General Q & A

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1. How To Make A Curtain Wall Or Screened In Porch?

   By 4hotshoez, December 29, 2014
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   • 4hotshoez
   • December 30, 2014

2. Sloping Flat Truss With Parapet Walls

   By Boxon1, January 18, 2016   

   • truss
   • parapet
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     • truss
     • parapet
     • roof
     • custom truss
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • January 18, 2016

3. Attic walls can't change

   By LeeDrafter, August 9, 2017   

   • attic walls
   • auto attic walls
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     • attic walls
     • auto attic walls
     • regenerate walls
     • adjust in 3d
     • attic wall bottom height
   • 3 replies
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   • AvoyeDesign
   • August 15, 2017

4. Ray Trace

   By dJanzenINTERIORS, October 18, 2018   

   • lighting
   • ray trace
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     • ray trace
     • cabinets
   • 3 replies
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   • Kbird1
   • October 26, 2018

5. turn reference layer on on layout view

   By DianeP, December 6, 2018
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   • Chopsaw
   • December 6, 2018

6. Material Painter & Object Selection in 3D View

   By Jarr3tt88, May 12, 2019
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   • Dermot
   • May 13, 2019

7. Gambrel Roof Not Working?

   By Timeless_16, July 21, 2021
   • 3 replies
   • 1.9k views
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • July 21, 2021

8. Wall assembly drawing

   By NatalyJ, June 17
   • 3 replies
   • 435 views
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   • raltd9245
   • June 18

9. How To Show An Arched Brick Soldier Course Above A Window?

   By DB-Designs, December 4, 2014
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   • ebdesign
   • December 4, 2014

10. Arch Block components

    By MarkMc, September 22, 2015
    • 3 replies
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • September 23, 2015

11. Can See Translucent Hatch Areas On Pdf, But Won't Print, Anybody Else Have This Issue?

    By zowie123, December 2, 2015
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    • Dan_Park
    • December 3, 2015

12. Trophy Room catheral Building Section issue

    By Designer100, July 8, 2016   

    • catheral ceiling
    • building sections
    • 3 replies
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    • Designer100
    • July 10, 2016

13. Manage Saved Plan Views

    By basilbabaa, February 8, 2019
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    • Dermot
    • February 8, 2019

14. Out of Memory Notification while printing

    By esteyp, November 18, 2020
    • 3 replies
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    • Electromen
    • November 19, 2020

15. Elevations not displaying correctly

    By AdrienneC, March 4, 2022
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    • Kbird1
    • March 5, 2022

16. Corner Boards with different sized sides?

    By Gelby4, May 31, 2022
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    • rgardner
    • May 31, 2022

17. Line weights in PDF showing thicker than in Layout/ Plan

    By FairOaksStudio, January 22   

    • line weight
    • printing pdf
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • FairOaksStudio
    • March 2

18. Where should I put Textures in file system

    By Louie_Carter, February 15
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    • 936 views
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    • Gawdzira
    • February 15

19. X7 Auto Nkba Issue, Openings Unchecked In All Dimensions, It Still Dimensions Openings.

    By zowie123, February 5, 2015
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    • zowie123
    • February 5, 2015

20. Printing To Pdfs, So The Pdfs Has Bookmarks

    By CADD16, April 16, 2015
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    • MarkMc
    • April 17, 2015

21. Z Position Of Full Camera

    By ED-209, January 18, 2016
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    • ED-209
    • January 28, 2016

22. Project management

    By capitaldesigns, May 13, 2017
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    • Ridge_Runner
    • May 13, 2017

23. No ceiling showing

    By 40mstew, January 4, 2018   

    • no
    • ceiling
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      • no
      • ceiling
      • open
    • 3 replies
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    • tommy1
    • January 5, 2018

24. Dimensioning interior walls only

    By designercats, February 7, 2018   

    • does anyone have advise. i am new to chief architect interiors. i cannot get my interiors wall dimenions to dimension surface to surfac eif one wall is also an exterior wall
    • . any tips?
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    • designercats
    • April 18, 2018

25. Porch Problems

    By Doug_N, June 8, 2018   

    • roof
    • wall
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      • roof
      • wall
      • atticwall
    • 3 replies
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    • Doug_N
    • June 10, 2018