General Q & A

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  1. X15 cabinet door opening indicators not showing. Checked on in layer set.

    By GeneDavis,
    • 2 replies
    • 472 views

  2. What causes sunlight to bleed through walls when rendering?

    By DIYJon,
    • 3 replies
    • 535 views

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

    By KnotSquare,
    • 7 replies
    • 973 views

  4. Bonus area with bathroom and rooms over garage

    By Jarenand,
    • 1 reply
    • 521 views

  5. Irregularly Shaped Walls

    By kwhitt,
    • 5 replies
    • 797 views

  6. Rotate Floorplan

    By Cadwork22,
    • 4 replies
    • 713 views

  7. Manually edit ceiling hole polyline not showing

    By cbehling,   
    • 1 reply
    • 441 views

  8. Engineering Question-Widows Walk

    By winterdd,
    • 12 replies
    • 1.1k views

  9. [ 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,
    • 15 replies
    • 2.5k views

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

    By GeneDavis,
    • 3 replies
    • 528 views

  11. Walls are Red?

    By IRDesign,
    • 5 replies
    • 671 views

  12. A frame

    By Cadwork22,
    • 4 replies
    • 784 views

  13. Changing the size of electrical labels

    By Ed_Orum,
    • 2 replies
    • 383 views

  14. Filling in triangle on ceiling plane

    By davyjones,
    • 2 replies
    • 464 views

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

    By BCNABE,
    • 0 replies
    • 386 views

  16. Glass wall with Mullians/grid

    By Cadwork22,
    • 16 replies
    • 1.2k views

  17. Design phase/layer - Home then finished basement

    By JWPrendergast,
    • 4 replies
    • 621 views

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

    By DIYJon,
    • 1 reply
    • 574 views

  19. LOCKED OBJECTS

    By JNWArchitect,
    • 1 reply
    • 413 views

  20. New computer and lost dimension capabilities

    By rcmcdougle,
    • 2 replies
    • 506 views

  21. Barndominium Help

    By GeoSmith,
    • 5 replies
    • 663 views

  22. Slope Following Grade?

    By Astrigal,
    • 2 replies
    • 508 views

  23. Sliding glass partition wall

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 581 views

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

    By cbucks,
    • 0 replies
    • 382 views

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

    By DefineDesign,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.4k views