General Q & A

Ask Chief-related questions and get answers from experienced users.

24732 topics in this forum

  1. DWG Files

    By TWWest,
    • 1 reply
    • 304 views

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

    By cbucks,
    • 0 replies
    • 238 views

  3. "Rubber Stamping" a typical apartment into a hi-rise?

    By Charles,
    • 12 replies
    • 820 views

  4. The search window in my library disappeared? X15

    By mountaineer,
    • 3 replies
    • 508 views

  5. Material won't cover entire wall without having multiple duplicates

    By JamesBolger,
    • 5 replies
    • 554 views

  6. Aligning exterior railings

    By AAInteriors,
    • 5 replies
    • 625 views

  7. When i build a custom wainscot everything looks fine. When i add a window, however, it cuts through the wainscot all the way down to the baseboard height! Any ideas on how to stop windows from doing that?

    By Denzil,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.9k views

  8. [ 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. 1 2

    By Ty_Tradeswork,   
    • 37 replies
    • 11.7k views

  9. Framing wall details

    By StVrainHabitat,
    • 2 replies
    • 395 views

  10. FLOOR PLAN APPS

    By builtright3,
    • 18 replies
    • 2.4k views

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

    By BeachHouse1,
    • 3 replies
    • 380 views

  12. Crash on printing to PDF

    By AmandaBrady,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views

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

    By DIYJon,
    • 0 replies
    • 320 views

  14. Edit hole in 3d solid

    By RL-inc,
    • 3 replies
    • 450 views

  15. Delete Unwanted/Unused layers

    By HumbleChief,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views

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

    By CARMELHILL,
    • 4 replies
    • 418 views

  17. Curtain Walls

    By raltd9245,
    • 6 replies
    • 783 views

  18. How to change layout dimension size?

    By J_Ward,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  19. Barrel Vault Ceiling structure under another floor

    By RGShurlingPA,
    • 1 reply
    • 338 views

  20. California Architects hooked on Chief Architect drawing

    By viggia,   
    • 2 replies
    • 426 views

  21. Missing Exterior Wall at Roof Valley

    By MorseRemodeling,   
    • 0 replies
    • 269 views

  22. Roof Mystery for gable features

    By kbaxter,
    • 5 replies
    • 602 views

  23. Closet under u-shaped stairs.

    By Cadwork22,
    • 4 replies
    • 489 views

  24. Is there an ideal triangle count? Max triangle count? How can you check?

    By cbucks,
    • 0 replies
    • 262 views

  25. Roof Planes

    By NeilofOZ,
    • 7 replies
    • 854 views