General Q & A

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1. 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
   • Thursday at 04:19 PM

2. Room Square footage

   By Artisan_TH, April 14
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   • Artisan_TH
   • April 14

3. Cadmouse + macOS

   By tomm11, March 7
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   • tomm11
   • March 7

4. File Management

   By Chief_George, March 6
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   • Chief_George
   • March 6

5. Room Labels

   By SMRDESIGNS, April 6
   • 1 reply
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   • DBCooper
   • April 6

6. 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

7. Recreating a Roof from a Google Earth photo?

   By CasaGal, Thursday at 07:10 PM
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   • JonathanK
   • Friday at 11:23 AM

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

   By A_Joseph_PE, Friday at 02:33 AM
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   • scottharris
   • Friday at 04:06 AM

9. Interior Window Sill Material

   By mtldesigns, May 1
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   • mtldesigns
   • May 1

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

    By BJMANESS, May 1
    • 1 reply
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    • SHCanada2
    • May 1

11. 2-Sided Ramp (or Wedge) in 3D

    By Adam_Gibson, April 1
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    • Adam_Gibson
    • April 1

12. Wall, Ceiling and Railing Issue

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

13. Arrow Drawing Group

    By RNEcadguy, March 12
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    • RNEcadguy
    • March 12

14. Library not displaying

    By jwflowersii, April 25
    • 1 reply
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    • CarrieS
    • April 27

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

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

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

    By TravisKetron, April 28
    • 1 reply
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    • DBCooper
    • April 28

17. Perspective View Framerate Capped at 60 FPS

    By HunterMGB, March 12
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    • HunterMGB
    • March 12

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. How would this laptop run X17 and future X18?

    By GeneDavis, April 19
    • 1 reply
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    • Garybills
    • April 19

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

    By MEILLC, April 27
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    • MEILLC
    • April 27

21. Framing

    By Tiger57, Wednesday at 07:58 PM
    • 1 reply
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    • CarrieS
    • Friday at 03:31 PM

22. Same light, multiple floors

    By Dershem, April 23
    • 1 reply
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    • Brad_M
    • April 23

23. Mouse question

    By Tileman800, April 25
    • 1 reply
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • April 25

24. 3D details for con docs: do in plan or create a separate plan in same project

    By GeneDavis, April 28
    • 2 replies
    • 187 views
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    • DBCooper
    • April 28

25. Materials List Template or Import

    By JakeBelk, April 21
    • 1 reply
    • 185 views
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    • CarrieS
    • April 22