General Q & A

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1. Construction Lines w/ Dimensions - Display All Floors

   By JKEdmo, May 30, 2024
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   • JKEdmo
   • May 31, 2024

2. Scissor Trusses for Covered Balcony

   By StephenM, April 7, 2025
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • April 8, 2025

3. Electrical plans-TV

   By winterdd, August 27, 2025
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   • mtldesigns
   • August 28, 2025

4. Problem With Railing Wall In Loft

   By Mainewood, April 11, 2015
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   • Mainewood
   • April 12, 2015

5. Perimeter wall problems - void in floorspace area

   By contractcad, September 8, 2016
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   • contractcad
   • September 13, 2016

6. TEXT LAYERING

   By ajrare, July 2, 2017   

   • text layering
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • July 3, 2017

7. How to build a second floor over my existing garage on home designer pro

   By stp14_r9, June 28, 2018   

   • seconf floor addition
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   • stp14_r9
   • June 28, 2018

8. Automated Foundation Size in a text?

   By ACADuser, September 16, 2018
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   • ACADuser
   • September 17, 2018

9. Auto Story Pole Dimensions--Almost There, Not Quite Yet

   By EconBlueprints, February 2, 2019
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   • Kbird1
   • February 3, 2019

10. Back clip elevation

    By Alchemyjim, December 27, 2021
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    • Kbird1
    • December 27, 2021

11. Wall Pilasters

    By JKEdmo, August 16, 2023
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    • JKEdmo
    • August 18, 2023

12. Roof Baseline not connecting to top plate. Chief Architect x13

    By ChiefUserMarvin, January 5, 2024
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    • Kbird1
    • January 6, 2024

13. Room Material List to include interior of room drywall layer

    By IvanCyr, April 10, 2024
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    • IvanCyr
    • April 12, 2024

14. Getting Schedule Numbers On Top

    By MarkMc, August 2, 2014
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    • KilgoreTrout
    • August 3, 2014

15. Where Is The Stainless Steel Finish In Render?

    By MAINEWOOD59, February 2, 2015
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    • MAINEWOOD59
    • February 3, 2015

16. Using Macros In Labels With Schedule Callouts (X8 It Works)

    By Joe_Carrick, February 16, 2016
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    • Joe_Carrick
    • February 24, 2016

17. Copy/Duplicate Wall Framing Easily

    By A_Joseph_PE, March 22, 2016   

    • framing
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    • rlackore
    • March 22, 2016

18. Blurry Text

    By natevermod, December 27, 2017
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    • KirkClemons
    • January 1, 2018

19. roof framing

    By Francois, June 1, 2019
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    • Francois
    • June 17, 2019

20. Material list default total calculations

    By LeRoyWells, May 22, 2020
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    • Kbird1
    • May 23, 2020

21. Exporting a Chief site plan with accompanying jpeg into a CAD .dwg file

    By Ange822, August 31, 2021   

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    • Chopsaw
    • August 31, 2021

22. Where do you store your created wall types?

    By vikiw_bend, March 4, 2023
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    • HumbleChief
    • March 4, 2023

23. default layer

    By BruceKC, April 21, 2023
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    • Kbird1
    • April 21, 2023

24. Preview Panel Background Issue

    By LeviSH, February 2, 2024
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    • LeviSH
    • February 3, 2024

25. Can't download X5 to new laptop

    By tommy1, May 8, 2014
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    • tommy1
    • May 8, 2014