General Q & A

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1. Foundation walls not lining up with main frame layer

   By dougbbuilders, March 14
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   • dougbbuilders
   • March 15

2. Material Fill Pattern to CAD Polyline Fill Pattern

   By JKEdmo, March 12
   • 8 replies
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   • robdyck
   • March 13

3. High shed roof wall window issues

   By SimpleSpaces, March 11
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   • DBCooper
   • March 12

4. How to pin elements in place

   By Mona_Sh, March 12
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   • Chrisb222
   • March 12

5. Is this style interior door in an available catalog or do I have to make one?

   By GeneDavis, March 12
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   • GeneDavis
   • March 12

6. Text leaders arrows jumping into blank space

   By PitMan71, March 6
   • 10 replies
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   • PitMan71
   • March 12

7. Exterior siding does not display correctly in 3D or in elevations.

   By GHArchitect, March 11
   • 3 replies
   • 420 views
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   • PitMan71
   • March 12

8. How to tile a ceiling in a slanted shower?

   By KBEDesign, March 10
   • 7 replies
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   • KBEDesign
   • March 12

9. Strange brick wall anomoly in X17

   By PitMan71, March 11
   • 2 replies
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   • PitMan71
   • March 12

10. Arrow Drawing Group

    By RNEcadguy, March 12
    • 0 replies
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    • RNEcadguy
    • March 12

11. Perspective View Framerate Capped at 60 FPS

    By HunterMGB, March 12
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    • HunterMGB
    • March 12

12. interior walls turned into exterior walls. Help!

    By Bradbo, March 10
    • 3 replies
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    • SHCanada2
    • March 11

13. How to revising floor joist size

    By capitaldesigns, March 11
    • 1 reply
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    • robdyck
    • March 11

14. X17 Managed Projects — archive or revision history location?

    By DefinedDesign, March 11
    • 1 reply
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    • DefinedDesign
    • March 11

15. Multiple Materials with the same name

    By PitMan71, March 10
    • 3 replies
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    • DBCooper
    • March 11

16. Standard view shadows on Mac

    By Steve-C, March 6
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    • Steve-C
    • March 10

17. Are we getting built-in AI render in Chief anytime soon? Softplan has it already. 1 2

    By Michael_Gia, February 23
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    • dskogg
    • March 10

18. Removing toe kick from vanity for knee space?

    By jbur91, March 9
    • 5 replies
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    • MarkMc
    • March 10

19. Garage Door Hardware

    By AbeLopez, March 9
    • 1 reply
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    • joey_martin
    • March 10

20. New Idea To Export and Backup X17 Project Files Within The Project Manager? 1 2

    By Steve_Nyhof, May 28, 2025   

    • x17
    • project manager
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      Tagged with:

      • x17
      • project manager
      • export project
    • 43 replies
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    • Renerabbitt
    • March 10

21. X17 temporary dimension display question

    By MtGipe, March 8
    • 2 replies
    • 512 views
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    • MtGipe
    • March 10

22. The diffrence between Chief 13 and Chief 17

    By ChiefTCA, February 19
    • 9 replies
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    • StephenGreene
    • March 10

23. File Management for version 17

    By Mona_Sh, March 6
    • 4 replies
    • 691 views
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    • Mona_Sh
    • March 9

24. Exterior Walls Don't update When windows move

    By mholley, March 6   

    • elevations
    • windows
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • elevations
      • windows
      • x17
    • 4 replies
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    • mholley
    • March 9

25. Select layout pages to include in table

    By conwaynorth1, March 9
    • 4 replies
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    • conwaynorth1
    • March 9