General Q & A

27108 topics in this forum

1. Wall Framing Exposed

   By codylv7, January 25, 2022
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   • codylv7
   • January 26, 2022

2. Framing Icon stopped working in X-13

   By LeRoyWells, March 23, 2022
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   • LeRoyWells
   • March 23, 2022

3. Planter box bay window

   By Bill_Nelson, February 12, 2023
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   • Bill_Nelson
   • February 13, 2023

4. How to create this curved and sloped wall/desk?

   By hgelbwachs1, October 26, 2023   

   • curved wall
   • sloped wall
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   • Chrisb222
   • October 27, 2023

5. Roof truss not generating correctly

   By armfx89, November 16, 2024
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   • armfx89
   • November 20, 2024

6. Material reporting of custom deck railing

   By TSutton, February 12, 2025
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   • TSutton
   • February 13, 2025

7. Box surrounds layout box

   By Ed_Orum, July 24, 2025
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   • JKEdmo
   • July 24, 2025

8. Break Wall tool

   By mountaineer, July 2, 2015
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   • mountaineer
   • July 2, 2015

9. Changing multiple window options and copying

   By mountaineer, August 25, 2015
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   • mountaineer
   • August 25, 2015

10. New X9 Room Perimeter Tool

    By Chrisb222, October 25, 2017
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    • Chrisb222
    • October 25, 2017

11. Default door swing edit?

    By TennVol, December 28, 2018
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    • agenoarch
    • January 4, 2019

12. Library Objects Question

    By EconBlueprints, August 28, 2019
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    • EconBlueprints
    • August 28, 2019

13. Wall letters while drawing

    By Hammer7, March 4, 2020
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    • CharlesVolz
    • March 4, 2020

14. X-12 changes

    By Drafting-Hall, March 24, 2020
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    • MarkMc
    • March 24, 2020

15. Can this be modeled in Chief?

    By GeneDavis, September 9, 2020
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    • Ridge_Runner
    • September 9, 2020

16. Core Catalog Missing Bryant Sconce?

    By HumbleChief, November 29, 2021
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    • HumbleChief
    • November 29, 2021

17. Active Layer Display Options not showing

    By Electromen, January 25, 2022
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    • Electromen
    • January 25, 2022

18. x13 crashing on windows 11

    By Billda, February 11, 2022
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    • Kbird1
    • February 12, 2022

19. Wall and measurements dissappear when I click on it

    By jerryajohnson35, September 13, 2022
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    • glennw
    • September 13, 2022

20. Dormer Issue

    By ChiefJeet, January 19, 2023
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    • TeaTime
    • January 19, 2023

21. Exporting to Autocad - fixing dimensions

    By msmith964, August 20, 2023
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    • msmith964
    • August 22, 2023

22. GPU Ray Tracing (3D/Rendering Techniques/Ray Tracing

    By Tryingtobezen, April 9, 2025
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    • Renerabbitt
    • April 9, 2025

23. Why are points being generated in my wall framing elevations

    By GeneDavis, October 13, 2025
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    • Ed_Orum
    • October 16, 2025

24. Convert Dimensions to Whole Numbers

    By Babs44, November 24, 2025
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    • para-CAD
    • November 24, 2025

25. Window Not Showing On Elevation

    By zmg123, August 5, 2014
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    • jbaehmer
    • August 5, 2014