General Q & A

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1. X9 walkthrough rendering: 8-9 times slower than X8?

   By cv2702, July 27, 2017   

   • walkthrough
   • x9
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • walkthrough
     • x9
     • performance
   • 16 replies
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   • Chopsaw
   • November 8, 2017

2. Any way to make these dashed?

   By Richard_Morrison, March 20, 2019
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   • Ridge_Runner
   • March 21, 2019

3. Dimensions  are different

   By lms_jam, October 4, 2019
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   • Kbird1
   • October 6, 2019

4. Modify a floor truss?

   By ACADuser, August 24, 2015
   • 16 replies
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   • LonnieSmith
   • May 29, 2024

5. Putting Door In Interior Short Wall Not Working.

   By VinnieVicon, February 8, 2016
   • 13 replies
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • March 4, 2017

6. Demolition Walls in Chief Architect for Interior Design

   By Context, June 17, 2015   

   • interior design
   • demolition walls
   • (and 1 more)

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     • interior design
     • demolition walls
     • demolition layers
   • 5 replies
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   • Gawdzira
   • June 17, 2015

7. Disto And Chief

   By DesignByChad, January 23, 2015
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   • mthd97
   • October 16, 2024

8. rotate terrain but leave building plan as is?

   By MN_JohnH, February 28, 2020   

   • rotate
   • terrain
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     • rotate
     • terrain
     • only
     • orientation
     • plot
     • orientation on plot
     • orientation on terrain
   • 9 replies
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   • builtright3
   • February 28, 2020

9. Help With Terrain - Walkway beside top of retaining wall - Slope required and chief can only do flat sections

   By WhistlerBuilder, April 5, 2018   

   • terrain
   • retaining wall
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     • terrain
     • retaining wall
     • grade
     • slope
     • walkway
     • sidewalk
     • parking lot
     • terrain errors
   • 13 replies
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   • Mark3D
   • April 9, 2018

10. Rendering settings on PC

    By RHDesigns, February 2, 2018   

    • physically based rendering
    • standard rendering
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      • physically based rendering
      • standard rendering
      • ray trace
    • 13 replies
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    • MarkMc
    • February 15, 2018

11. X8 Assertion Failed

    By mrscott, April 16, 2016
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    • lbuttery
    • April 18, 2016

12. Best place to learn building code? 1 2

    By ChiefUserKris2, December 15, 2021
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    • CharlesVolz
    • December 17, 2021

13. sloped walls

    By MarkSM, April 22, 2020
    • 7 replies
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    • robdyck
    • April 22, 2020

14. End panels on cabinets

    By NTWoodwright, January 16, 2017   

    • end panels
    • 17 replies
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    • MarkMc
    • February 7, 2017

15. Set default fill colors for framing members in plan display

    By Larry_Sweeney, April 1, 2021
    • 12 replies
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    • Chrisb222
    • April 3, 2021

16. groin vault or groined vault ceiling

    By wrightdzign, February 16, 2017   

    • help
    • how to
    • 7 replies
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    • wrightdzign
    • February 20, 2017

17. Terran Copy

    By timmy123, October 20, 2014
    • 24 replies
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    • Chief16Designer
    • October 23, 2014

18. Light or bloom from outside window

    By hamedDesighn, May 14, 2020   

    • render
    • raytracer
    • 3 replies
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    • hamedDesighn
    • May 16, 2020

19. Dashed lines in plan and roof view

    By Fergie, July 6, 2020
    • 7 replies
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    • SH_Canada
    • July 7, 2021

20. Roof pitch symbol?

    By susankoslow, October 27, 2016   

    • symbols/cad
    • 6 replies
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    • Chopsaw
    • October 27, 2016

21. Remote access to main computer

    By carowe, January 19, 2020   

    • laptop
    • computer
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      • laptop
      • computer
      • remote access
    • 8 replies
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    • madcowscarnival
    • January 23, 2020

22. Dimensioning slab foundation

    By capitaldesigns, March 15, 2016   

    • dimension
    • dimensioning
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      • dimension
      • dimensioning
      • foundation
    • 14 replies
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    • English
    • May 14, 2016

23. another roof oddity

    By SH_Canada, September 3, 2021
    • 20 replies
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    • Mark3D
    • September 7, 2021

24. Explode Slab Foundation

    By Korel_Design, March 25, 2017
    • 20 replies
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    • joey_martin
    • April 23, 2020

25. Truss Base Question

    By ACADuser, January 24, 2018
    • 11 replies
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    • ACADuser
    • January 26, 2018