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  1. Light Bulbs in Ray Trace

    By Marina,   
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views

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

    By capitaldesigns,
    • 16 replies
    • 4.8k views

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

    By capitaldesigns,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  4. Monitor

    By pavelmu44,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  5. Stretch to Fit Material is Tileing

    By Chopsaw,
    • 20 replies
    • 5.4k views

  6. Ruby-remove leading zero

    By MarkMc,
    • 14 replies
    • 4.7k views

  7. Cross Section Lines not showing

    By cjanderson66,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views

  8. Copy and paste issue

    By RL-inc,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.3k views

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

    By DMDesigns,   
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views

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

    By GeneDavis,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  11. Floor Surfaces Disappeared

    By BruceBoardman,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  12. How to place Light inside pony wall

    By capitaldesigns,   
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views

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

    By zowie123,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  14. Annotation Sets

    By REMDES,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views

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

    By dskogg,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views

  16. Rotating polyline objects in 3d view 1 2

    By shingabiss,
    • 25 replies
    • 8.9k views

  17. Symbol stacking

    By Griffin,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views

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

    By GeneDavis,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  19. Shower Question for Joe Carrick

    By SNestor,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

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

    By Seascape,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.7k views

  21. AutoCAD Lineweights / .DWG import

    By amddrafting,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  22. Custom Line Styles

    By Keith_A,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.1k views

  23. Dormer roof joining issue

    By KKB9750,   
    • 4 replies
    • 2.6k views

  24. Created a custom door

    By cmatala,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  25. How To Display Two Story Spanned Windows On Both First and Second Floor Plans?

    By HumbleChief,
    • 8 replies
    • 4k views