General Q & A

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1. Door Closers - How to use in Chief?

   By tundra_dweller, August 16, 2023
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • August 16, 2023

2. Fillet Tool

   By westvale, November 12, 2024
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   • westvale
   • November 13, 2024

3. Energy Heel

   By Ed_Orum, December 16, 2024
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   • Ed_Orum
   • December 19, 2024

4. Material list for preliminary pricing

   By Evolution, January 3
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   • robdyck
   • January 5

5. Layer Sets Disappearing

   By cliffy, January 13, 2016
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • January 13, 2016

6. Wall through Door Opening in plan view

   By adashmore, August 17, 2016
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   • yusuf-333
   • August 18, 2016

7. hvac ductwork

   By ajrare, July 1, 2017   

   • hvac
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   • WayneHenley
   • July 8, 2017

8. precise click paste pasting objects quickly

   By RanjivJain, October 12, 2018   

   • copying/pasting
   • pasting by point and click
   • (and 2 more)

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     • pasting by point and click
     • multiple paste precise location
     • repetitive paste
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   • ACADuser
   • October 13, 2018

9. Referencing multiple external plan files with differing orientations

   By SWBDesign, August 25, 2019
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   • glennw
   • August 25, 2019

10. New Defaults

    By emaniesanabria, December 3, 2019   

    • default
    • template
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      • template
      • color
      • colour
      • new project
      • default materials
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    • Kbird1
    • December 3, 2019

11. Simple question? - Different room heights , same floor level

    By PvdPol, December 29, 2019
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    • SNestor
    • December 30, 2019

12. 2d to 3d

    By PratikRai, December 28, 2020
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    • glennw
    • December 29, 2020

13. Stick frame overframe roof. Why so glitchy?

    By GeneDavis, February 23, 2021
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    • Chopsaw
    • February 23, 2021

14. Roof Issue

    By Migaloo, May 25, 2021
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    • Migaloo
    • May 25, 2021

15. Standing seam roof pattern/texture

    By Gawdzira, June 22, 2021
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    • glennw
    • June 23, 2021

16. ResCheck output - how does Chief calculate areas?

    By buck_taylor, March 20, 2022
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    • buck_taylor
    • March 21, 2022

17. x12 to Premier

    By Teapot, September 30, 2024
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    • Teapot
    • October 1, 2024

18. Cabinet Door Hardware Tab Pulls

    By danderson1440, August 26, 2025
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    • danderson1440
    • August 26, 2025

19. Rolled Towels As Seen In Ca Video "sandstone Beam Bath"?

    By SusanC, September 18, 2014
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    • SusanC
    • October 22, 2014

20. Garage Foundation Walls

    By hawaiiviking, November 26, 2015
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    • hawaiiviking
    • November 27, 2015

21. Wall intersection frustrations

    By Pkbldr, April 7, 2016   

    • walls
    • rails
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      • walls
      • rails
      • intersections
    • 3 replies
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    • Pkbldr
    • April 7, 2016

22. Starter Tread

    By RobUSMC, May 20, 2016
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    • RobUSMC
    • May 20, 2016

23. save drawing as PDF

    By ChiefDanW57, November 30, 2018
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    • JJohnson
    • December 1, 2018

24. How to create spiral staircase

    By ChiefuserLarkin, July 31, 2019
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    • ChiefuserLarkin
    • August 2, 2019

25. Fastner symbols/catalog

    By mborean, February 11, 2020
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    • mborean
    • February 12, 2020