General Q & A

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26521 topics in this forum

  1. Roof plan

    By Cadwork22,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  2. Missing Toolbar

    By doitright,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views

  3. x14 Crashing when changing materials on any object

    By rcmcdougle,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.7k views

  4. reshaping cabinets

    By Cadwork22,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  5. X15 cabinet door opening indicators not showing. Checked on in layer set.

    By GeneDavis,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  6. What causes sunlight to bleed through walls when rendering?

    By DIYJon,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  7. I always have difficuly working with Chief's Terrain Tools. Driveway and Swale Desired

    By KnotSquare,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views

  8. Bonus area with bathroom and rooms over garage

    By Jarenand,
    • 1 reply
    • 934 views

  9. Irregularly Shaped Walls

    By kwhitt,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  10. Rotate Floorplan

    By Cadwork22,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views

  11. Manually edit ceiling hole polyline not showing

    By cbehling,   
    • 1 reply
    • 831 views

  12. Engineering Question-Widows Walk

    By winterdd,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.3k views

  13. [ LONG POST ] - I'm a new user, hoping to ask the Chief community if Chief Architect is the best program for my somewhat-unusual use-case. Would greatly appreciate help.

    By Ty_Tradeswork,
    • 15 replies
    • 5k views

  14. X15 how to generate multiple schedules of a category (cabinets, doors, windows, . . . )?

    By GeneDavis,
    • 3 replies
    • 989 views

  15. Walls are Red?

    By IRDesign,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  16. A frame

    By Cadwork22,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views

  17. Changing the size of electrical labels

    By Ed_Orum,
    • 2 replies
    • 803 views

  18. Filling in triangle on ceiling plane

    By davyjones,
    • 2 replies
    • 933 views

  19. Macro or hot key to change mulled window label to component labels?

    By BCNABE,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views

  20. Glass wall with Mullians/grid

    By Cadwork22,
    • 16 replies
    • 2.7k views

  21. Design phase/layer - Home then finished basement

    By JWPrendergast,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views

  22. Can 3D CAD objects be placed between Balusters on a fence?

    By DIYJon,
    • 1 reply
    • 909 views

  23. LOCKED OBJECTS

    By JNWArchitect,
    • 1 reply
    • 858 views

  24. New computer and lost dimension capabilities

    By rcmcdougle,
    • 2 replies
    • 995 views

  25. Barndominium Help

    By GeoSmith,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views