General Q & A

27125 topics in this forum

1. Use textures turned itself off

   By Dennis_Gavin, July 6, 2015
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   • Dennis_Gavin
   • July 7, 2015

2. Changing house from 10' walls to 9' walls

   By Clemsongrad, January 12, 2017
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   • RL-inc
   • January 12, 2017

3. Tool Bar

   By MrCarrasco, February 9, 2019
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   • Ridge_Runner
   • February 9, 2019

4. Monitor question

   By Hammer7, January 8, 2020
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   • OkcDesigner
   • January 9, 2020

5. How to create a window wall on top of a roof with no floor

   By BTWKNZ, May 15, 2025
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   • BTWKNZ
   • May 15, 2025

6. Dimensioning framing in elevation?

   By Larry_Sweeney, March 4, 2014
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   • RodCole
   • March 4, 2014

7. How To Create A Metal Halide Light

   By MWOODW, May 26, 2015
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   • jcaffee
   • May 27, 2015

8. New Computer- the perennial questions

   By postandbeam, October 30, 2017
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   • Kbird1
   • October 30, 2017

9. Elevations in Layout files

   By HBCDrafter, August 2, 2018
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • August 7, 2018

10. Municipality requires a VECTOR based pdf

    By Doug_N, October 7, 2021
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    • Dermot
    • October 8, 2021

11. Who needs customizable Toolbars at the expense of vanishing Toolbars?

    By Michael_Gia, April 17, 2024
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    • Michael_Gia
    • April 18, 2024

12. " Can I delete these files and still open Chief OK ?

    By basketballman, February 17, 2025
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    • basketballman
    • February 19, 2025

13. Staircase railing into wall: how-to? Edit! zipped plan file attached

    By GeneDavis, February 23
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    • PitMan71
    • February 25

14. Stairs

    By decorators3, January 19, 2019   

    • exterior staris
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    • decorators3
    • January 20, 2019

15. Pony wall problem: gable wall

    By GeneDavis, August 23, 2020
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    • GeneDavis
    • August 23, 2020

16. Odd-shaped Opening with railing

    By Adam_Gibson, July 5, 2022
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    • Adam_Gibson
    • July 6, 2022

17. PDF areas wash out on print from layout

    By beezarton, June 26, 2023
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    • beezarton
    • June 29, 2023

18. Keeping My Library Up To Date

    By 4hotshoez, November 12, 2014
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    • rlackore
    • November 12, 2014

19. Imac Vs Mac Pro

    By simonas, December 30, 2014
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    • simonas
    • January 1, 2015

20. Chief room area calculations are NOT Correct

    By William, August 2, 2015   

    • room area
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • August 2, 2015

21. Thanks To All The Chief Posters and Help on This Forum

    By HumbleChief, April 2, 2018
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    • stephenbc
    • April 3, 2018

22. wall breaks??

    By BlueTree, April 23, 2018   

    • trying to change setting for a wall in a room
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    • Joe_Carrick
    • April 24, 2018

23. Hiring designer

    By marinus, February 17, 2020   

    • hiring
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    • amaliya
    • February 19, 2020

24. More PBR issues

    By mtldesigns, July 13, 2020
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    • mtldesigns
    • July 14, 2020

25. Wall disappears above a below grade entrance

    By Doug_N, November 5, 2021
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    • Doug_N
    • November 5, 2021