General Q & A

25862 topics in this forum

1. Existing barn to residence

   By TennVol, January 5, 2020
   • 7 replies
   • 3.7k views
   • 
   • TennVol
   • January 9, 2020

2. Different roof heights

   By trevannguyen, November 7, 2022   

   • roofs
   • 7 replies
   • 3.3k views
   • 
   • BenPalmer
   • November 7, 2022

3. Why doesn't Chief allow for a complete material change when selecting "All"???

   By John_B, January 20
   • 7 replies
   • 600 views
   • 
   • SNestor
   • January 21

4. Weird camera shots

   By Dickrnlds, August 8, 2017   

   • camera backclipped
   • 7 replies
   • 2.2k views
   • 
   • Dickrnlds
   • August 9, 2017

5. Percentage Calculation

   By robdyck, May 10, 2019
   • 7 replies
   • 1.7k views
   • 
   • Joe_Carrick
   • May 11, 2019

6. door side lites

   By ChiefuserMathews, March 26, 2020   

   • lites
   • 7 replies
   • 2.9k views
   • 
   • ChiefuserMathews
   • March 26, 2020

7. Terrain Perimeter Not Showing in Plan View

   By kwhitt, July 1, 2022
   • 7 replies
   • 2k views
   • 
   • Michael_Gia
   • July 2, 2022

8. How to change the orientation of a floor plan

   By MovingandShaking, September 10, 2020
   • 7 replies
   • 3.4k views
   • 
   • OasisStudio
   • Thursday at 07:14 PM

9. Fluted Block

   By raltd9245, January 19, 2015
   • 7 replies
   • 1.9k views
   • 
   • javachip24k
   • January 20, 2015

10. Looking For X1 Key Fob...anybody?

    By skinner, May 23, 2015
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views
    • 
    • ChiefArchitect
    • May 27, 2015

11. dimension snaps to wrong line

    By Lighthouse, April 14, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Lighthouse
    • April 14, 2020

12. Shading Variations Between Original Materials and Their Copies

    By kwhitt, March 20, 2021
    • 7 replies
    • 2.3k views
    • 
    • SNestor
    • March 20, 2021

13. Why are my roof planes not aligning

    By Hannahfdc, August 7, 2024
    • 7 replies
    • 975 views
    • 
    • SNestor
    • August 9, 2024

14. Material list: framing, structural reporting, buy list. How to get plates and headers to cut from the 16' lengths

    By GeneDavis, March 14
    • 7 replies
    • 483 views
    • 
    • GeneDavis
    • April 18

15. Export DWG file for CA site plan

    By ShaneK, July 7, 2016
    • 7 replies
    • 2.2k views
    • 
    • ShaneK
    • July 8, 2016

16. Line weights in general

    By SNestor, January 26, 2017   

    • line weight
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
    • 
    • SNestor
    • January 27, 2017

17. How to control cabinet door offsets from corners of perp adjacent cabinets

    By dskogg, June 6, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
    • 
    • MarkMc
    • June 6, 2017

18. Do You Need To Be Connected To The Internet At All Times To Use The Rental Version Of Chief?

    By Fun2Learn, August 30, 2014   

    • rental internet
    • 7 replies
    • 2.6k views
    • 
    • johnny
    • September 1, 2014

19. Defaulting to the last command

    By EmmaCox, March 27, 2017   

    • transform/replicate
    • room specification
    • 7 replies
    • 2.7k views
    • 
    • EmmaCox
    • March 28, 2017

20. What controls the text height for "show length" label?

    By Michael_Gia, May 12, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
    • 
    • Michael_Gia
    • May 12, 2017

21. WALL DEFAULTS | WALL TYPES

    By interiorarch, July 7, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views
    • 
    • Alaskan_Son
    • July 8, 2017

22. Half wall-soffit interaction

    By JamesR, February 22, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    • 
    • Alaskan_Son
    • February 22, 2019

23. Walk In Closet The Easiest Way

    By simonas, December 3, 2014
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    • 
    • jcaffee
    • December 3, 2014

24. Roof Truss Problem

    By Joe_Carrick, April 11, 2016
    • 7 replies
    • 2.5k views
    • 
    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 12, 2016

25. Room Label display help-X8

    By PaulinColorado, January 26, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
    • 
    • chief58
    • January 27, 2017