General Q & A

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1. dimension snaps to wrong line

   By Lighthouse, April 14, 2020
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   • Lighthouse
   • April 14, 2020

2. Shading Variations Between Original Materials and Their Copies

   By kwhitt, March 20, 2021
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   • SNestor
   • March 20, 2021

3. Why are my roof planes not aligning

   By Hannahfdc, August 7, 2024
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   • SNestor
   • August 9, 2024

4. Material list: framing, structural reporting, buy list. How to get plates and headers to cut from the 16' lengths

   By GeneDavis, March 14, 2025
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   • GeneDavis
   • April 18, 2025

5. Export DWG file for CA site plan

   By ShaneK, July 7, 2016
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   • ShaneK
   • July 8, 2016

6. Line weights in general

   By SNestor, January 26, 2017   

   • line weight
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   • SNestor
   • January 27, 2017

7. How to control cabinet door offsets from corners of perp adjacent cabinets

   By dskogg, June 6, 2017
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   • MarkMc
   • June 6, 2017

8. Do You Need To Be Connected To The Internet At All Times To Use The Rental Version Of Chief?

   By Fun2Learn, August 30, 2014   

   • rental internet
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   • johnny
   • September 1, 2014

9. Defaulting to the last command

   By EmmaCox, March 27, 2017   

   • transform/replicate
   • room specification
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   • EmmaCox
   • March 28, 2017

10. What controls the text height for "show length" label?

    By Michael_Gia, May 12, 2017
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    • Michael_Gia
    • May 12, 2017

11. WALL DEFAULTS | WALL TYPES

    By interiorarch, July 7, 2017
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • July 8, 2017

12. Half wall-soffit interaction

    By JamesR, February 22, 2019
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • February 22, 2019

13. Walk In Closet The Easiest Way

    By simonas, December 3, 2014
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    • jcaffee
    • December 3, 2014

14. Roof Truss Problem

    By Joe_Carrick, April 11, 2016
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 12, 2016

15. Room Label display help-X8

    By PaulinColorado, January 26, 2017
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    • chief58
    • January 27, 2017

16. FITTING A CABINET TO AN ANGLED WALL

    By Garreth, August 6, 2019   

    • cabinet
    • angled wall
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    • MarkMc
    • August 6, 2019

17. More Issues with Horizontal Lines in Elevations

    By wjmdes, January 27, 2020
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    • robdyck
    • January 28, 2020

18. Loading issue

    By JFDrafting, November 30, 2021
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    • Kbird1
    • December 1, 2021

19. Brick soldier course at top of wall

    By winterdd, December 29, 2022
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    • winterdd
    • December 29, 2022

20. Layout Numbering Question

    By HumbleChief, February 20, 2016
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    • HumbleChief
    • February 20, 2016

21. Rogue ceiling plane cuts through roof

    By ADallas, April 16, 2022
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    • robdyck
    • April 17, 2022

22. Zero Experience - Can I Model an A-Frame in CA?

    By hamcol88, July 4, 2024
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    • SNestor
    • July 5, 2024

23. How Can I Customize Cabinets Into Horizontal Doors?

    By Rytikom25, November 8, 2014
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    • Cheryl_C_Crane
    • November 9, 2014

24. Poly Line Solid Default Material

    By olyconstruction, December 1, 2016
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    • HumbleChief
    • December 2, 2016

25. Lowpoly 3d vehicle models

    By bondtp, February 16, 2017
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    • bondtp
    • February 20, 2017