Beiträge von Thorvald

Another thing - when I look in t.ex. Gif\massivba there seems to be a lot more textures than I have availabe in the program??

Where to find the texture "Metall Cladd 1"?? How to change the color - with brightness? But with that I couldn't change the color to red t.ex. - if that is what I wished. I use Paint Shop Pro, version 7.

Ok - but here I cannot change the surface color of the texture??

How?? If I click on "texture set > B" it just changes to "Structure > T" ???

I am making a roof that is covered with sinus shaped thin steel plates. When making roof properties I found "Metall Cladd 1".

But I can't find a way to change the color of the steel plate to black, since this is only a slice panel, not a real construction object??

Yes Mr. D - of course... I can't think clearly in this hot weather...

Hello, I was trying to input skylights in the roof in this house, but the program crashes. Maybe I am doing something wrong?

Well, I couldn't upload the position file (2 Mb), there is an upload error.

Ok, very fine. But if you make changes in a position that contains one part of the building, this part will not be automatically updated? You will have to update, by deleting the story and import it again?

This function I will use when I assemble the two parts of the house into one model??

Hello.

For the convenience of work (and to avoid a chrash and delete all event) - I decided to split this 5 story house into two positions. One position with the first 3 stories and another position with the 2 top stories and roof.

And the I have made an empty position called "complete house". This position I will use to assemble the complete house for 3D viewing only. (If the computer have enough power to do so - we will see about that).

I don't remember exactly how to get the stories from the other positions into this position?

Will this position with the complete house link to the other 2 positions, so that changes made in these 2 positions will be updated in the complete model??

About ram: It seems like there would be no use to go for 8 GB ram. Dietrichs uses around 1-1,5 GB, so it would be better to go for 4 GB ram. With 8 GB ram one also have to use a 64 bit version of Windows.

About Graphic card: Can Dietrichs take advantage of 2 graphic cards in the computer? Would a quadro graphic card give excellent performance of Dietrichs, even with big models - or only as good as a 8800 geforce with as much ram as possible?

It seemed like it was the color settings in layers, that was changed somehow.

No I don't have function 1-04-4 in D-Cam. You can await a mail from me... :wink:

Jeg har modtaget en 3D model af en betontrappe, tegnet i AutoCad. Jeg skal så se om den passer ind i byggeriet og jeg har huset tegnet op i Dietrichs. Kan man importere denne trappe ind i min D.... Aaaarghh, I don't think you undertstand much of this...... #-o

I have received a 3D model of a concrete stair, made in AutoCad. I am supposed to check if it fits into the building, and I have made the house in Dietrichs. Is it possible to import this stair into my Dietrichs model??

Ok - no one seems to answer my last post :wink: - but maybe I also got it right now. But I am still investigating what hardware should be inside a computer if / when I someday decide to buy a new computer - to get best performance from Dietrichs. Both when it comes to the speed of the program and when it comes to the OpenGL performance - even with large projects.

Processor: I understand that Dietrichs have more need for memory than for processor. It can use multicores, but it can not take great advantage of quad core processors. So a fast dual core processor might give better performance and here, why not go for the fastest: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, with 45 nm technology, 6 Mb level 2 cache, 1333 MHz front side bus and a clock speed of 3,16 GHz, and with Intel VT and Intel TXT technologies.

Ram: You are talking about that Ram is important. I think maybe this is both for system memory and for the amount of Ram in the graphic card. For system memory I would go for 8 GB Ram. Of course the faster Ram, the better, but t.ex. Kingston HyperX Ram as KHX:DDR2 or KHX:DDR3 would be perfect for Dietrichs??

Graphic card: I guess I could go for a NVidia graphic card with as much memory as possible. A possibility could be GeForce 8800GTX - 768MB - PCI E / Lownoise (SLI). I have been offered a computer configuration with 2 of these graphic cards on board. Would 2 graphic cards give better Dietrichs performance? Can Dietrichs use 2 graphic cards? Another possibility is the quadro graphic cards, that are developed to give excellent performance with AutoCad. What about Dietrichs - would a quadro graphic card give excellent performance or only as good as a Geforce 8800's???

I am just interested in the subject. So the program (also version 7.03) does use more than one core, if it is possible (and needed) for the program?

If one or more wall is equal or almost equal to another wall, it could be even more simple to use wall macro (1-5-1) and save the wall. If the wall is not completely equal to the saved wall timbers, then just insert the wall and adjust the wall timbers.

I don't know if this method will work in your case?

We use a second core if this makes sence and there is a technical possibility.

What you mean? Is the program, programmed to use more than one core or not - and then if the program needs more processor power it uses more than one core??

Does Dietrichs 7.03 actually use more than one core, if the processor is a multicore processor?? See my previous post.

Does this work with version 7.03?? It doesn't seem so on my laptop.