General Q & A

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1. Chief Library gone wild?

   By Designer1, May 25, 2020
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   • Designer1
   • May 28, 2020

2. Schedule Box Control?

   By olyconstruction, July 6, 2016
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • July 25, 2016

3. Dimension extensions and marker problems

   By PerryPlansPro, June 3, 2019   

   • dimension marker defaults
   • dimensions extension defaults
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     • dimensions extension defaults
     • marker defaults
     • extension defaults
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   • MickeyToo
   • June 7, 2019

4. Wandering Library, Project Browser And Tool Palette

   By norryboy, June 10, 2014   

   • Library
   • Project Browser
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     • Library
     • Project Browser
     • Tool Palette
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   • lbuttery
   • June 12, 2014

5. Some 'australian' Posted A Video On How To Draw Spiral Stairs.

   By HumbleChief, February 3, 2015
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   • Clare_White
   • February 17, 2018

6. Railing fill?

   By Designer1, August 28, 2019
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   • Designer1
   • August 29, 2019

7. Measurements not adding up

   By mjocol, May 11, 2017
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   • mjocol
   • May 12, 2017

8. Freelancers

   By winterdd, January 24, 2020
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   • Kriska
   • January 27, 2020

9. Changing multiple sono tube radii

   By gdesignbuild, October 30, 2021
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   • SH_Canada
   • November 1, 2021

10. How to get window size and window number on plan and elevation? I created a macro for width and height but I can only turn on either window number or the size macro??

    By zowie123, March 22, 2022   

    • window label
    • window size
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      • window label
      • window size
      • window dimension
      • window callout
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    • OkcDesigner
    • March 23, 2022

11. Added 1/2" To Measurements?

    By HumbleChief, November 15, 2024
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    • JiAngelo
    • November 17, 2024

12. Layout Labels

    By timmy123, December 1, 2014
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    • timmy123
    • December 27, 2014

13. X13 RTRT Lighting Question

    By Sleepytime28, June 24, 2021
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    • Sleepytime28
    • June 28, 2021

14. Labels

    By verticalworks, September 3, 2017   

    • lables
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    • BrownTiger
    • September 14, 2017

15. need help with walls

    By pinehawker, June 17, 2020   

    • x11
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    • pinehawker
    • June 18, 2020

16. General Framing - Steel / Metal Buildings

    By amddrafting, June 11, 2014
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    • Kbird1
    • June 12, 2014

17. How to convert manufactur libraray to CA????

    By goldhunter_2, September 23, 2019
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    • MattShannahan
    • November 7, 2019

18. Best practices for as-built covered porches?

    By PMMully, February 25, 2021
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    • PMMully
    • February 26, 2021

19. File size is twice what it should be

    By RCarter, September 4, 2017
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    • Smn842
    • September 4, 2017

20. Roof design

    By glkirk, December 31, 2017
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    • Kbird1
    • January 5, 2018

21. How do I create this type of eve in Chief?

    By 4hotshoez, May 2, 2016
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    • 4hotshoez
    • May 3, 2016

22. Crazy numerical values

    By glennw, October 1, 2017
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    • Chopsaw
    • January 6, 2018

23. Way to speed up PDF to use in overlay work in CA

    By RL-inc, August 28, 2019
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    • ACADuser
    • August 29, 2019

24. I can't seem to ditch the ceiling cover in the basement

    By bdillard, February 25, 2021
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    • bdillard
    • March 1, 2021

25. Resizing or Rescaling View Sent to Layout

    By akabuilder, December 8, 2020
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • December 8, 2020