General Q & A

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1. Best way to show sewer / water line service on a site plan in Chief?

   By cbucks, January 17, 2024
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   • cbucks
   • January 19, 2024

2. Wall Framing in layout

   By Evolution, November 21, 2019   

   • resolved.
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • November 22, 2019

3. What Recommendations For Exposed Sloped Roof Beams?

   By 4hotshoez, April 16, 2015
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • April 20, 2015

4. PC or Macintosh

   By KingsOwn, April 12, 2018   

   • pc
   • macintosh
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   • para-CAD
   • April 19, 2018

5. Fire Sprinkler Plan

   By Joe_Carrick, February 28, 2020
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   • builtright3
   • February 28, 2020

6. Win10 "Undo" MUCH MUCH faster

   By VisualDandD, August 20, 2015
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   • Doug_Park
   • August 25, 2015

7. Subdivision Rendering - Cropped Exterior Surfaces

   By Tony_Sterba, June 13, 2014   

   • Subdivision
   • cropped surfaces
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     • Subdivision
     • cropped surfaces
     • rendering
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   • Tony_Sterba
   • June 19, 2014

8. Poly Line Labels - Why Did Chief Bother to Add this Feature...?

   By HumbleChief, April 7, 2016
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • April 7, 2016

9. Printing to service bureau i.e. Office Depot

   By ChiefHarrell, July 11, 2020
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   • DzinEye
   • July 12, 2020

10. Polyline solid in cross section

    By TopagnaOverlook, February 27, 2020
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    • TopagnaOverlook
    • February 27, 2020

11. Truss bottom chord overhang

    By Jambruins, June 13, 2022
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    • Michael_Gia
    • June 15, 2022

12. changing referenced files on a layout

    By Kaemingk, July 15, 2020
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    • HumbleChief
    • July 15, 2020

13. Creating walkthrough

    By stager386, June 27, 2022
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    • stager386
    • July 11, 2022

14. "walls, Layers" In Layer Set

    By amddrafting, October 9, 2014
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    • amddrafting
    • October 16, 2014

15. Barn door style window shutters??

    By Designer1, October 14, 2019
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    • Designer1
    • July 12, 2021

16. Steel Staircases

    By WoodlandDesign, May 13, 2020
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    • ACADuser
    • May 16, 2020

17. Custom Fill Patterns

    By rwaldrondesigns, July 15, 2021
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    • rwaldrondesigns
    • July 16, 2021

18. Plan Views in Layout Default to the Same Floor

    By Sunnyfields, March 17, 2021   

    • layout
    • plans
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    • Chrisb222
    • March 18, 2021

19. Make joist header ext. finish same as ICF foundation finish

    By bradak60, March 30, 2017
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    • JJohnson
    • April 8, 2017

20. Panelled Archway using Cabinetry

    By anvl369, December 12, 2017
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    • MarkMc
    • December 13, 2017

21. help with multiple pitches on roof

    By BeeoHat, April 8, 2014
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    • CJSpud
    • April 10, 2014

22. How Do I Move Objects To Back Of Group?

    By 4hotshoez, October 22, 2014
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    • KilgoreTrout
    • October 22, 2014

23. Black shadow areas in PBR

    By RolandF, April 20, 2018   

    • pbr
    • shadows
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    • RolandF
    • May 16, 2018

24. When i build a custom wainscot everything looks fine. When i add a window, however, it cuts through the wainscot all the way down to the baseboard height! Any ideas on how to stop windows from doing that?

    By Denzil, November 24, 2021
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    • MarkMc
    • March 2, 2024

25. Change 2D CAD object to 3D?

    By DeltaHome, September 18, 2020
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    • CapitalDemo
    • May 21, 2022