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02-05-2010, 04:01 PM #1Registered User Promoted
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Room Definition
How do you define rooms without an invisible wall? My dining, kitchen, living are all one space but with different ceilings. I used invisible walls but it screws up base boards and bleeds through soffits. I would attach a screen shot but do not know how to do that either...
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02-05-2010, 04:07 PM #2
How do you define rooms without an invisible wall
You can't ....
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02-05-2010, 04:28 PM #3
You have to use invisible walls. If you're then having problems with baseboards, turn them all off (by making 0" high) and create manually with a Molding Polyline. You'll have to adjust it manually when you change room sizes, but that's faster than banging your head against the wall, giving yourself a concussion and having to go to the hospital!
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02-05-2010, 05:28 PM #4
Try drawing a railing and switching it to invisible. Works in X2, not sure about your version. Hey, what version are you using anyway? Sometimes it matters.
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02-06-2010, 02:44 AM #5
Hello Pete.
I know this one..
On the invisible wall, check invisible beam..
There are good tutorials here and one to post a picture here..
http://www.lfcompany.com/chief_tutorials.php.........
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02-06-2010, 05:17 AM #6
Allen, what is the difference between an invisible beam and an invisible wall. Do they behave differently? Is there another scenario where you would use an invisible beam. I thought CA is discouraging the use of the invisible beam. I have never used it, can you tell me how you use it? Thanks.
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02-06-2010, 05:29 AM #7
Scott
That's left over from 3D home Architect days.
I had not used them in a long time.
Tried it this morning and the baseboard did not get effected, not sure is ceiling edge molding will..........
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02-06-2010, 05:32 AM #8Registered User Promoted
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I wish Chief would implament this the way Archicad does. In Archicad you simply draw a closed polyline and define it as an area. That way there is no possable conflicts in the structure and you can color these areas without a white space between.
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04-26-2011, 05:54 PM #10Registered User Promoted
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What is frustrating how something INVISIBLE can be such a visible pain...
And a pain it is, sometimes!
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04-26-2011, 06:08 PM #11D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
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04-26-2011, 06:48 PM #13Registered User Promoted
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Scott,
You don’t recall any problems with invisible walls cutting into base molding?
Lucky…
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04-26-2011, 06:54 PM #14Registered User Promoted
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See attached...
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04-26-2011, 06:58 PM #15
You could fill it in with a polyline solid. Yes, another work-around.
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