General Q & A

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26444 topics in this forum

  1. RAY TRACE OR PBR

    By decorators3,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.3k views

  2. Horizontal Stack Conc Block Wall Question

    By DHerb2014,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  3. Rotating An Object

    By coastlinecg,
    • 2 replies
    • 995 views

  4. Just a Poll

    By winterdd,
    • 19 replies
    • 3.2k views

  5. DWG Import

    By gelbuilding,
    • 1 reply
    • 882 views

  6. Is there a way to call out a clean out location for a sewer line in Chief?

    By cbucks,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  7. Roof problem

    By Joe_cul,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  8. Help Generating An Attic Wall

    By GrizzlyBear,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  9. Stair Rail Height to Extend to Underside of Ceiling

    By CCarpenter,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.4k views

  10. Layout Missing Files from PC to MAC OS in X15

    By DHerb2014,
    • 2 replies
    • 916 views

  11. Is there a way to do an ICF floor similar to Quad Deck in Chief and have the materials auto calc?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 998 views

  12. X15 Render Issues

    By Allen43,   
    • 20 replies
    • 4.7k views

  13. CAD to walls multiple floors

    By deniseruhl,
    • 0 replies
    • 584 views

  14. Skylight Recomindations?

    By ACADuser,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.6k views

  15. With a plan with multiple structures, is there a way to select the floor of a given structure without having to select each room?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 719 views

  16. Surveyor topo lines as dwg how do you convert to chief?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 732 views

  17. Molding Polyline - Why??

    By HannahKucerova,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views

  18. Finding or adding Plan Views

    By Mackenzie,
    • 13 replies
    • 4k views

  19. Problem Creating an A-frame in X15

    By CyndiM,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views

  20. SLOPED CEILING

    By ChiefDesign2023,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views

  21. What does interpolate tangent to edge mean?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  22. Is there a way I can set working plan view etc back to default without reinstalling?

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  23. Objects stopping at drywall

    By winterdd,
    • 2 replies
    • 864 views

  24. I deleted everything from a layer but it still says used and won't let me delete the layer is there a trick for this?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 835 views

  25. Imported PDF to Lines

    By ehumble,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views