General Q & A

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1. Framing

   By Tiger57, May 6
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   • CarrieS
   • May 8

2. Importing a picture of a Bourbon Barrel head???

   By PattyOD, December 14, 2025
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   • DBCooper
   • December 14, 2025

3. Split level wall issue

   By Gawdzira, June 23
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   • Gawdzira
   • June 24

4. Shelving in full height cabinet splitting issue

   By SC_drafting, April 22
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   • SC_drafting
   • April 22

5. Selecting Object Instead Of Room

   By Ed_Orum, February 23
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   • DBCooper
   • February 23

6. Slow start up

   By A-claycomb, May 22
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   • DBCooper
   • May 24

7. Strange anomalies continue / the floor has swallow'd my furniture

   By Evolution, February 12
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   • robdyck
   • February 12

8. Interior Window Sill Material

   By mtldesigns, May 1
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   • mtldesigns
   • May 1

9. X17 Layout Crosshair/Reference Marker Appearing on Every Page Including New Blank Layouts

   By DefinedDesign, May 27
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   • DefinedDesign
   • May 27

10. Creating a second Plot Plan in the same project

    By UserHoward, January 22
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    • DBCooper
    • January 23

11. Exterior Stairwell Doesn't Cut Terrain

    By Artisan_TH, July 2
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    • CharlesVolz
    • July 2

12. CSV File Access from Chief

    By clearvuedesign, July 2
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    • Renerabbitt
    • July 30

13. My HP Designjet T120 won't print - HELP

    By Elliot, February 14
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    • Elliot
    • February 14

14. Meta Quest 2 on CA X16

    By JeffDressing, December 13, 2025
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    • JeffDressing
    • December 13, 2025

15. Manually drawn ceiling joist in vaulted ceiling room done with ceiling plane won't track ceiling

    By GeneDavis, August 14, 2025
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    • GeneDavis
    • August 14, 2025

16. Upper floor sticking thru Valley

    By winterdd, August 10
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    • winterdd
    • August 12

17. Roof Struture vs. Ceiling Structure

    By Scotbow, April 18
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    • GeneDavis
    • April 19

18. X18 roof framing does not generate at specified 2x10 size

    By GeneDavis, August 12
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    • ChristianA
    • August 14

19. X17 - framing as single line

    By marklcc, July 7
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    • marklcc
    • July 7

20. How to create dimension lines in a new plan view and dimension set?

    By SC_drafting, June 16
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    • SC_drafting
    • June 16

21. What is this white material?

    By mpetrucco, February 6
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    • mpetrucco
    • February 7

22. Transfer one of my plans to the newer Chief As-Built

    By Gab322, July 6
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    • scottharris
    • July 11

23. DIMENSION LINES - FRAMING

    By Chiefmelissad, January 28
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    • Chiefmelissad
    • January 28

24. tilted or tapered exterior walls

    By JECORMIER, May 20
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • May 20

25. Help with Ceiling, Wall, and Railing

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