General Q & A

27125 topics in this forum

1. Plan rotation & X,Y axis

   By cjanderson66, April 17, 2020
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   • tommy1
   • April 19, 2020

2. Flat Soffits under Boxed Eave reverting to roof slope after joining with another roof plane

   By Bleedorang3, September 14, 2020
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   • Bleedorang3
   • September 15, 2020

3. Blocking windows

   By BnCKelley, October 28, 2020
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   • BnCKelley
   • October 29, 2020

4. Scissor Truss bottom chord frame 2" too low

   By dshall, April 15, 2021
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   • GeneDavis
   • April 15, 2021

5. Rebuilding Foundation without losing current design

   By K-Lynn, January 28, 2022
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   • K-Lynn
   • January 28, 2022

6. COLUMN FILL PATTERN

   By BruceKC, August 1, 2022
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   • MarkMc
   • August 3, 2022

7. Topography Tips?

   By Joe_Carrick, March 13, 2023
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   • KevinWaldron
   • March 16, 2023

8. Missing Saved Elevation View

   By ChiefDesign2023, January 17, 2024
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   • ChiefDesign2023
   • January 18, 2024

9. Floor Joist Framing to change Direction, to perpendicular where specify,

   By buzzsaw204, November 26, 2024
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   • buzzsaw204
   • November 27, 2024

10. Help me rotate this stubborn base cabinet

    By Newbie_Mary, December 26, 2024
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    • Newbie_Mary
    • December 27, 2024

11. 3D Renders Are Gone?

    By keithhe, November 13, 2014
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    • keithhe
    • November 13, 2014

12. Glass Panel/Wall

    By johnny, July 8, 2015
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • ShaneK
    • July 8, 2015

13. I HAVE DOUBLE DOOR LABELS ON MY PLAN

    By LUSODESIGNS, September 10, 2017
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    • WendyatArtform
    • September 11, 2017

14. 3D PEOPLE, OBJECTS

    By tjsage1, August 8, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • RodCole
    • August 13, 2019

15. Reflect Top to Bottom

    By KittleDesign, January 26, 2021
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • KittleDesign
    • January 27, 2021

16. The tedium that is overframing

    By GeneDavis, March 24, 2021
    • 4 replies
    • 3k views
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    • misterwiley
    • March 24, 2021

17. Hatching a door symbol

    By JNWArchitect, May 11, 2022
    • 4 replies
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    • Kbird1
    • May 12, 2022

18. Roof Help

    By AbeLopez, July 10, 2024
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • AbeLopez
    • July 11, 2024

19. Fireplace Mantle

    By Stacy_Williams, October 22, 2025
    • 4 replies
    • 630 views
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    • Stacy_Williams
    • October 22, 2025

20. Can Chief calculate land usage?

    By jemismom, May 7, 2016
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    • jemismom
    • May 9, 2016

21. Deck won't frame

    By johnny, June 20, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • johnny
    • June 21, 2016

22. Importing notes from AutoCAD to layout sheet

    By capitaldesigns, December 27, 2016   

    • importing notes from autocad
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    • DRAWZILLA
    • December 27, 2016

23. i cant select any buttons on materials change?

    By dskogg, April 23, 2019
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    • dskogg
    • April 23, 2019

24. Editing upper label with macro

    By tubbsinc, April 17, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • Alaskan_Son
    • April 18, 2020

25. Pool Water rendering

    By pgjacob, July 14, 2020   

    • pool water
    • rendering
    • 4 replies
    • 5.4k views
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    • pgjacob
    • August 19, 2020