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  1. Room Specification (Structure)

    By buzzsaw204,
    • 7 replies
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  2. CROWN MOULDING PARPET WALL AND MATERIAL FINISH ISSUES

    By Designer100,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views

  3. Export to 3DS Max

    By flyer1,   
    • 7 replies
    • 8.8k views

  4. Leica Disto X3 or X4

    By Bob_DeWitt_PE,   
    • 7 replies
    • 4.8k views

  5. Terrain Icons

    By JKEdmo,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.6k views

  6. Pitched roof with shed/dormer in middle section

    By rck-tech,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views

  7. How does CA compare to Revit, Sketchup, Autocad, and softplan for concrete house construction

    By Haskellf,   
    • 7 replies
    • 6.6k views

  8. pony wall

    By PacNWMike,
    • 7 replies
    • 5.1k views

  9. Staggered Lap Siding/Pattern to Texture?

    By WoodlandDesign,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.8k views

  10. Material Lists Training

    By Design20,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.4k views

  11. awning

    By winterdd,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.9k views

  12. Understanding Knee-Wall Top of Plate Calculation

    By jayn1321,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.1k views

  13. Is There A Ways Migrate Cabinet Defaults From One Plan To Another Without Killing All Other Defaults?

    By zowie123,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views

  14. Oval gable vents have rect. hole in wall.

    By mcrump,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views

  15. X8 Plotting the Wrong Way - paper waste

    By TGIVaughn,   
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views

  16. Weird screen issue, need help

    By amddrafting,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.2k views

  17. STEEL FRAMED SHOWER WALL AND DOOR

    By Sassoondesign,
    • 7 replies
    • 4k views

  18. narrow to wider stairs?

    By DianeP,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views

  19. Clarifying stem walls for basements in Chief

    By BnCKelley,
    • 7 replies
    • 3k views

  20. door area disappears on furred side of a double wall when I move a perpendicular wall close, but not that close

    By SH_Canada,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.1k views

  21. Text Line With Arrow

    By buzzsaw204,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.7k views

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

    By scarles,   
    • 7 replies
    • 9.8k views

  23. Default Wall Material not saving

    By slowrolls,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views

  24. Winders - at start of stairs?

    By Draftsmith,   
    • 7 replies
    • 3.4k views

  25. Existing/proposed terrain on plot plan

    By NevinF,   
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    • 3.2k views