General Q & A

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26592 topics in this forum

  1. Finding or adding Plan Views

    By Mackenzie,
    • 13 replies
    • 4.3k views

  2. Problem Creating an A-frame in X15

    By CyndiM,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  3. SLOPED CEILING

    By ChiefDesign2023,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views

  4. What does interpolate tangent to edge mean?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

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

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views

  6. Objects stopping at drywall

    By winterdd,
    • 2 replies
    • 937 views

  7. 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
    • 887 views

  8. Unable to select rooms

    By GrizzlyBear,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views

  9. Have a plan with multiple structures, is there a way I can make one of the structures on piers?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 781 views

  10. Material Texture's

    By NeilofOZ,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.3k views

  11. Terrain taking forever to interpolate not sure if there is anything I can change to speed up?

    By cbucks,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views

  12. Privacy screen with vertical slats at an angle?

    By cbucks,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views

  13. Somehow I messed up my default tool for create a retaining wall, is there a way to reset?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 797 views

  14. How do you change the name that appears for the floor in layout?

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  15. Elevation point text rotation

    By robdyck,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  16. GLASS HOUSE WITH 1 OBJECT SOLID?

    By woodcraftdesign,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  17. Problem using reference display, when I go to glass house the structure is visible but standard terrain gone

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 967 views

  18. DWG Files

    By TWWest,
    • 1 reply
    • 783 views

  19. While Chief is building a terrain/interpolating is there a way to work on another plan on Mac?

    By cbucks,
    • 0 replies
    • 652 views

  20. "Rubber Stamping" a typical apartment into a hi-rise?

    By Charles,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.1k views

  21. The search window in my library disappeared? X15

    By mountaineer,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  22. Material won't cover entire wall without having multiple duplicates

    By JamesBolger,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.7k views

  23. Aligning exterior railings

    By AAInteriors,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views

  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,
    • 19 replies
    • 4.8k views

  25. [ 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. 1 2

    By Ty_Tradeswork,   
    • 37 replies
    • 16.6k views