General Q & A

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24862 topics in this forum

  1. Room with deck above not drawing interior ceiling

    By chief-greg,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  2. Virtual Reality - Real Time Raytracing

    By TyvanDesign,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  3. Will Chief open newer plan files in older versions of the software?

    By OldBarnDesign,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.9k views

  4. Creating Custom Light Fixture

    By 5Design,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.1k views

  5. Deck Railing Questions.

    By builtright3,
    • 16 replies
    • 1.7k views

  6. chief x4 not loading

    By Cristian-CDD,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.5k views

  7. Inflation hits Chief

    By Rich_Winsor,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  8. Join roof planes from different floors

    By madcowscarnival,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views

  9. what is the mep software interface with chief architect 12

    By joey1982,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  10. Dummy needs Help AGAIN

    By raltd9245,
    • 1 reply
    • 836 views

  11. Is There a Way To 'Stack' Tool Palettes?

    By HumbleChief,
    • 19 replies
    • 1.9k views

  12. External and internal sills on windows.

    By Robboulton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  13. Is there a way to separate the door from the door frame?

    By DynamicDG,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  14. Displaying Area Square Footages

    By ChiefCurtis1,
    • 2 replies
    • 760 views

  15. Chief developers fiddled with the roof spec, and it's broken (and I reported it to tech support, who sent it up to development)

    By GeneDavis,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.2k views

  16. Garage door placement.

    By lburgess6624,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  17. Chief X10 Saved Plan Views

    By McCabeDesign,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views

  18. Exterior Ray Tracing - Tips

    By Ange822,   
    • 9 replies
    • 3.2k views

  19. Global Library

    By dhurst,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  20. Roof thickness

    By ElizGuseva,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views

  21. Missing Toolbars

    By stevenyhof,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  22. What corruption is causing this roof plane to not be editable? See thread in Suggestions "Pls fix roof problem"

    By GeneDavis,
    • 2 replies
    • 874 views

  23. Adding molding profile to library

    By Salishsue,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views

  24. ICF wall type offsetting by thickness of form foam when drawing.

    By Ryan_McAllen,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.9k views

  25. Raised roof height via ceiling dbx and how to relocate ceiling framing / How to color new framing (for dummies)

    By John_Charles,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views