General Q & A

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25997 topics in this forum

  1. Rotating An Object

    By coastlinecg,
    • 2 replies
    • 748 views

  2. Horizontal Stack Conc Block Wall Question

    By DHerb2014,
    • 3 replies
    • 973 views

  3. DWG Import

    By gelbuilding,
    • 1 reply
    • 669 views

  4. Roof problem

    By Joe_cul,
    • 2 replies
    • 762 views

  5. Help Generating An Attic Wall

    By GrizzlyBear,
    • 2 replies
    • 795 views

  6. A frame

    By Cadwork22,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  7. Layout Missing Files from PC to MAC OS in X15

    By DHerb2014,
    • 2 replies
    • 716 views

  8. CAD to walls multiple floors

    By deniseruhl,
    • 0 replies
    • 477 views

  9. Surveyor topo lines as dwg how do you convert to chief?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 580 views

  10. With a plan with multiple structures, is there a way to select the floor of a given structure without having to select each room?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 589 views

  11. Stair Rail Height to Extend to Underside of Ceiling

    By CCarpenter,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views

  12. RAY TRACE OR PBR

    By decorators3,
    • 14 replies
    • 2.6k views

  13. Molding Polyline - Why??

    By HannahKucerova,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  14. SLOPED CEILING

    By ChiefDesign2023,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views

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

    By cbucks,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

  16. Tile Material

    By NeilofOZ,
    • 16 replies
    • 2.3k views

  17. 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
    • 799 views

  18. Importing Created Content Not Showing Materials

    By theKurt,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.8k views

  19. What does interpolate tangent to edge mean?

    By cbucks,
    • 1 reply
    • 877 views

  20. Finding or adding Plan Views

    By Mackenzie,
    • 13 replies
    • 3.3k views

  21. Objects stopping at drywall

    By winterdd,
    • 2 replies
    • 685 views

  22. Skylight Recomindations?

    By ACADuser,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  23. 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
    • 631 views

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

    By cbucks,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  25. Imported PDF to Lines

    By ehumble,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views