General Q & A

Ask Chief-related questions and get answers from experienced users.

25811 topics in this forum

  1. RAY TRACE OR PBR

    By decorators3,
    • 14 replies
    • 2.4k views

  2. Molding Polyline - Why??

    By HannahKucerova,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views

  3. SLOPED CEILING

    By ChiefDesign2023,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  4. Getting terrain interpolator is ignoring terrain breaks is there a way to fix? Started out of nowhere.

    By cbucks,
    • 5 replies
    • 993 views

  5. Tile Material

    By NeilofOZ,
    • 16 replies
    • 2k views

  6. Is there a way to do an ICF floor similar to Quad Deck in Chief and have the materials auto calc?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 728 views

  7. Importing Created Content Not Showing Materials

    By theKurt,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.6k views

  8. What does interpolate tangent to edge mean?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 800 views

  9. Finding or adding Plan Views

    By Mackenzie,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.8k views

  10. Objects stopping at drywall

    By winterdd,
    • 2 replies
    • 599 views

  11. Skylight Recomindations?

    By ACADuser,
    • 6 replies
    • 987 views

  12. I deleted everything from a layer but it still says used and won't let me delete the layer is there a trick for this?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 565 views

  13. Is there a way to call out a clean out location for a sewer line in Chief?

    By cbucks,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views

  14. Imported PDF to Lines

    By ehumble,
    • 6 replies
    • 925 views

  15. Is there a way I can set working plan view etc back to default without reinstalling?

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 718 views

  16. Have a plan with multiple structures, is there a way I can make one of the structures on piers?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 538 views

  17. Unable to select rooms

    By GrizzlyBear,
    • 4 replies
    • 948 views

  18. Material Texture's

    By NeilofOZ,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  19. Somehow I messed up my default tool for create a retaining wall, is there a way to reset?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 560 views

  20. How do you change the name that appears for the floor in layout?

    By cbucks,
    • 2 replies
    • 652 views

  21. Elevation point text rotation

    By robdyck,
    • 2 replies
    • 625 views

  22. Privacy screen with vertical slats at an angle?

    By cbucks,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views

  23. Problem using reference display, when I go to glass house the structure is visible but standard terrain gone

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 659 views

  24. While Chief is building a terrain/interpolating is there a way to work on another plan on Mac?

    By cbucks,
    • 0 replies
    • 449 views

  25. DWG Files

    By TWWest,
    • 1 reply
    • 512 views