General Q & A

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1. Cadmouse + macOS

   By tomm11, March 7
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   • tomm11
   • March 7

2. Room Labels

   By SMRDESIGNS, April 6
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   • DBCooper
   • April 6

3. File Management

   By Chief_George, March 6
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   • Chief_George
   • March 6

4. Can I run 2D Chief X17 on an older Windows laptop with a GTX 560

   By GeneDavis, April 22
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   • Dermot
   • April 22

5. Wall, Ceiling and Railing Issue

   By EuroDesign, November 4, 2025
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   • EuroDesign
   • November 4, 2025

6. Interior Window Sill Material

   By mtldesigns, May 1
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   • mtldesigns
   • May 1

7. Grayed out dimension lines that I cannot select/edit/delete

   By BJMANESS, May 1
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   • SHCanada2
   • May 1

8. Arrow Drawing Group

   By RNEcadguy, March 12
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   • RNEcadguy
   • March 12

9. 2-Sided Ramp (or Wedge) in 3D

   By Adam_Gibson, April 1
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   • Adam_Gibson
   • April 1

10. WHAT HARDWARE YU GUS RUNNING - RECENT UPGRADE IS EXTREMELY SLOW!!

    By A_Joseph_PE, 19 hours ago
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    • scottharris
    • 17 hours ago

11. Help getting circular cut for custom recessed lights

    By YoderW, Wednesday at 03:15 PM   

    • custom symbol
    • ceiling hole
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      • ceiling hole
      • recessed light
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    • Doug_N
    • Yesterday at 04:19 PM

12. Library not displaying

    By jwflowersii, April 25
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    • CarrieS
    • April 27

13. Running Chief on a Virtual Machine/Over the Cloud

    By SC_drafting, May 1
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    • para-CAD
    • May 1

14. Perspective View Framerate Capped at 60 FPS

    By HunterMGB, March 12
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    • HunterMGB
    • March 12

15. How to Change White Backdrop in Perspective Floor Overview?

    By TravisKetron, April 28
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    • DBCooper
    • April 28

16. How would this laptop run X17 and future X18?

    By GeneDavis, April 19
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    • Garybills
    • April 19

17. Usinf Chief Architect on My office Desktop and My laptop - Files location

    By MEILLC, April 27
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    • MEILLC
    • April 27

18. Exterior Gable Roof issues

    By Chiefnewell, April 6   

    • gable roof
    • roof support
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      • roof support
      • ceiling gable
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    • Chiefnewell
    • April 6

19. Materials List Template or Import

    By JakeBelk, April 21
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    • CarrieS
    • April 22

20. Mouse question

    By Tileman800, April 25
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • April 25

21. Recreating a Roof from a Google Earth photo?

    By CasaGal, yesterday at 07:10 PM
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    • JonathanK
    • 10 hours ago

22. Fill a retaining wall area

    By jjifmeyer, April 19
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    • tundra_dweller
    • April 19

23. Same light, multiple floors

    By Dershem, April 23
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    • Brad_M
    • April 23

24. Changing the roof pitch after the roof is built.

    By GHArchitect, April 26
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    • Gawdzira
    • April 26

25. 3D details for con docs: do in plan or create a separate plan in same project

    By GeneDavis, April 28
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    • DBCooper
    • April 28