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1. Chief Architect Software Licensing Changes 1 2 3

   By Fairhaven_Homes, December 13, 2022
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   • para-CAD
   • December 20, 2022

2. Porch Roof 1 2 3

   By mountaineer, June 30, 2015
   • 55 replies
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • July 10, 2015

3. Floor Slab with Foundation Walls 1 2 3

   By Joe_Carrick, September 29, 2015
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   • Ed_Downunder
   • October 4, 2015

4. Truss bottom chord as ceiling frame - how to 1 2 3

   By Michael_Gia, May 5, 2019
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   • Chopsaw
   • December 28, 2023

5. How To Drop a Single Room's Ceiling Height Two Story Building 1 2 3

   By HumbleChief, January 7, 2017
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   • DRAWZILLA
   • January 9, 2017

6. Gable Roof With Trusses Overhang

   By mark2457, May 19, 2015
   • 11 replies
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   • mark2457
   • May 19, 2015

7. Metal Building Issues

   By Designer100, March 23, 2016   

   • gable
   • dropped lay in 2x2 ceiling
   • 9 replies
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   • CJSpud
   • March 23, 2016

8. New Computer advice 1 2 3

   By RL-inc, April 5, 2019
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   • RL-inc
   • May 1, 2019

9. 1 hour fire rated ceiling/floor assembly?

   By Treehouse2339, September 23, 2021
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   • SH_Canada
   • September 24, 2021

10. Layer sets vs. Saved Plan Views 1 2 3

    By steve_stuart, June 8, 2020
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    • Kbird1
    • June 13, 2020

11. Contemporary Siding Look 1 2

    By Chris50, December 8, 2014
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    • Boxon1
    • May 22, 2015

12. X-14 Slowness 1 2 3

    By robdyck, April 28, 2022
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    • TimelessJohn
    • August 19, 2022

13. Fantastic New Solution Found! Re: How Do You Show Partial Open-Railing Stairs And How To Show The Door To The Basement Stairs Underneath? 1 2

    By Fun2Learn, September 25, 2014   

    • stacked stairs?
    • partial open-railing stairs
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    • Fun2Learn
    • November 29, 2014

14. Understanding Annosets, Defaults & Layersets 1 2 3

    By Joe_Carrick, August 10, 2014
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    • zowie123
    • September 10, 2014

15. Sending details and notes to a layout page 1 2 3

    By capitaldesigns, December 23, 2018
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    • CARMELHILL
    • February 6, 2020

16. Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter 1 2 3

    By rispgiu, November 24, 2017
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    • rispgiu
    • December 4, 2017

17. Q. Why sometimes when printing a PDF to paper, the PNG images print with a solid black background?

    By para-CAD, September 3, 2019
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    • koukouroukou
    • January 12, 2022

18. 2D CAD - How much do you use? 1 2 3

    By Joe_Carrick, August 4, 2015
    • 74 replies
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    • glennw
    • August 7, 2015

19. Leaving X7 Back To X6 1 2 3

    By KenL-sdd, April 28, 2015   

    • X7 is slow
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    • Kelly_K
    • June 26, 2015

20. Shadows in Layout 1 2 3

    By wjmdes, May 21, 2018   

    • shadows
    • layout
    • 62 replies
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    • Doug_N
    • June 28, 2018

21. Any Matterport users? 1 2 3

    By VisualDandD, January 21, 2020
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    • Chopsaw
    • May 18, 2022

22. Dimensioning issues with X13 1 2 3

    By Whitehorse, August 4, 2021
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    • MarkMc
    • August 13, 2021

23. Exposed Roof Rafters w/ T&G "ceiling" 1 2

    By kwhitt, July 15, 2020
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    • Mark3D
    • March 28, 2025

24. I-JOISTS FOR RAFTERS

    By winterdd, August 4, 2022
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    • para-CAD
    • August 7, 2022

25. M1 Mac, it does work 1 2

    By VRNicastro, February 21, 2021   

    • m1
    • macbook air
    • 37 replies
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    • Chrisb222
    • March 4, 2022