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  1. Attic Walls Are Besting Me.

    By Bob_Johnston,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views

  2. home additions and roof tie-ins

    By winterdd,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views

  3. Sloped Soffit

    By Scotbow,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  4. Casement window hinge / opening direction indication in plan view

    By JoeinNorCal,   
    • 6 replies
    • 4.2k views

  5. Cabinet blind corner filler size

    By BryanXG,   
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views

  6. Creating base house plan with options

    By ElkRivers,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  7. Ledger board on inside of 2nd story exterior wall

    By Michael86,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.7k views

  8. Rendering taking a really long time.

    By kgschlosser,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.9k views

  9. Mouse Click-hold-drag problem

    By Aamir77,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.3k views

  10. Notes - how to? 1 2

    By SNestor,   
    • 32 replies
    • 6k views

  11. Micro Print Font Compatible with Chief ?

    By Chopsaw,
    • 14 replies
    • 2.1k views

  12. Lost core catalogs

    By taylorjschief,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  13. All my Catalogs Disappeared

    By ChrisinAZ,
    • 12 replies
    • 3k views

  14. How to close the opening between wall and roof when building a dormer?

    By Vizplan_arkitekt,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  15. auto rebuild

    By SBDandC,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views

  16. Faded Transparency of Polygons Makes all Other Objects Faded

    By A_Joseph_PE,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

  17. Lumber quantity counts in three dimensions

    By jmartinnelson,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  18. Appliance Will Not "Recess" Fully into Cabinet

    By Drew-PRH,   
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views

  19. Wood Slat Wall

    By SKCanada,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.2k views

  20. Can I open a pocket door wider?

    By bdillard1,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  21. How to create a plan footprint that can be exported as dwg or dxf and imported by engineer to civil scale

    By ChiefUserGingerP,
    • 4 replies
    • 989 views

  22. Building envelope X13

    By Denzil,
    • 1 reply
    • 664 views

  23. Can you help me build a side duct?

    By bdillard1,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views

  24. Layer changes wall display

    By stevenyhof,   
    • 16 replies
    • 2.5k views

  25. Room Selection on overdrive!

    By Francois,
    • 21 replies
    • 2.3k views