General Q & A

27123 topics in this forum

1. Framing Issue..

   By gdesignbuild, April 2, 2015
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   • mthd97
   • April 6, 2015

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

   By ChiefRedskins, July 14, 2016   

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

3. Create "loose" manual framing?

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

4. room label size

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

5. Multiple size foundation wall and step floor truss

   By Csnrv2019, October 13, 2021   

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

6. X17 Sluggishness - Anybody Else?

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

7. Need Help Converting Legacy Chief Architect Files (.PL1, .CA1, .CB2, .CB3)

   By Zorro22, March 1
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   • BenPalmer
   • March 2

8. Doors

   By limitless8, January 14, 2017   

   • doors
   • materials
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

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

9. material settings for ray trace

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

10. Rebar count for different walls

    By robdyck, September 16, 2020   

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

11. x13 slow!

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

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

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

13. Missing Ceiling Joists

    By MCCCcc, December 14, 2023   

    • missing ceiling joists
    • 5 replies
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    • MCCCcc
    • December 27, 2023

14. Saving Roof Plane

    By builtright3, January 22
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    • builtright3
    • January 23

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

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

16. Elevation Splines

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

17. Undo conflict error

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

18. Deck over retaining wall

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

19. Placing const. notes from library on layout page

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

20. Garage Floor Opening

    By ChiefuserMathews, December 11, 2018   

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

21. Reference floor display is in Black?

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

22. 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

23. Ray Tracing Shadows

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

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

    By para-CAD, June 27, 2025
    • 5 replies
    • 963 views
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    • SHCanada2
    • June 28, 2025

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

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