General Q & A

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1. x13 crashing on windows 11

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

2. Wall and measurements dissappear when I click on it

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

3. Dormer Issue

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

4. Exporting to Autocad - fixing dimensions

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

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

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

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

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

7. Convert Dimensions to Whole Numbers

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

8. Window Not Showing On Elevation

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

9. X8 Framing Schedule Problems

   By Joe_Carrick, January 14, 2016
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   • johnny
   • January 14, 2016

10. Sea Level Rise Modeling

    By BAC_Senior, March 23, 2016   

    • SLR
    • Sea Level Rise
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • SLR
      • Sea Level Rise
      • Coastal Flooding
      • Resilient Design
      • Floating
      • Amphibious Homes
      • Water Infiltration
      • Bouyant Foundations
      • Floating Homes
    • 2 replies
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    • rlackore
    • March 23, 2016

11. metal building starting plan

    By Randyc, May 2, 2016
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    • KenL-sdd
    • May 2, 2016

12. Material List to Builder

    By DesignByChad, July 6, 2016   

    • material list
    • buy list
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    • glennw
    • July 7, 2016

13. Front door orientation on page

    By mslewis620, January 9, 2017   

    • front door orientation
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    • BenPalmer
    • January 9, 2017

14. X9 Catalog links keep downloading to X8 version

    By AlwaysEastern, March 6, 2017
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    • AlwaysEastern
    • March 6, 2017

15. Close in Stairs above but leave open below?

    By salexander71, February 5, 2018   

    • stairs
    • walls
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • stairs
      • walls
      • close in
      • open below
      • adjust walls
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    • salexander71
    • February 5, 2018

16. Create toolbars/buttons for library objects

    By lavorhaynie, November 10, 2018   

    • toolbar library
    • 2 replies
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    • lavorhaynie
    • November 10, 2018

17. camera view

    By beejal1, December 4, 2018
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    • beejal1
    • December 10, 2018

18. Upgrading from Home Designer to Chief Architect

    By jnicbell321, December 28, 2018
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    • DavidJPotter
    • December 28, 2018

19. Semi Transparent Walls/Plan View

    By jjifmeyer, May 9, 2019
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    • jjifmeyer
    • May 9, 2019

20. Two texture views in one camera view

    By DH7777, February 13, 2020
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    • DH7777
    • February 13, 2020

21. Selection of objects

    By jonboy, March 4, 2020
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    • jonboy
    • March 5, 2020

22. walls not updateing

    By rck-tech, October 3, 2020
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    • rck-tech
    • October 3, 2020

23. Color matching: do the three numbers, R, B, and G, define a color precisely?

    By GeneDavis, October 2, 2021
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    • 1.7k views
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    • glennw
    • October 2, 2021

24. Starting out with Layouts

    By COMMONWEALTH, June 20, 2023
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    • DefinedDesign
    • June 23, 2023

25. Custom Gutters will not disappear

    By DH7777, January 17, 2025
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    • 1.2k views
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    • DH7777
    • January 20, 2025