General Q & A

26922 topics in this forum

1. Callouts

   By scout1, August 2, 2018
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   • misterwiley
   • August 25, 2018

2. Post and beam construction

   By winterdd, August 7, 2019
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   • Ridge_Runner
   • August 7, 2019

3. Pole Building with a Studio Apartment - Room within a Room

   By contractcad, July 22, 2021
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   • glennw
   • August 31, 2021

4. line on elevation where wall meets floor

   By SHCanada2, April 26, 2023
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   • Chopsaw
   • April 26, 2023

5. Extend chain on Chandelier

   By Scottb, July 10, 2016
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   • Joe_Carrick
   • July 11, 2016

6. Straight Railing framing schedule

   By rck-tech, September 13, 2020
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   • rck-tech
   • September 14, 2020

7. Spline Polyline kills plan file

   By Chopsaw, August 24, 2016
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   • Chopsaw
   • August 24, 2016

8. Sloped shower floor: use soffites

   By cv2702, January 5, 2018   

   • sloped shower floor
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   • Chopsaw
   • January 5, 2018

9. Ceiling joists to align with roof rafters

   By Motabobo, June 20, 2020
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   • Chopsaw
   • June 23, 2020

10. Object movement with arrow key blocked but no obvious reason

    By Christina_Girerd, July 11, 2020
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    • Christina_Girerd
    • July 13, 2020

11. Wire lath in wall definition?

    By ACADuser, July 22, 2021
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    • SteveNovato
    • April 8, 2022

12. Place footer and post (block) evenly

    By Ringos, October 20, 2025
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    • Chrisb222
    • October 21, 2025

13. How do you add molding to an interior door

    By DonnaMarie, January 15
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    • JiAngelo
    • January 16

14. MIRROR

    By George, February 18, 2017
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    • glennw
    • February 18, 2017

15. Labels showing through walls

    By gdesignbuild, January 19, 2019
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    • Dermot
    • January 22, 2019

16. Ruby Room Area?

    By ACADuser, April 16, 2020   

    • room area
    • ruby
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    • ACADuser
    • May 5, 2020

17. Dropping slab for porch/patio?

    By 5Design, December 8, 2023
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    • SNestor
    • December 8, 2023

18. Ethernet plug symbol

    By winterdd, September 5, 2025
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    • PitMan71
    • September 5, 2025

19. +/-

    By Dennis_Gavin, August 28, 2015
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    • Dennis_Gavin
    • August 28, 2015

20. cad file

    By chief58, April 13, 2016
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    • KevinWaldron
    • April 20, 2016

21. Automatic Framing Ceiling Joist

    By ACADuser, October 30, 2017
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • October 30, 2017

22. Buildings on different terrain heights

    By pgjacob, March 13, 2018   

    • terrain
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    • lbuttery
    • March 13, 2018

23. Importing a previous plan into X17

    By LisaJWood, August 1, 2025
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    • JiAngelo
    • August 2, 2025

24. Railing with Panels and Columns

    By PitMan71, October 20, 2025
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    • PitMan71
    • October 21, 2025

25. Vertical Line Label Flip

    By timmy123, August 1, 2015
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    • Joe_Carrick
    • August 2, 2015