General Q & A

24427 topics in this forum

1. As-Builts Plans

   By alaska, July 8, 2014
   • 19 replies
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   • Kiwideziner
   • June 26, 2015

2. Standard Views

   By Greg_NY61, February 21, 2018
   • 19 replies
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   • Greg_NY61
   • February 24, 2018

3. What would cause me to repeatedly lose all deck framing?

   By GeneDavis, June 19, 2023
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   • MoeGia
   • June 22, 2023

4. Plan is locked up. Any hints as to why?

   By JECORMIER, January 2, 2020
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   • Michael_Gia
   • January 7, 2020

5. Gable Wall Question

   By HumbleChief, March 27, 2015
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   • HumbleChief
   • March 27, 2015

6. Garage Door Windows

   By basilbabaa, July 28, 2020
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   • robdyck
   • May 9, 2021

7. Chief's "stock" Rendering Tools

   By Mintplanner, February 21, 2015   

   • rendering software
   • third party rendering
   • 19 replies
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • April 19, 2015

8. Wall/Window help

   By Larry_Sweeney, May 12, 2018
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   • Larry_Sweeney
   • May 13, 2018

9. ruby macro

   By ChiefuserMathews, April 10, 2021   

   • room area
   • glazing area
   • 19 replies
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • April 12, 2021

10. X7 Beta -I Spend More Time Waiting For Drawing Than Drawing

    By AriseDesign, February 4, 2015
    • 19 replies
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    • Doug_Park
    • February 5, 2015

11. Porch and the Porch Slab

    By SNestor, July 29, 2015
    • 19 replies
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    • Kbird1
    • July 30, 2015

12. Door & Window Labels

    By English, May 3, 2016
    • 19 replies
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    • SH_Canada
    • May 6, 2021

13. How to build exterior stairs that follow the terrain

    By Riemie, October 14, 2015
    • 19 replies
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    • glennw
    • October 16, 2015

14. Is there a way to have chief provide longitude and latitude of a point by entering a known point?

    By cbucks, May 13
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    • cbucks
    • June 4

15. porch needs to extend past the rail/ beam so that columns don't overhang

    By DianeP, July 30, 2016
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    • Chopsaw
    • August 3, 2016

16. 12 x crash no saves

    By DianeP, September 11, 2020
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    • HumbleChief
    • September 11, 2020

17. BenQ Monitor

    By Electromen, May 5, 2020
    • 19 replies
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    • rgardner
    • May 6, 2020

18. Callout Text Size?

    By dbkb0227, September 21, 2015
    • 19 replies
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    • katiebits
    • November 21, 2018

19. Multistory in frame structure

    By SMC2992, May 5, 2020   

    • rcc structure
    • 19 replies
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    • SMC2992
    • May 20, 2020

20. How To Draw A Rooftop Balcony

    By michaelgia, May 5, 2015
    • 19 replies
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    • VHampton
    • May 7, 2015

21. Preserving Foundation (Level 0) Notes When Rebuilding Foundations?

    By HumbleChief, March 9, 2016
    • 19 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • March 9, 2016

22. Garage Door Labels - Default

    By stevenyhof, November 18, 2020
    • 19 replies
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    • stevenyhof
    • November 19, 2020

23. House Leaders

    By Greg_NY61, July 5, 2015
    • 19 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • Kbird1
    • March 19, 2018

24. Pony wall issue/problem

    By Ross101, July 30, 2015
    • 19 replies
    • 4.2k views
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    • Ross101
    • August 1, 2015

25. Can't Build a roof :(

    By ladycoralie, November 8, 2015
    • 19 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • ladycoralie
    • November 29, 2015