General Q & A

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1. Can Chief import line types

   By McCoyArch, September 6, 2023
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   • DBCooper
   • September 6, 2023

2. roof pitches

   By decorators3, January 23, 2024   

   • different interior wall heights
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   • decorators3
   • January 24, 2024

3. railing height

   By Cadwork22, June 13, 2024
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   • Cadwork22
   • June 13, 2024

4. Mulled Windows in Bay Window

   By Ringos, March 24, 2025
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   • JKEdmo
   • March 25, 2025

5. Undercounter Appliances (X17)

   By Joe_Carrick, July 1, 2025
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • July 1, 2025

6. Possible X8 Bug In Anno Sets

   By tahoebrian5, January 22, 2016
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   • tahoebrian5
   • January 23, 2016

7. show first floor as template for second floor,

   By Don_Straub_Const, August 6, 2016   

   • overly drawings
   • moving entire structure
   • (and 1 more)

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     • overly drawings
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     • floor templates
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • August 6, 2016

8. help !!!!

   By crosscutter55, January 24, 2019
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   • DavidJPotter
   • January 24, 2019

9. Curved to straight rail transition

   By Jones_Drafting, October 2, 2019
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   • konacontractors
   • January 20, 2020

10. Showing Roof framing on two different levels

    By mborean, January 14, 2020   

    • roof framing
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • January 14, 2020

11. Overlapping Barn Door

    By TimZ_at_JnJ, December 15, 2020
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    • TimZ_at_JnJ
    • December 15, 2020

12. Drop Down Stair/Ladder in Library?

    By HumbleChief, January 28, 2021
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    • HumbleChief
    • January 28, 2021

13. help with converting a polyline solid to an architectural block

    By binkpear, March 6, 2021
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    • binkpear
    • March 7, 2021

14. Addition that includes an atttic room

    By Walt_Alaska, September 15, 2021   

    • attic
    • addition
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      • attic
      • addition
      • roof
      • cieling
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    • Kbird1
    • September 15, 2021

15. Old and New Shop Addition Wall Height Issues

    By akabuilder, February 20, 2022
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    • rgardner
    • February 21, 2022

16. Roof Plan Best Practices

    By PitMan71, January 1, 2025
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    • PitMan71
    • January 4, 2025

17. %Room% Macro in a 3D Orthographic Floor Overview

    By ComputerMaster86, July 1, 2025
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    • ComputerMaster86
    • July 1, 2025

18. Vinyl Fence

    By Coastalbuilder, September 16, 2025
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    • joey_martin
    • September 17, 2025

19. Reversing joist overlap direction at bearing wall

    By Secluding4344, December 13, 2025
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    • Mark3D
    • December 15, 2025

20. Need Chief Architect Draftsman

    By timmy123, April 26, 2014
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    • phil1322
    • April 27, 2014

21. Layout Template link to Plan Template

    By SNestor, July 15, 2016
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    • SNestor
    • July 16, 2016

22. Line control and display of a CAD detail

    By Ross101, October 25, 2018
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    • Ross101
    • October 25, 2018

23. How to "unlink" a .plan file from a .layout file?

    By ElkRivers, May 20, 2019
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    • ElkRivers
    • May 20, 2019

24. How to use terrain feature for different pool levels

    By RocioBuild915, August 13, 2019
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    • Kbird1
    • August 14, 2019

25. Question to change to Windows 10

    By JavaMan, September 9, 2019
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    • JavaMan
    • September 9, 2019