General Q & A

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1. X12 Story Pole Dimensions Shows Grade Level Incorrectly

   By DefinedDesign, July 20, 2023
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   • Garybills
   • July 20, 2023

2. Pocket Door Mirror

   By KBDesigns, February 1, 2024
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   • DBCooper
   • February 2, 2024

3. is there a way to buy the chief architect x17 lifetime?

   By lili6622, November 17, 2025
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • November 17, 2025

4. Changing Ceiling Finish

   By capitaldesigns, January 13, 2016   

   • Ceiling finish
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   • glennw
   • January 13, 2016

5. Electrical Symbol Preview in Electrical Schedule?

   By rickhci, April 7, 2016
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   • rickhci
   • April 7, 2016

6. Setting Bay Window Sizes

   By EconBlueprints, May 6, 2019
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   • EconBlueprints
   • May 6, 2019

7. X12 - Exterior Lights not Working as Expected

   By misterwiley, January 22, 2020
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   • TheKitchenAbode
   • January 22, 2020

8. Callouts disappear on Plan when Convert Schedule to Text

   By DeltaHome, July 5, 2020
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   • robdyck
   • July 6, 2020

9. Framing Label Suppress

   By dfn001, September 6, 2020
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   • Dermot
   • September 7, 2020

10. Compatibilty with Chief10 and Window10

    By KiwiArc, September 30, 2020
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    • DavidJPotter
    • September 30, 2020

11. Connect Cabinets at an Angle

    By kaitadams13, September 28, 2021
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    • rgardner
    • September 28, 2021

12. Top wall plate on lower walls not updating

    By Chiefismeantome, April 20, 2023
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    • SHCanada2
    • April 21, 2023

13. Stair Railing Profile

    By kwhitt, August 16, 2023
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    • kwhitt
    • August 16, 2023

14. Custom Line Style

    By ccollin, May 29, 2024
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    • ccollin
    • May 29, 2024

15. Railing sometimes cuts siding above it

    By ntiliff, September 29, 2024
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    • SHCanada2
    • September 29, 2024

16. Snapping in 3D views no longer reliable in latest X17 update

    By Michael_Gia, August 26, 2025
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    • 755 views
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    • GaryOhmer
    • February 24

17. Now what happened - roof mess

    By Nicinus, February 27, 2014
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    • mgabriel
    • February 28, 2014

18. Input Panel Keyboard & X6

    By tdoyle, August 26, 2014
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • tdoyle
    • August 27, 2014

19. Stair Not Connecting

    By 4hotshoez, February 18, 2015
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    • 4hotshoez
    • February 18, 2015

20. Bump out window

    By Skip_D, June 30, 2015
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    • Kbird1
    • June 30, 2015

21. Rev a shelf lazy susans not done right

    By GeneDavis, February 20, 2018
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    • GeneDavis
    • February 22, 2018

22. Auto framing

    By Green1, July 3, 2019
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    • Green1
    • July 3, 2019

23. I-pad Pro vs Surface Pro

    By Evolution, July 31, 2019
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    • Evolution
    • July 31, 2019

24. Auto Dormer Wall & Ceiling

    By LouFabb, January 22, 2020
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    • Evolution
    • January 22, 2020

25. Siganature

    By payettedesigns, February 11, 2020
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • February 11, 2020