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@Renerabbitt Thank you, I will try this out. I tried over and over again to make a room definition like you had tried, (I used invisible walls so not to get wall framing) and still couldn't get that to work. I think if WE could have gotten that area to be defined, the truss framing would have worked. I did stop short of creating a second floor though. The floor plan is in the customers hands now, so when it comes back and I do the truss designs for the constructions docs, I'll keep you posted on my results.

HD Architectural 2025. After system crash I changed C drive to a different SATA connection as the one it was on lost connection/power. All is well, nothing lost everything works. Except the icons associated with my .plans...a generic icon now appears. Ugh. Not the end of the world. Text is there app and plans launch ok. I cleared Icon cache in windows 11 and restarted and then uninstalled reinstalled the program with no results! What the heck! This is the only program that this occurred. How to I re-associate CA's icons with my .plans? Thx. edcox

A way you can turn this into a macro and edit it a lot faster at around the 44 min mark

I go over this in the following video at about the 26 min mark

I go over this in the following video at the 13 min mark roughly

I go over some more details on this in the video above at 7:23

This clever idea works out very well indeed. (I made a second copy in my library in the reverse position - to place on whichever side of the door that I want to read it from.) The sign is always visible when that individual door is present, and not visible when the door is not. There are two parts to this statement that I really appreciate: one is the fact that the sign will stay with the individual door and that door's layer line - no separate layer to place the sign on. It's already pre-programmed for every layer line that I might place this door on, for each of the different layer sets. I can place this same sign on many doors, customize the sign's colour, location and door side placement - and then not worry whether it will show up in any of the views. The second part is the sign will slide / swing with the door. It acts just like a piece of the door. It doesn't resize if the door is resized, which isn't much of a problem as code here has made pretty much every door 36" now. Nice little tip, thanks TeaTime

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“ Why not try to do things on your own and experiment like everyone else has had to do to learn the program. And. Watch the help videos You have asked for help just about every other day since you joined and when the great people on this chatroom spend their time bailing you out they are actually preventing you from ever learning anything As others have told you pretty soon no one is going to want to help you. “

Good evening, Chief Users, I've been assigned a double A Frame structure with a second story breezeway between the two buildings. I create one A frame and created a hole but having issues making walls from the opening to create the breezeway. Attached is the plan view. Apologies if this is trivial. Not sure the difficulty, spent hours on YouTube etc. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help. 2buildingAFRAME.plan

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"(I was designing and building high end residential with this bottom wall negative detail 25 years ago, it was a common detail back then)" now looking back at some construction records it was at least 35 years ago. Did a house about 5 years ago which had the same detail, with this type of house design I always have interior and exterior ceiling height doors, ie flush with the ceiling, exterior doors are always timber pivot (because they are heavy). We did it with a 120mm Sq edge bottom skirting/baseboard, 12mm gap, drywall with a bottom Sq edge metal trim and a 50mm black metal strip behind the gap fixed to the framing. In some cases also did the negative detail around interal door jambs, no architraves (casings), instead of timber window revels (frame) fixed water proof drywall into alunmin window revels (frame), so the wall drywall and window revel (frame) was stopped (plastered) as one, good things never die.

I have done this, both in the current plan and in a new plan to save as template. These settings do not stick and I must (most of the time as my preferences sometimes linger) click through all the screens each time I render a walkthrough. I even need to double check the resolution each time as that seems to change at random intervals. It would seem we need to save that info on a per walkthrough basis just like saving a camera. It is really annoying to go through this selection process every time as I tweak lighting and/or camera angle on a 4 or 5 node walkthrough.

FWIW, we built a home in 1991 with this detail. We used a specially milled baseboard with the top 3/4" rabbited to jus 1/4" thick. We used a drywall edge molding (see Rene's video). We sold that home in 2021. So Michael's 25 year ago statement is totally in line.

Can assist send the file via email jeremydylan127@gmail.com

Am interested,, remotely from Kenya

Would be interested to assist.. jeremydylan127@gmail.com

Hi, I have downloaded the room planner app to my android field device to test it for use on as built surveys. The problem is that the home designer products are not made for android devices like room planner is. I can't use the room planner program for this purpose because it requires me to purchase the full version which is not possible any longer. Is there a way to get it working ? I have recently tested HDP2025 on my windows device but it is a bit awkward to use with finger and pen inputs. Android is a much better product for finger input apps. Will HDP work on IOS tablets ?

I tried this and all was good until I added a stairs opening. I made up this shadow molding to create the illusion of a gab. This is a matter of making up a room type with the Modern, Simple molding

Here's the one I did. Not sure how the woodgrain will work as I have not tried to import it. I only needed two woodgrain textures, the dark red oak from the library, and a copied version of it I rotated 45 degrees to make the arc segment of the door glass surround. Hybrid arch cab door.calibz

Just having some fun using the Modern, Simple molding with a baseboard and a small lighted molding...

That's amazing! I thought this was a fairly new design idea.

I was designing and building high end residential with this bottom wall negative detail 25 years ago, it was a common detail back then

No, but I can convert it into a 3d symbol that can be imported in X15 and converted to a cabinet door. Here's the X15 library object.archdoor.calibz