General Q & A

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1. X-7 Not Starting Anywhere 1 2

   By RobUSMC, July 21, 2015
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   • Kiwideziner
   • July 23, 2015

2. Brick Ledges & Foundation Dims

   By winterdd, June 21, 2022
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   • Michael_Gia
   • June 22, 2022

3. How to "explode" or "ungroup" imported skp models

   By scarles, May 8, 2016   

   • skp
   • sketchup
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     • skp
     • sketchup
     • import
     • 3d
     • libraries
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   • Chopsaw
   • May 8, 2016

4. Pocket Door Opening Direction

   By RobUSMC, March 7, 2020
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   • Gawdzira
   • March 8, 2020

5. Anyone else experiencing program crashes on the new update 1 2

   By Renerabbitt, August 20, 2019
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   • Designer1
   • September 19, 2019

6. Structural Member Sizing 1 2

   By Joe_Carrick, July 6, 2015
   • 29 replies
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   • RGWhite
   • April 19, 2016

7. Corrupted file please help! 1 2

   By Tdgdesign, February 18, 2019
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   • builtright3
   • February 19, 2019

8. Garage Slab integration 1 2

   By Designer1, March 24, 2020
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   • DzinEye
   • March 25, 2020

9. Does Anyone Use "framing Back Clip" 1 2

   By ChiefArmstrong, July 9, 2014
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • August 3, 2014

10. Mirror Procedure For An Entire House?

    By ACADuser, December 6, 2014
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    • yusuf-333
    • March 23, 2015

11. Raised Concrete Deck

    By Rosco2017, March 14, 2015
    • 17 replies
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    • HumbleChief
    • March 16, 2015

12. Bug with upgrade 16.2.0.47x64 1 2

    By JeanTurcotte, April 16, 2014
    • 35 replies
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    • BrianBeck
    • May 15, 2014

13. Room Labels Disappearing 1 2

    By KilianDrafting, July 10, 2023   

    • room labels
    • 35 replies
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    • DBCooper
    • June 16, 2024

14. Multiple floors with varying ceiling heights

    By kwhitt, September 20, 2020
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    • kwhitt
    • September 21, 2020

15. Curving an Object in Two Different Planes 1 2

    By Dexter1, September 22, 2022
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    • mthd97
    • November 9, 2022

16. Importing DWG detail files 1 2

    By Treehouse2339, January 17, 2020
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    • Kbird1
    • January 21, 2020

17. Layout Plan Changes 1 2

    By builtright3, April 1, 2015
    • 40 replies
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    • pintodesign
    • July 28, 2015

18. 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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      • project manager
      • export project
    • 43 replies
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    • Renerabbitt
    • March 10

19. Railing - Stop at sloped ceiling

    By robdyck, June 17, 2020
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    • chiefwinnie25
    • May 9, 2022

20. How to: "Which layer sets contain a particular layer?" 1 2

    By JoeinNorCal, May 16, 2020
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • May 18, 2020

21. Multi-User Collaboration on Same File

    By njeff3368, August 25, 2017   

    • collaboration
    • file sharing
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    • KirillP
    • December 24, 2023

22. Slab on Grade as the main floor

    By TSarantopulos, February 4, 2019
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    • Steveek
    • October 13, 2025

23. Whatever Happened To The Full Masonry Fireplace And Chimney? 1 2

    By Electromen, August 8, 2014
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    • mkennedy2000
    • November 25, 2015

24. Warning! Keep your user library on the same drive as Chief! 1 2

    By Michael_Gia, April 7, 2017   

    • user library
    • dropbox
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      • user library
      • dropbox
      • icloud
    • 27 replies
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    • Michael_Gia
    • April 8, 2017

25. X10 released today - best and worst features 1 2

    By Joe_Carrick, February 15, 2018
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    • fmrkva9525
    • February 19, 2018