General Q & A

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1. I always have difficuly working with Chief's Terrain Tools. Driveway and Swale Desired

   By KnotSquare, April 4
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   • Doug_N
   • April 6

2. Bonus area with bathroom and rooms over garage

   By Jarenand, April 6
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   • Jarenand
   • April 6

3. Irregularly Shaped Walls

   By kwhitt, April 4
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   • kwhitt
   • April 6

4. Manually edit ceiling hole polyline not showing

   By cbehling, April 5   

   • skylight
   • roof
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   • cbehling
   • April 5

5. Engineering Question-Widows Walk

   By winterdd, April 4
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   • VHampton
   • April 5

6. [ 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.

   By Ty_Tradeswork, March 1
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   • 3D_Russ
   • April 5

7. X15 how to generate multiple schedules of a category (cabinets, doors, windows, . . . )?

   By GeneDavis, April 5
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   • Renerabbitt
   • April 5

8. A frame

   By Cadwork22, March 6
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   • robdyck
   • April 5

9. Changing the size of electrical labels

   By Ed_Orum, April 5
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   • Ed_Orum
   • April 5

10. Filling in triangle on ceiling plane

    By davyjones, April 5
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    • SNestor
    • April 5

11. Macro or hot key to change mulled window label to component labels?

    By BCNABE, April 5
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    • BCNABE
    • April 5

12. Design phase/layer - Home then finished basement

    By JWPrendergast, April 4
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    • JWPrendergast
    • April 5

13. Can 3D CAD objects be placed between Balusters on a fence?

    By DIYJon, April 4
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    • DBCooper
    • April 5

14. LOCKED OBJECTS

    By JNWArchitect, April 4
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    • DBCooper
    • April 4

15. Elevation Macro

    By Leadcarpo, April 4
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    • tpeck23
    • April 4

16. Barndominium Help

    By GeoSmith, April 3
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    • Kbird1
    • April 4

17. Slope Following Grade?

    By Astrigal, April 3
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    • Astrigal
    • April 4

18. Sliding glass partition wall

    By cbucks, April 4
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    • ericepv
    • April 4

19. Way to design a rooftop deck cut out of a  gable, hip, or gambrel roof?

    By cbucks, April 4
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    • cbucks
    • April 4

20. Chief Crashs with 14" Macbook Pro M1 Max with Dual 24" Monitors

    By DefineDesign, February 13
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    • mthd97
    • April 4

21. Drawing a 24x24 garage with room above but the customer doesnt want the inside finished. How do I get chief to leave the inside as framing?

    By NoahJohnson, January 24
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    • Kbird1
    • April 3

22. Stair framing question

    By NoahJohnson, April 3
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    • Kbird1
    • April 3

23. Create separate schedules for floor framing?

    By plannedRITE, April 3
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    • plannedRITE
    • April 3

24. Why so many lines in elevation?

    By IRDesign, April 2
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    • Kbird1
    • April 3

25. Railing Panel Infill Question

    By JKEdmo, April 1   

    • railing panel
    • 3 replies
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    • JKEdmo
    • April 3