General Q & A

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1. Off-the-shelf 12ft Tiny Home Build

   By ChiefRedskins, July 14, 2016   

   • Tiny House
   • Large Shed
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   • ChiefRedskins
   • July 14, 2016

2. Create "loose" manual framing?

   By Autumn1, November 21, 2017
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   • Autumn1
   • November 21, 2017

3. room label size

   By GaryOhmer, March 26, 2021
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   • Alaskan_Son
   • April 10, 2021

4. Multiple size foundation wall and step floor truss

   By Csnrv2019, October 13, 2021   

   • floor truss
   • foundation wall
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   • Csnrv2019
   • October 14, 2021

5. X17 Sluggishness - Anybody Else?

   By JKEdmo, June 27, 2025
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   • JKEdmo
   • June 27, 2025

6. Doors

   By limitless8, January 14, 2017   

   • doors
   • materials
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     Tagged with:

     • doors
     • materials
     • painting
     • etc
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   • ShaneK
   • January 14, 2017

7. material settings for ray trace

   By Chris_Kelly, November 2, 2017
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   • Chris_Kelly
   • November 6, 2017

8. Rebar count for different walls

   By robdyck, September 16, 2020   

   • materials list
   • rebar
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   • aaronbaribeau
   • July 11, 2021

9. x13 slow!

   By BruceKC, September 13, 2021
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   • Oakriverman
   • October 6, 2021

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

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

11. Missing Ceiling Joists

    By MCCCcc, December 14, 2023   

    • missing ceiling joists
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    • MCCCcc
    • December 27, 2023

12. Saving Roof Plane

    By builtright3, January 22
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    • builtright3
    • January 23

13. Line with 2 arrows jumps to zero length in plan footprint?

    By nicknz, May 23, 2014
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    • nicknz
    • May 26, 2014

14. Elevation Splines

    By ED-209, February 22, 2017
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    • ED-209
    • March 14, 2017

15. Undo conflict error

    By thorn-ecoc, June 13, 2017
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    • ballaia
    • July 5, 2017

16. Deck over retaining wall

    By builtright3, November 2, 2017
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    • DavidJames
    • November 2, 2017

17. Placing const. notes from library on layout page

    By JKraft, June 13, 2018
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • June 14, 2018

18. Garage Floor Opening

    By ChiefuserMathews, December 11, 2018   

    • floor opening
    • 5 replies
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    • ChiefuserMathews
    • December 12, 2018

19. Reference floor display is in Black?

    By Migaloo, January 13, 2020
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    • Migaloo
    • January 13, 2020

20. Is there a way to convert existing CA plan files from Imperial to metric?

    By abqjim, August 27, 2020
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    • abqjim
    • August 27, 2020

21. Ray Tracing Shadows

    By buildinthevoid, July 4, 2021
    • 5 replies
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    • ericepv
    • July 4, 2021

22. This catalog is not available for you to download.

    By para-CAD, June 27, 2025
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    • SHCanada2
    • June 28, 2025

23. Black Work Space? Has Anyone Found A Way To Inverse Colors Without Affecting Print Output?

    By zowie123, October 23, 2014
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    • JJohnson
    • November 4, 2014

24. Ongoing Electrical Switch / Outlet Issue

    By RobUSMC, April 19, 2016
    • 5 replies
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 19, 2016

25. Centering valley rafter

    By Trendsighter, February 12, 2018   

    • roofs
    • valley
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      • roofs
      • valley
      • rafter
    • 5 replies
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    • Trendsighter
    • February 14, 2018