General Q & A

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24420 topics in this forum

  1. Selecting 3d molding polylines and adjusting them.

    By bkjernis,
    • 3 replies
    • 480 views

  2. Exterior wall stud showing

    By MaggieTS,   
    • 5 replies
    • 655 views

  3. Importing terrain data from drone survey

    By LevisL,
    • 4 replies
    • 604 views

  4. Moving An Object To A Different Layer

    By DesignNut,
    • 2 replies
    • 435 views

  5. Is there a way to align two selections on two different layers to the same common point keeping the scale though?

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 423 views

  6. Floor truss

    By Hammer7,
    • 13 replies
    • 1.2k views

  7. Keep getting colored pinwheel on Mac OS?

    By cbucks,
    • 3 replies
    • 353 views

  8. Green Roofs

    By jtcapa1,
    • 4 replies
    • 578 views

  9. Connecting Roof Planes

    By HeatherMcK,
    • 4 replies
    • 799 views

  10. Wall Under Flared End of Stairs

    By Yannik,   
    • 2 replies
    • 557 views

  11. Import a DWG into chief how do I set the scale to 1" = 30'

    By cbucks,
    • 3 replies
    • 468 views

  12. Soffit - How do I remove the automated baseboard molding?

    By DefinedDesign,
    • 8 replies
    • 847 views

  13. Adding a Partial Basement to Existing Structure

    By alikelly,   
    • 5 replies
    • 2.7k views

  14. Problem with x15 physically based

    By DH7777,
    • 4 replies
    • 904 views

  15. Attaching a deck changes siding material

    By mmebsc,
    • 5 replies
    • 804 views

  16. LOST FASCIA - Roof joining problems

    By bdammeyer,
    • 5 replies
    • 756 views

  17. Floor joists - I Joists showing - want lumber showing

    By Skip_D,
    • 6 replies
    • 602 views

  18. 3d photogrammetry and importing to Chief, and getting the textures RIGHT!

    By CARMELHILL,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.3k views

  19. 2 Story Dormer

    By theredeemedhome,
    • 1 reply
    • 358 views

  20. Re-build garage foundation without re-building all

    By MountainMan,
    • 6 replies
    • 658 views

  21. Missing Wall Details

    By moreauj,   
    • 1 reply
    • 350 views

  22. Chief sometimes stops showing temporary dimensions of CAD objects?

    By wkshank,
    • 2 replies
    • 346 views

  23. How to get back to inches

    By GeneDavis,
    • 2 replies
    • 405 views

  24. current user .calibz file location

    By DianeP,
    • 3 replies
    • 597 views

  25. trouble with a terrain site permitter

    By felipecamacho,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.3k views