General Q & A

27229 topics in this forum

1. Get Square Footage for Different Areas of house

   By Ringos, September 17, 2025
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   • SHCanada2
   • September 21, 2025

2. Wall height is not extended on a bump out with a shed roof

   By LostFramer, January 24, 2024
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   • SNestor
   • January 25, 2024

3. Shift Lower Segment of Pony Wall?

   By Astrigal, June 19, 2024
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   • Astrigal
   • June 20, 2024

4. Chief to DWG exporting

   By zigg926, June 15, 2022
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   • Dermot
   • June 18, 2022

5. Real World Experience With The New Multi Ref Sets?

   By HumbleChief, March 5, 2019
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   • HumbleChief
   • March 5, 2019

6. Wall/slab offset

   By jonow6, October 15, 2020
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   • jonow6
   • October 15, 2020

7. Roof gable isse and porte-co-chere side

   By Designer100, September 16, 2019   

   • roof
   • gable
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     • roof
     • gable
     • porte-co-chere
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   • Designer100
   • September 16, 2019

8. Point me to a quick tutorial for doing save-as in X7

   By GeneDavis, September 14, 2015
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   • GeneDavis
   • September 15, 2015

9. New X9 Room Perimeter Tool

   By Chrisb222, October 25, 2017
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   • Chrisb222
   • October 25, 2017

10. Importing CAD layout sheet into Chief Architect

    By FloraSvid, November 19, 2024
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    • Gawdzira
    • December 10, 2024

11. Schedule Text Size

    By olyconstruction, October 21, 2016
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    • Chopsaw
    • October 21, 2016

12. Simple Floor Framing Question...

    By HumbleChief, February 6, 2016
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    • HumbleChief
    • February 6, 2016

13. more than one building

    By Douglas49, June 26, 2020
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    • Douglas49
    • June 26, 2020

14. getting Plan Filename for purposes of loading plan info from a text file

    By SHCanada2, November 14, 2021
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    • SHCanada2
    • November 19, 2021

15. CAD Blocks with Text added to the Library

    By Joe_Carrick, April 5, 2016
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 5, 2016

16. Labeling multiple truss with one label

    By FREEDOMDESIGN603, November 21, 2022
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    • Chopsaw
    • November 21, 2022

17. Wall Texture Issue

    By lifestylehomes, March 24, 2017   

    • walls
    • 1 reply
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    • Dennis_Gavin
    • March 26, 2017

18. Toolbars and drop down menu issues

    By Guidryp, December 30, 2017
    • 1 reply
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    • Kbird1
    • December 30, 2017

19. Auto Label for Windows.

    By i4HomeDesign, April 15, 2014
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    • GerryT
    • April 15, 2014

20. Back Clipped Custom Cabinetry

    By Mackenzie, February 15, 2024
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    • MarkMc
    • February 16, 2024

21. HOT KEYS

    By BruceKC, March 10, 2022
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    • BruceKC
    • March 10, 2022

22. Question to change to Windows 10

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

23. Build Foundation

    By NeilofOZ, April 27, 2025
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    • NeilofOZ
    • April 28, 2025

24. Who Built the Fence and was it Designed in CA?

    By Doug_N, August 24, 2021
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    • Ridge_Runner
    • August 24, 2021

25. Curved gable on barrel roof

    By wncbw7, April 16, 2018
    • 2 replies
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    • glennw
    • April 17, 2018