General Q & A

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27115 topics in this forum

  1. How to get good answers when you ask questions.

    By ChiefArchitect,
    • 0 replies
    • 10.6k views

  2. How to tile a ceiling in a slanted shower?

    By KBEDesign,
    • 7 replies
    • 234 views

  3. Exterior siding does not display correctly in 3D or in elevations.

    By GHArchitect,
    • 1 reply
    • 54 views

  4. High shed roof wall window issues

    By SimpleSpaces,
    • 5 replies
    • 108 views

  5. Strange brick wall anomoly in X17

    By PitMan71,
    • 0 replies
    • 28 views

  6. Missing resources that ARE IN Asset Manager

    By Renerabbitt,
    • 0 replies
    • 17 views

  7. interior walls turned into exterior walls. Help!

    By Bradbo,
    • 3 replies
    • 139 views

  8. How to revising floor joist size

    By capitaldesigns,
    • 1 reply
    • 67 views

  9. Angular Dimensions - display behaves as Temp Dimensions?

    By DrawingABlank,
    • 0 replies
    • 40 views

  10. X17 Managed Projects — archive or revision history location?

    By DefinedDesign,
    • 1 reply
    • 88 views

  11. DWG Import Issues

    By PoiPounder,
    • 7 replies
    • 451 views

  12. Dimension Markers

    By kwhitt,
    • 15 replies
    • 580 views

  13. Multiple Materials with the same name

    By PitMan71,
    • 3 replies
    • 177 views

  14. Standard view shadows on Mac

    By Steve-C,
    • 7 replies
    • 331 views

  15. Are we getting built-in AI render in Chief anytime soon? Softplan has it already. 1 2

    By Michael_Gia,
    • 42 replies
    • 2.7k views

  16. Removing toe kick from vanity for knee space?

    By jbur91,
    • 5 replies
    • 204 views

  17. Text leaders arrows jumping into blank space

    By PitMan71,
    • 7 replies
    • 291 views

  18. Garage Door Hardware

    By AbeLopez,
    • 1 reply
    • 137 views

  19. New Idea To Export and Backup X17 Project Files Within The Project Manager? 1 2

    By Steve_Nyhof,   
    • 43 replies
    • 9.9k views

  20. X17 temporary dimension display question

    By MtGipe,
    • 2 replies
    • 235 views

  21. The diffrence between Chief 13 and Chief 17

    By ChiefTCA,
    • 9 replies
    • 539 views

  22. File Management for version 17

    By Mona_Sh,
    • 4 replies
    • 307 views

  23. Exterior Walls Don't update When windows move

    By mholley,   
    • 4 replies
    • 244 views

  24. Select layout pages to include in table

    By conwaynorth1,
    • 4 replies
    • 192 views

  25. Walk me through SAVE AS in project management mode please

    By GeneDavis,
    • 5 replies
    • 639 views