General Q & A

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1. Placing Mouldings shapes in 2D cad views

   By RobWhite, November 12, 2018
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   • Chopsaw
   • November 13, 2018

2. Parapet Flat Roof Skylight?

   By HumbleChief, February 13
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   • HumbleChief
   • February 14

3. Anyone Use A Wacom Tablet With Chief?

   By HumbleChief, April 14, 2015
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   • MickeyToo
   • April 16, 2015

4. Deck Railing

   By ChiefuserMathews, October 17, 2018   

   • railing
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   • Kbird1
   • October 17, 2018

5. Insulation in curved section?

   By Gawdzira, March 3, 2014
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   • rlackore
   • May 29, 2018

6. Front porch with railing on flat roof

   By faithbldr, August 22, 2016   

   • porch
   • portico
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   • Rosco2017
   • August 23, 2016

7. Elevation / Terrain doozy

   By JoeinNorCal, May 27, 2020
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   • KimHist
   • June 30, 2020

8. Can I easily copy a CAD layer to another plan?

   By mgianzero, October 5, 2020
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   • mgianzero
   • October 11, 2020

9. Ceilling Height on plan

   By ChiefuserMathews, October 23, 2020   

   • ceiling
   • height
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     • ceiling
     • height
     • elevation
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   • ChiefuserMathews
   • October 23, 2020

10. Ca Capabilities

    By JofAMofN, August 7, 2014
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    • GaryM8
    • August 9, 2014

11. Material Direction Control for Soffits and Eaves

    By evergreen, November 7, 2015
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    • dshall
    • November 8, 2015

12. Help With Roof Baselines

    By davidlgoss, February 20, 2016
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    • DMDesigns
    • February 21, 2016

13. Drawer box depths

    By JenniZ, March 8, 2017
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    • JenniZ
    • March 22, 2017

14. Quadrant bearings and relative coordinate system?

    By DaViper, May 12, 2017
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • May 15, 2017

15. Blending Colors with Materials

    By pgjacob, December 30, 2018
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    • Kbird1
    • January 1, 2019

16. Built in Bar-b-que

    By builtright3, April 18, 2019
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    • builtright3
    • April 19, 2019

17. How to improve graphic quality of elevations

    By MovingandShaking, May 27, 2020
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    • Rpadge
    • May 27, 2020

18. Railing Alignment

    By MTL-Homes, December 29, 2022
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    • Chrisb222
    • January 3, 2023

19. Why do i see some of my CAD fills lighter than others in a PDF, while i have used eye dropper to match them. Here is the screen shot of Plan File vs. PDF file

    By ChiefUserDennisR, July 29
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    • JKEdmo
    • July 30

20. How to draw a foundation for a walkout basement

    By DB_Construction, September 21, 2015   

    • stepped foundation
    • walkout
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      Tagged with:

      • stepped foundation
      • walkout
      • foundation
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    • DB_Construction
    • September 23, 2015

21. projected snaps gone?

    By madcowscarnival, February 6, 2018
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    • Kbird1
    • February 7, 2018

22. Extend upper shed roof along wall as overhang

    By DRyeHD, April 18, 2019   

    • roof
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    • DRyeHD
    • April 18, 2019

23. Editing a Truss...?

    By HumbleChief, June 18, 2020
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    • SNestor
    • June 18, 2020

24. Exposed Rafter Tails - Eave Closure Blocking

    By PitMan71, June 16
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    • PitMan71
    • June 29

25. Modern Doors

    By Rustyvan, April 12, 2021
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    • RobUSMC
    • April 13, 2021