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  1. How does one get color swatches to show on the toolbar

    By williambentley2,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.5k views

  2. How does one go about creating variations of a remodel that can easily be compared?

    By DIYJon,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  3. How does one make a storefront window?

    By rockyshepheard,   
    • 10 replies
    • 6.3k views

  4. How does one pause a walkthru in a record path?

    By dskogg,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.6k views

  5. How does one separate a new addition from the existing house, in a single plan file?

    By ChiefChuck,
    • 5 replies
    • 4k views

  6. How Does The Auto Roof Builder Work In This Example Please?

    By ladycoralie,
    • 24 replies
    • 7.5k views

  7. How Does The Soft Ware Calculate These Dimensions?

    By Evolution,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views

  8. How does this lighting work

    By GeneDavis,
    • 2 replies
    • 118 views

  9. How Easy Is It To Create 2D Details In Chief?

    By 4hotshoez,   
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views

  10. How Easy Is It To Import Sketchup Models?

    By 4hotshoez,
    • 14 replies
    • 14.4k views

  11. How Fast Is Your X6 Ray Trace? 1 2

    By Dave89,
    • 25 replies
    • 6.9k views

  12. How Good Are You With Chief Architect? 1 2

    By Joe_Carrick,
    • 42 replies
    • 10.6k views

  13. How is it removed? Fence foundation wall

    By crevreer,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.5k views

  14. How Is Living Area Calculated?

    By Nicinus,
    • 22 replies
    • 6.3k views

  15. How is the label offset supposed to work for doors?

    By GeneDavis,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views

  16. How is X17 running on macOS Tahoe for MacBook Pro users?

    By DefinedDesign,   
    • 2 replies
    • 302 views

  17. how large can a ray trace image be set

    By jennyultimate,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views

  18. How Long Does It Take To Get A High Quality Raytrace?

    By MAINEWOOD59,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.1k views

  19. How Long To Complete A Set Of Plans

    By DB-Designs,
    • 9 replies
    • 5.7k views

  20. How Many Annotation Sets Do You Use 1 2

    By RGWhite,
    • 30 replies
    • 6.8k views

  21. How many cores/threads can Chief use for rendering?

    By BobBoyer,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.1k views

  22. How Many Mouse Clicks?

    By Rich_Winsor,
    • 21 replies
    • 6k views

  23. How many of you.........

    By winterdd,
    • 16 replies
    • 4.2k views

  24. How many PDFs is too many?

    By Richard_Morrison,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  25. How Many Templet Plans Do You Use? 1 2

    By 4hotshoez,
    • 28 replies
    • 7.3k views