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  1. How To Create A Sloped Wall 1 2

    By GregCormier,   
    • 40 replies
    • 22.4k views

  2. More Structure dbx Challenges 1 2 3 4

    By HumbleChief,
    • 94 replies
    • 22.2k views

  3. What Do You Use When Measuring a House? 1 2 3

    By DHerb2014,
    • 69 replies
    • 22k views

  4. Why Does The Default Stainless Steel Look So Dark? 1 2 3

    By 4hotshoez,
    • 58 replies
    • 21.9k views

  5. Always cat chasing the tail... 1 2 3 4

    By rockyshepheard,
    • 89 replies
    • 21.8k views

  6. Story Pole, relocating the grade elevation 1 2 3

    By dshall,
    • 58 replies
    • 21.6k views

  7. Chasing Attic Walls... 1 2 3 4

    By HumbleChief,
    • 78 replies
    • 21.6k views

  8. Gable ends missing 1 2 3

    By MBagshaw,   
    • 65 replies
    • 21.6k views

  9. Create attractive 2D plans like Vectorworks? 1 2 3

    By ED-209,
    • 57 replies
    • 21.1k views

  10. Layout & Layer Sets 1 2 3 4

    By AndreaKDC,
    • 76 replies
    • 20.8k views

  11. creative design, custom houses, and the limits of Chief? 1 2 3 4

    By Lighthouse,
    • 84 replies
    • 20.8k views

  12. Standing Seam? 1 2 3

    By Designer1,
    • 57 replies
    • 20.7k views

  13. Anyone know room structure heights really well....I don't, 12yrs and I still don't. 1 2 3 4

    By zowie123,
    • 84 replies
    • 20.4k views

  14. Q. Why sometimes when printing a PDF to paper, the PNG images print with a solid black background?

    By para-CAD,
    • 14 replies
    • 20.4k views

  15. Glass Shower Walls 1 2 3

    By MaryAnne,
    • 69 replies
    • 20.3k views

  16. PBR w/ Realtime Ray-tracing Questions in X13 1 2 3

    By kwhitt,
    • 67 replies
    • 20.1k views

  17. Floor Slab with Foundation Walls 1 2 3

    By Joe_Carrick,
    • 55 replies
    • 20k views

  18. Kick Board Under Exterior Door 1 2

    By Steve_Nyhof,   
    • 26 replies
    • 19.8k views

  19. Contemporary Siding Look 1 2

    By Chris50,
    • 33 replies
    • 19.8k views

  20. Chief Architect Software Licensing Changes 1 2 3

    By Fairhaven_Homes,
    • 54 replies
    • 19.7k views

  21. Porch Roof 1 2 3

    By mountaineer,
    • 55 replies
    • 19.7k views

  22. Wall framing issues with raised heel roof trusses 1 2

    By tundra_dweller,
    • 35 replies
    • 19.4k views

  23. Truss bottom chord as ceiling frame - how to 1 2 3

    By Michael_Gia,
    • 57 replies
    • 19.4k views

  24. How To Drop a Single Room's Ceiling Height Two Story Building 1 2 3

    By HumbleChief,
    • 72 replies
    • 19.3k views

  25. Gable Roof With Trusses Overhang

    By mark2457,
    • 11 replies
    • 19.3k views