatically reduces CPU load For more information on setting this up, see the DLSS video Optimizing Raytrace Performance on Older or Mid-Range GPUs (2000-Series RTX, A-Series, Quadro, M1/M2) If your computer feels sluggish while trying out Chief’s raytrace engine, you’re not alone. Certain GPUs — including 2000-series RTX cards, A-Series RTX, older Quadros, and Apple M1/M2 graphics — need a few adjustments to run Ray Trace efficiently. Making these changes to your DEFAULT camera settings ensures smooth design work without overloading your system. 1. Update Your Raytrace Defaults (Global Illumination + Samples) Start by opening 3D View Defaults → Rendering Techniques. Inside the Physically Based (Ray-Trace) panel, adjust the following under Global Illumination: Opaque Bounces: 2 Transmissive/Specular Bounces: 2 Maximum Samples: 20 These numbers significantly lighten the workload on older GPUs while still giving you clean previews. Click OK to save these as your new defaults. 2. Update Your Floor Camera Performance Settings Go back into Default Settings, then open the Camera Tools submenu and select Floor Camera. In the main panel for camera defaults, look for AMD FidelityFX. This is Chief’s upscaling AI, which renders fewer pixels and then intelligently reconstructs the image. Set: AMD FidelityFX: Performance (2.0) This drastically reduces render load and keeps the design process responsive — especially on older hardware. 3. For Final Renders (Higher Quality) After you finish designing and want a clean, polished final raytrace: Increase Maximum Samples to somewhere between 100–500 Change FidelityFX back to Native Resolution Higher samples = cleaner image Native resolution = sharper details Finals will take longer, so this is a good time for a coffee break. For even more clarity, you can also run the image through an AI upscaler like Krea.ai. 4. Need a Visual Walkthrough? If these steps feel confusing or you’d rather see them demonstrated, you can watch the full YouTube tutorial by double-clicking the link below.

I wouldn’t be able to do what I love without Chief Architect, and I genuinely appreciate the company and the community behind it. So this is my way of giving something back and helping HD users get even more satisfaction out of the software. With HD2026, HD Pro users finally get access to raytrace-style renderings. However, you don’t yet get to directly edit the custom accessory maps (height, sheen, emissive, AO, etc.) that make raytraces look truly realistic. As a technician working in the Premier line, I do have access to those tools — and I build materials for them every day. I sell add-on products for the Premier line that I develop for a third of every year, and part of that work includes high-end, raytrace-ready material libraries. And I want to give those materials to HD2026 users completely FREE. No catch. No marketing. No follow-ups. Just something useful to help you get better results with the new renderer. The pack includes over 1,000 textures I created specifically for raytracing, all organized with tags, boolean search terms, and consistent material definitions. Because these are the same materials I sell to Premier users, I do need to put a few guardrails in place so my paid work product stays protected — but none of this benefits me in any way other than keeping the files secure: Requirements (all for security, not marketing): Proof of purchase for HD2026 (any format is fine) AxCrypt (free-no affiliation) to decrypt the download one time This prevents redistribution and protects the library You can uninstall AxCrypt immediately afterward An email address to use for the AxCrypt key This address is only for the encryption process — never used for anything else A short non-distribution agreement so I can legally share my paid assets with you. Also a signed statement saying I won't be using your email for anything at all. Optional: Share your renderings! I’d love to see what you make, but it’s totally elective You can either contact me directly at renerabbitt@gmail.com or send a direct message through hometalk.

it makes sharing groups of files, including any attached pdfs or material files back and forth to other users or machines. It is also a stepping stone to a cloud service chief is developing. One of the benefits is that you can build out pre established views in your layout via a project and then duplicate that project to use as a template where your views are always pre-populated as soon as you start drafting. If you want to duplicate your install to another machine you would use the back feature. If instead you want to share a project (via onedrive) you would export your project. Recommendation is to delete+export as the export will be the current copy and the copy in project management would be outdated. This process is similar to saving externally. There is a video you can check out here: and this one I made here: This is raytracing. You can change the preferred rendering technique options in the top of the preview window I believe. Raytracing takes a little bit to denoise the texture but will look a lot more realistic than previous versions when complete. You might want to check this video out:

See the video and let me know if you have any questions. video starts at 08:11, the first 8 minutes is discussing the state of the subscription model

Chief always will select last action used regardless of using the tool palette or the drop down menu. There is no option to change the behavior of last object used. Was it just that you wanted the drop down menu?

It looks like you have a roof under your deck whcih is going to cause a bunch of problems in this scenario. try and pull your roof planes back so that they do not pass under your deck rails.

Place the staircase on the bottom floor and then create make stairwell. As long as there is a room that is defined directly above your staircase then it will create the stairwell. This cannot be on an attic level, it needs to be a floor above a floor with the staircase on the lower floor

Click and drag in the viewport

You're going to want to draw those ceiling planes more accurately and also specify whether or not your gable end walls are balloon framed or not in order to auto build an end truss.

Consider posting your plan file. Too difficult to try and recreate