General Q & A

24388 topics in this forum

1. What does interpolate tangent to edge mean?

   By cbucks, March 5
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • March 5

2. Finding or adding Plan Views

   By Mackenzie, March 4
   • 13 replies
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   • Kbird1
   • March 6

3. Objects stopping at drywall

   By winterdd, March 4
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   • winterdd
   • March 4

4. Skylight Recomindations?

   By ACADuser, March 4
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   • ACADuser
   • March 6

5. I deleted everything from a layer but it still says used and won't let me delete the layer is there a trick for this?

   By cbucks, March 4
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   • TeaTime
   • March 4

6. Is there a way to call out a clean out location for a sewer line in Chief?

   By cbucks, March 4
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   • joey_martin
   • March 7

7. Imported PDF to Lines

   By ehumble, March 4
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   • ehumble
   • March 4

8. Is there a way I can set working plan view etc back to default without reinstalling?

   By cbucks, March 4
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   • ValleyGuy
   • March 5

9. Have a plan with multiple structures, is there a way I can make one of the structures on piers?

   By cbucks, March 4
   • 1 reply
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   • ericepv
   • March 4

10. Unable to select rooms

    By GrizzlyBear, March 4
    • 4 replies
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    • GrizzlyBear
    • March 4

11. Material Texture's

    By NeilofOZ, March 4
    • 5 replies
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    • ValleyGuy
    • March 4

12. Somehow I messed up my default tool for create a retaining wall, is there a way to reset?

    By cbucks, March 3
    • 1 reply
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    • robdyck
    • March 3

13. How do you change the name that appears for the floor in layout?

    By cbucks, March 3
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    • Gawdzira
    • March 3

14. Elevation point text rotation

    By robdyck, March 3
    • 2 replies
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    • robdyck
    • March 3

15. Privacy screen with vertical slats at an angle?

    By cbucks, March 3
    • 7 replies
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    • JKEdmo
    • March 3

16. Problem using reference display, when I go to glass house the structure is visible but standard terrain gone

    By cbucks, March 2
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    • VHampton
    • March 3

17. While Chief is building a terrain/interpolating is there a way to work on another plan on Mac?

    By cbucks, March 2
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    • cbucks
    • March 2

18. DWG Files

    By TWWest, March 2
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    • ericepv
    • March 2

19. Terrain taking forever to interpolate not sure if there is anything I can change to speed up?

    By cbucks, March 2
    • 9 replies
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    • Mark3D
    • March 3

20. Multiple structures is the best way to draw each one on their own plan and do reference display on one terrain?

    By cbucks, March 2
    • 4 replies
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    • JiAngelo
    • March 10

21. [ LONG POST ] - I'm a new user, hoping to ask the Chief community if Chief Architect is the best program for my somewhat-unusual use-case. Would greatly appreciate help.

    By Ty_Tradeswork, March 1
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    • 3D_Russ
    • April 5

22. Is there a place to set a default degree for the spline segment angle on electrical connections?

    By DIYJon, March 1
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    • DIYJon
    • March 1

23. Edit hole in 3d solid

    By RL-inc, March 1
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    • RL-inc
    • March 1

24. It looks like every scrap of previous installs is gone after upgrading to X15.

    By BeachHouse1, March 1
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    • BeachHouse1
    • March 1

25. Can auto roof on top plate above ceiling joists be done?

    By CARMELHILL, March 1
    • 4 replies
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    • CARMELHILL
    • March 1