General Q & A

24984 topics in this forum

1. Display options

   By stager386, March 29, 2018   

   • floor plan view
   • 7 replies
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   • Chopsaw
   • March 29, 2018

2. Why Does The Spacing(?) Differ Between The Layout And The Printed Page

   By agrogers, June 20, 2014   

   • Scale Layout Spacing
   • 5 replies
   • 1.5k views
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   • Doug_Park
   • August 8, 2014

3. help

   By sahil161, February 23, 2017
   • 12 replies
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • February 28, 2017

4. Looking for zoom help with moving project to layout for printing

   By bkennedy74, January 11, 2022
   • 6 replies
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   • SH_Canada
   • January 11, 2022

5. Bearing walls in basement, door cuts through slab??

   By CBRF23, March 17, 2018
   • 1 reply
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   • CBRF23
   • March 17, 2018

6. Entrance Porch

   By Tabish, August 28, 2017   

   • deck
   • porch
   • 8 replies
   • 1.5k views
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   • Chopsaw
   • August 29, 2017

7. last question of 2019

   By winterdd, January 1, 2020
   • 2 replies
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   • winterdd
   • January 1, 2020

8. Is Chief Architect going to allow 3D model export and import in the future ?

   By mthd97, October 31, 2023
   • 4 replies
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   • mthd97
   • November 1, 2023

9. Is there a way to show the porches on the foundation layer (Floor 0)?

   By rispgiu, June 12, 2019
   • 4 replies
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   • rispgiu
   • June 13, 2019

10. Decimal Places in measurements

    By NestNZ, August 15, 2017
    • 3 replies
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    • NestNZ
    • August 16, 2017

11. CAD lines are not being sent to back of elevation in layout and overlap everything

    By ssimpsondesign, July 17, 2020
    • 5 replies
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    • Kbird1
    • July 18, 2020

12. Roof can it be done???

    By DianeP, May 1, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • johnny
    • June 10, 2019

13. Bad functionality? - Layout links

    By johnny, January 16, 2018
    • 8 replies
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    • lbuttery
    • January 17, 2018

14. More Linestyle Aggravations

    By ACADuser, July 6, 2017
    • 6 replies
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    • ACADuser
    • July 7, 2017

15. Faded Printout (both as a PDF and as a paper document)

    By Doug_N, March 6, 2020
    • 4 replies
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    • ACADuser
    • March 6, 2020

16. Dormer Frustration At Maximum...

    By DaveFite, March 1, 2015   

    • dormer
    • 9 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • DaveFite
    • March 5, 2015

17. Curved Walls - Materials Showing Through

    By EmmaCox, January 26, 2018   

    • curved walls
    • 3 replies
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    • EmmaCox
    • January 30, 2018

18. How to Adjust Ceiling Joist Width for a Room

    By lavorhaynie, March 14, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • March 14, 2020

19. Two foundation types for one building

    By Mackenzie, February 20
    • 17 replies
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    • robdyck
    • February 21

20. Importing DXF files to X8

    By Michael_C, April 6, 2017
    • 6 replies
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 12, 2017

21. Gable Roof Vent and Deck Railing Question

    By BenReece, December 2, 2020
    • 1 reply
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    • BenReece
    • December 7, 2020

22. Chief freezing when vpn from home

    By glipovsek, October 10, 2018   

    • vpn
    • freezing
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • vpn
      • freezing
      • server
      • access
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • cv2702
    • October 12, 2018

23. Cabinetry within Arched Alcove

    By sea_lyons, May 25, 2022
    • 3 replies
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    • Renerabbitt
    • May 25, 2022

24. Windows showing up in schedule that are not on plans

    By capitaldesigns, June 4, 2017
    • 6 replies
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    • capitaldesigns
    • June 4, 2017

25. Ceiling Missing

    By SoboHomes, August 8, 2019   

    • missing ceiling
    • missing ceiling material
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • missing ceiling
      • missing ceiling material
      • ceiling gone
      • ceiling disappeared in 3d view
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • SoboHomes
    • August 13, 2019