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  1. what's my camera setting?

    By natmar,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  2. What's that edit that does curved arrow lines?

    By GeneDavis,
    • 16 replies
    • 3.4k views

  3. What's The Advantage Of Storing Details And Notes In A Separate Plan?

    By zowie123,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.2k views

  4. What's the best approach to build 8' & 10" wide walls that will have various transitions to conventional 2x4 framing.

    By AlwaysEastern,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views

  5. What's the best method to save a plan as a new plan?

    By EconBlueprints,
    • 3 replies
    • 982 views

  6. What's The Best On-Line Cad Detail Repository? Residential--Wood Framing...

    By zowie123,
    • 0 replies
    • 908 views

  7. What's the best way to add crown molding to the underside of a manually drawn ceiling plane?

    By DavidJames,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  8. What's The Best Way To Copy Some Finishes From One Plan To Another?

    By zowie123,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.7k views

  9. What's The Best Way To Create This Type Of Fence In Chief?

    By zowie123,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  10. What's the best way to delete framing?

    By mtldesigns,
    • 6 replies
    • 744 views

  11. What's the best way to get help? Personal trainer?

    By Dillon2019,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  12. What's The Best Way To Group Select Cameras To Re-Layer?

    By zowie123,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  13. What's the best way to make a raised plantar bed?

    By mgianzero,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.3k views

  14. What's the difference between a floor joist and a beam?

    By dshall,
    • 17 replies
    • 24k views

  15. What's the easiest way to up-side-down a stock crown molding?

    By zowie123,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.1k views

  16. What's the fastest way to Adjust the same material differently?

    By zowie123,
    • 8 replies
    • 2k views

  17. What's the fastest way to re-align all the wall heights?

    By zowie123,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views

  18. What's The Fastest Way To Simulate A Sip Roof?

    By zowie123,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  19. What's the fix for the casing overrun at top of two trap windows mulled

    By GeneDavis,
    • 4 replies
    • 507 views

  20. What's The Quickest Way To Offset Walls By 2Ft?

    By zowie123,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views

  21. What's the right way to import 3d dwg file?

    By morphosis,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

  22. What's the sideways S symbol telling me?

    By KReads,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views

  23. What's this line and how do I lose it (Rev A Shelf pullout symbol resized)

    By GeneDavis,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.5k views

  24. What's this on my base cabinets? What do I do to remove it?

    By GeneDavis,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views

  25. What's up with my otherwise OK material list?

    By GeneDavis,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views