General Q & A

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26810 topics in this forum

  1. How to get good answers when you ask questions.

    By ChiefArchitect,
    • 0 replies
    • 10.4k views

  2. "Save As" option not present in X17

    By HDPWestCoast,
    • 3 replies
    • 292 views

  3. Wall Detail Dimensions

    By Mitchellopolis,
    • 2 replies
    • 46 views

  4. Exterior Siding Sqft in a Schedule

    By LegacyChief,   
    • 12 replies
    • 630 views

  5. Trees and shrubs disappear in physical based renderings. Why?

    By DB-Designs,
    • 1 reply
    • 114 views

  6. Slab is swallowing my rooms

    By HowdyYall,
    • 1 reply
    • 108 views

  7. Tapered Joists

    By winterdd,
    • 8 replies
    • 294 views

  8. Setting for Dormer Width

    By Ed_Orum,
    • 1 reply
    • 121 views

  9. Raise/Lower Roof Planes disabled

    By Mitchellopolis,
    • 4 replies
    • 241 views

  10. Hiding Dormers From View

    By Ed_Orum,
    • 6 replies
    • 240 views

  11. More strange things!

    By Evolution,
    • 11 replies
    • 304 views

  12. Crazy Tricky Roof

    By Tryingtobezen,
    • 8 replies
    • 577 views

  13. No codec

    By Evolution,
    • 14 replies
    • 468 views

  14. roof

    By decorators3,   
    • 10 replies
    • 302 views

  15. Changing doors to drawers

    By BTKitchens,
    • 7 replies
    • 238 views

  16. Looking for help to convert my .plan files into 3d files for a portfolio.

    By Sakuhano,
    • 1 reply
    • 129 views

  17. Chief freezing while searching for materials X17

    By DeLayDesign,
    • 5 replies
    • 664 views

  18. Dissapearing floor

    By Evolution,
    • 3 replies
    • 180 views

  19. X16 upgrade to X17

    By PitMan71,
    • 4 replies
    • 239 views

  20. Room with arched/curved walls and ceiling?

    By joesausage,
    • 6 replies
    • 377 views

  21. Pictures are Condensed

    By blueriver,
    • 4 replies
    • 399 views

  22. roof

    By decorators3,   
    • 7 replies
    • 297 views

  23. struggling with elevations.

    By MulePacker,
    • 10 replies
    • 1k views

  24. Reinforced Concrete Frame Building (w/ masonry infill)

    By RogueDesigner,
    • 5 replies
    • 547 views

  25. Showing the Room Divider as a single line

    By Ed_Orum,
    • 8 replies
    • 475 views