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    AutoCAD won't save layer properties???

    I have run into this before and can't seem to find my notes on how to resolve it. When I am in a drawing, I freeze some layers and save the drawing. Upon reopening the drawing, the layers that I had previously frozen, are active again. Help! Does anybody know what setting changes this...
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    associate/partner

    I have been with my company for 4-1/2 years now and am taking the PE exam in April. My boss has talked with me a few times in the past couple years about becoming a partner when I get licensed. The company is a small one (by boss is the only licensed engineer) and having another license would...
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    m/e/p for residential

    I work for a firm that provides architectural and structural plans and engineering for primarily residential structures. We are being asked more frequently to do m/e/p drawings. Does anyone have any recomendations of any book(s) with a basic guide for these plans (sizing pipe, electrical load...
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    cantilever column w/ flag pole footing

    Forgive the question, but I mostly design residential construction and have not done a horse corral in quite some time, let alone one that is already built and we now have the fun time of trying to make it work. Does anyone know, or can somebody refer me somewhere to find the deflection limit...
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    "ripping" deck joists

    In specifying deck joists where the client desires a flat ceiling I would typically specify ripping the joists so that they will slope to drain. For the first time I have a plan check comment telling me that this is not permitted by the code. Naturally, the plan checker did not site the code...

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