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  1. Can't Find Door with Sidelights

    By Anna_Gorres,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.8k views

  2. Trouble opening HD Pro file

    By HillsideDB,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views

  3. post in wall framing

    By DBearss,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views

  4. Interior wall on main floor becomes exterior wall above roofline

    By myrtsbnye,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views

  5. Light Bulbs in Ray Trace

    By Marina,   
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

  6. Floor not showing up in 3D view or section view

    By capitaldesigns,
    • 16 replies
    • 4.3k views

  7. Not being able to rotate or block polyline solid wall

    By capitaldesigns,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  8. Monitor

    By pavelmu44,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  9. Stretch to Fit Material is Tileing

    By Chopsaw,
    • 20 replies
    • 4.9k views

  10. Ruby-remove leading zero

    By MarkMc,
    • 14 replies
    • 4.2k views

  11. Cross Section Lines not showing

    By cjanderson66,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  12. Copy and paste issue

    By RL-inc,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views

  13. Sloping Ceilings in Chief Architect X8 / FREE TRAINING VIDEO

    By DMDesigns,   
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views

  14. Screened porch doors: How do you do them?

    By GeneDavis,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  15. Floor Surfaces Disappeared

    By BruceBoardman,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  16. How to place Light inside pony wall

    By capitaldesigns,   
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views

  17. Hi, looking for a way to preview pages of dwg files as thumbnails?

    By zowie123,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  18. Annotation Sets

    By REMDES,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  19. Section lines display not the same in view as layout?

    By dskogg,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views

  20. Rotating polyline objects in 3d view 1 2

    By shingabiss,
    • 25 replies
    • 8.1k views

  21. Symbol stacking

    By Griffin,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views

  22. What's your workaround for beam sizing in railing wall

    By GeneDavis,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  23. Shower Question for Joe Carrick

    By SNestor,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  24. New Micrsoft Surface Book I7 With Nvidia Dgpu- Chief Only Sees The Intel Gpu?

    By Seascape,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.4k views

  25. AutoCAD Lineweights / .DWG import

    By amddrafting,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views