General Q & A

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1. Best Practices - notes

   By johnny, August 20, 2017
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   • MarkMc
   • August 22, 2017

2. X11: Light shade default transparency

   By CAcygrymus, October 3, 2019
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   • CAcygrymus
   • October 4, 2019

3. Insert Macro in Custom Macros

   By Joe_Carrick, May 24, 2018
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   • LevisL
   • June 20, 2018

4. Calculating linear feet of drywall

   By SusanneT-Baker, December 19, 2018
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   • GeneDavis
   • December 19, 2018

5. Dimensioning interior walls only

   By designercats, February 7, 2018   

   • does anyone have advise. i am new to chief architect interiors. i cannot get my interiors wall dimenions to dimension surface to surfac eif one wall is also an exterior wall
   • . any tips?
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   • designercats
   • April 18, 2018

6. Split entry with stair rake wall

   By CreekMan, January 8, 2020
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   • gelbuilding
   • January 11, 2020

7. Align with wall above centering rather than aligning

   By CRHDesign, March 2, 2017   

   • align with wall
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   • glennw
   • March 2, 2017

8. Hole in ceiling plane

   By marlem2000, February 9, 2023   

   • ceiling
   • ceiling hole
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     • ceiling
     • ceiling hole
     • ceiling design
     • ceiling planes
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   • marlem2000
   • February 10, 2023

9. Help needed to add drywall to wall ends

   By MovingandShaking, May 25, 2022
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   • rgardner
   • May 25, 2022

10. Deck Framing not showing up

    By Regandoc, April 22, 2023   

    • deck
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    • DBCooper
    • April 23, 2023

11. Sunlight Overhead Or Top Lighted Only Image?

    By Morphious, February 25, 2016
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    • TheKitchenAbode
    • February 26, 2016

12. cut foundation wall

    By Upward1, October 30, 2020
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    • ACADuser
    • October 31, 2020

13. Cabinet-embebed fixtures in schedules

    By ChiefRoland, July 7, 2021
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • July 9, 2021

14. Can you help me build a side duct?

    By bdillard1, March 15, 2022
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    • Gawdzira
    • March 16, 2022

15. Custom Newel post for deck

    By Argy67, October 3, 2022
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    • Argy67
    • October 11, 2022

16. Creating A Wainscot Panel for Islands

    By Dezigner99, May 4, 2020
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    • Kbird1
    • May 5, 2020

17. Best Practices for blueprinting legacy homes

    By PMMully, June 30, 2021
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    • PMMully
    • July 1, 2021

18. Controlling the size of 2D symbols in electrical legends

    By LCDesign, January 11, 2021   

    • 2dsymbols
    • symbols
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      • symbols
      • electricallegend
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    • LCDesign
    • January 11, 2021

19. Fluorescent Lights

    By Nick79, July 17, 2018   

    • fluorescent
    • lights
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    • Nick79
    • July 19, 2018

20. Screen capture software

    By madcowscarnival, January 10, 2019
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    • para-CAD
    • January 15, 2019

21. Exchanging with 2020 design SW?

    By PMMully, July 8, 2021
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    • MarkMc
    • July 8, 2021

22. Importing MS EXCEL

    By Canuck, January 30, 2018
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    • KirkClemons
    • January 31, 2018

23. Rotating an arc line

    By capitaldesigns, September 6, 2016   

    • Rotating
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    • capitaldesigns
    • September 6, 2016

24. Spec Home Design Fee

    By DRyeHD, November 4, 2022   

    • fees
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    • DRyeHD
    • November 8, 2022

25. Oversizes Eaves

    By mauerQ, August 22, 2016
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    • glennw
    • August 23, 2016