General Q & A

26257 topics in this forum

1. How to change Chief X17 so it opens without need to open as administrator?

   By GeneDavis, July 15
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   • MoeGia
   • August 2

2. Library browser won't open

   By VinnieVicon, February 2, 2020
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   • DBCooper
   • December 11, 2023

3. One Hip Roof Plane over 2 Rooms with different ceiling heights

   By adamwillis, May 9, 2020
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   • Mark3D
   • May 10, 2020

4. Lowered Ceiling For Pipes

   By simonas, December 9, 2014
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   • JLDrafting
   • December 10, 2014

5. Lost Harware Lock

   By leonarda, February 9, 2015
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   • leonarda
   • February 10, 2015

6. DWG IMPORT

   By pazzfam, June 14, 2018
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   • pazzfam
   • June 14, 2018

7. Export of framing members from CA 3D model for structural sizing in BIM softwares or Weyerhaeuser Forte.

   By Forsythe, February 1, 2017
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   • DavidJames
   • February 3, 2017

8. Black Screen

   By Treehouse2339, August 13, 2019
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   • Wadsworth
   • June 20

9. Who can rid me of this annoying Windows 10 toolbar?

   By GeneDavis, November 17, 2019
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • November 18, 2019

10. MANY wall corners

    By C4Adrafting, August 15, 2024
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    • JiAngelo
    • August 17, 2024

11. Automatically place new text on a different layer for a given layer set

    By michaelehmke, December 31, 2024
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    • MarkMc
    • January 2

12. Saving Files On Laptop

    By uremodel2014, June 20, 2014
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    • uremodel2014
    • June 21, 2014

13. Deleting library materials

    By Alaskan_Son, October 1, 2015
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • October 2, 2015

14. Stair Guardrail rests on top of carpet?

    By SNestor, February 1, 2017   

    • stairs
    • landing
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • stairs
      • landing
      • railing
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    • Chrisb222
    • May 7, 2021

15. One plane, two buildings: how to set number of floors individually

    By cv2702, October 2, 2019
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    • DTCBuild
    • October 3, 2019

16. Roof Labels - X13 Added Background Fill - Now I can't see my Arrows

    By kylejmarsh, August 17, 2021   

    • labels
    • roof planes
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    • kylejmarsh
    • August 17, 2021

17. railing problem inside house

    By GP202256, December 8, 2022
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    • GP202256
    • December 8, 2022

18. Illegible labels in elevation view X6

    By BethVanDeusen, March 28, 2014
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    • b00fhead
    • July 22, 2014

19. Unwanted lines showing up in elevation view

    By capitaldesigns, March 14, 2017
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • March 15, 2017

20. Roof Issues

    By Soutex, September 14, 2017
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    • Soutex
    • September 15, 2017

21. Drafting & Design vs. Design-Build

    By mlaubacher, May 18, 2018   

    • business
    • agreement
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      Tagged with:

      • business
      • agreement
      • retainer
      • sales
      • productivity
      • permits
      • margins
    • 7 replies
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    • Renerabbitt
    • May 23, 2018

22. post to beam

    By winterdd, February 23, 2020
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    • Kbird1
    • February 23, 2020

23. Changing cabinets using defaults

    By Elliot, August 27, 2020
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    • Ridge_Runner
    • August 28, 2020

24. Sketch view?

    By RicatRandM, December 14, 2020
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • December 15, 2020

25. Roof will not overframe

    By Larry_Sweeney, August 5, 2022
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    • Larry_Sweeney
    • August 6, 2022