General Q & A

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1. Changing foundation to pony wall brings back invisible wall on porch

   By rockyshepheard, January 24, 2019
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   • Kbird1
   • January 24, 2019

2. sloped/Angled wall

   By mrrozhall, November 19, 2016
   • 11 replies
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   • mrrozhall
   • November 21, 2016

3. Dome construction

   By AbbasWuyo, April 10, 2017
   • 2 replies
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   • BenPalmer
   • April 10, 2017

4. Corner Window Bug

   By Trawen, July 24, 2021   

   • window
   • corner
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     • corner
     • corner window
   • 6 replies
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   • Trawen
   • July 26, 2021

5. How to Export Multiple Floors from CA to Auto CAD (DWG)?

   By Nilydm, March 9, 2022
   • 5 replies
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   • Kbird1
   • March 12, 2022

6. Lockups/Beachball X11 MacOS

   By clarkbreyman, December 14, 2019   

   • mac
   • x11
   • (and 2 more)

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     • mac
     • x11
     • beachball
     • hang
   • 7 replies
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   • Dermot
   • December 16, 2019

7. Basement Window

   By simonas, February 8, 2015
   • 11 replies
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   • joey_martin
   • February 8, 2015

8. Angled deck stairs

   By DeckQuestions, October 1, 2019   

   • stairs
   • deck stairs
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     • stairs
     • deck stairs
     • angled stairs
   • 3 replies
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   • glennw
   • October 2, 2019

9. Framing a Single Room Ceiling

   By mrscott, September 28, 2017   

   • framing
   • 15 replies
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   • Chopsaw
   • September 29, 2017

10. Dimensioning angled walls

    By olyconstruction, October 21, 2016
    • 5 replies
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    • Northriver
    • October 21, 2016

11. Stair display

    By Designer1, April 19, 2022
    • 5 replies
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    • Designer1
    • April 25, 2022

12. Locating Stair Objects in Cross Section

    By wjmdes, February 9, 2018   

    • stairs
    • sections
    • 6 replies
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    • wjmdes
    • February 9, 2018

13. X11: Light shade default transparency

    By CAcygrymus, October 3, 2019
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    • CAcygrymus
    • October 4, 2019

14. Plan Materials

    By RobUSMC, June 9, 2023
    • 16 replies
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    • TeaTime
    • June 12, 2023

15. flat roof separate roof height in same building

    By SMC2992, June 16, 2017   

    • roof
    • height
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      • height
      • hop roof
    • 6 replies
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    • SMC2992
    • June 21, 2017

16. Hip Roof Overhang Per Wall Does Not Seem To Work

    By foleys1, December 18, 2015
    • 7 replies
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    • Bill_Emery
    • December 19, 2015

17. Isometric Camera Views

    By JiAngelo, November 17, 2014
    • 6 replies
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    • Gawdzira
    • November 17, 2014

18. Rendering problem from a distance

    By gsgriffin, November 30, 2020
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    • gsgriffin
    • December 2, 2020

19. looking for a cad program

    By Briandesi, April 6, 2014
    • 13 replies
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    • raltd9245
    • April 25, 2014

20. Hole in Wall

    By ChiefQ, January 8, 2018   

    • manual wall not editing
    • 3 replies
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    • ChiefQ
    • January 9, 2018

21. Staircase Drops

    By No1ZZTopfan, November 2, 2020   

    • staircase
    • stairs
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      • staircase
      • stairs
      • basement
      • above
      • drops
    • 2 replies
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    • No1ZZTopfan
    • November 2, 2020

22. How do I create this type of eve in Chief?

    By 4hotshoez, May 2, 2016
    • 13 replies
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    • 4hotshoez
    • May 3, 2016

23. Foundation

    By winterdd, March 20, 2021
    • 9 replies
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    • winterdd
    • March 20, 2021

24. turn off fill when sending to layout

    By imagekit, August 31, 2015   

    • elevation fill
    • 12 replies
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    • Kbird1
    • September 5, 2015

25. WHERE THE HECK ARE THE WINDOW/DOOR HEADER DEFAULTS?

    By Renerabbitt, June 21, 2019
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    • Renerabbitt
    • June 22, 2019