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1. Chief Architect versus Revit, Sketchup, and Autocad for traditional conceptual home design and other tasks 1 2

   By Reddrick, January 7, 2017   

   • revit
   • sketchup
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     • construction drawings
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     • modern
     • custom
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   • Artemon3D
   • June 23, 2021

2. Chief Architect Viewer Version 8

   By BarneyHerring, March 13, 2016   

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   • Richard_Morrison
   • March 13, 2016

3. Chief Architect vs SoftPlan

   By GalleryOfHomes, October 30, 2018
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   • parkwest
   • November 2, 2018

4. Chief Architect Will not Open

   By DCortes, May 11, 2023
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   • Kbird1
   • May 17, 2023

5. chief architect window not showing width/height and schedule

   By Ringos, December 3
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   • Ringos
   • December 3

6. Chief Architect with a touch screen and finger inputs

   By mthd97, December 20
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   • mthd97
   • December 20

7. Chief Architect X12

   By Arielle_02, April 29, 2020
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   • BigKahuna
   • April 30, 2020

8. Chief Architect X12 - PDF files unreadable after upload for permit submittal

   By bluestem, October 5, 2020
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   • jmsisco
   • October 6, 2020

9. Chief Architect X12 won't load on new Windows Surface Pro X with Microsoft SQ1 Processor

   By Probuilder84, February 28, 2021
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   • Dermot
   • March 4, 2021

10. Chief Architect X13 - Photorealistic ray tracing on a MacBookPro 2020

    By Benny_G, July 13, 2021
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    • Michael_Gia
    • July 2, 2022

11. Chief Architect X13 hardware requirements

    By HomeDesign724, December 7, 2021
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    • Kbird1
    • December 8, 2021

12. Chief Architect X14 and PDF size

    By ChiefVeronique, May 3, 2022
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • May 6, 2022

13. chief architect x15 standard view walls not showing

    By resdes, July 26, 2023
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    • TeaTime
    • August 8, 2023

14. Chief Architect X5 Full Version for SALE

    By Thomas_Hyde, February 24, 2014
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    • lbuttery
    • February 25, 2014

15. Chief Architect X6- Bad Image Error Notification

    By pinky-dbcc, February 10, 2015   

    • X6
    • Error
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    • Doug_Park
    • February 11, 2015

16. Chief Architect X7 Jobs On Nas

    By DenisonDrywall, June 9, 2015
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    • DavidJPotter
    • June 11, 2015

17. Chief Architect X8

    By Rosco2017, September 23, 2015
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    • Kiwideziner
    • September 26, 2015

18. Chief Architect X9 library thumbnails load slowly

    By Westlanedesigns, July 18, 2017   

    • thumbnails
    • library issue
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    • 10 replies
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    • Westlanedesigns
    • July 25, 2017

19. Chief Architect: medium sized offices?

    By Atari2600, June 23, 2015
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    • Doug_Park
    • July 2, 2015

20. Chief archive data

    By winterdd, July 3, 2021
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    • winterdd
    • July 4, 2021

21. Chief automatically lowers sill plate for stem wall

    By HardWorkingBee, May 27, 2022   

    • sill plate
    • stem wall
    • 12 replies
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    • dshall
    • May 29, 2022

22. Chief Being Sold? 1 2

    By Rich_Winsor, April 1, 2015
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    • DavidJPotter
    • April 2, 2015

23. Chief challenge (what else do you have to do today?)

    By Lighthouse, November 26, 2020
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 12, 2023

24. Chief Constantly crashing.

    By Justin_Bishop, August 30
    • 4 replies
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    • scottharris
    • September 1

25. Chief crashes when updating 2D elevation views

    By Designers_Ink, January 19   

    • crash
    • 12 replies
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    • Kbird1
    • February 21