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centers on this dialog?

Just plan file much smaller

Hi Thanks for the offer. I'm on CA X17. Do you need the plan file or the project file? Frederick

how do you delete a project

this is what i do. pages are all perfectly aligned. super easy and no messing with temporary points.

Thanks DB, much appreciated!

Version 4.6.1 - 06.06.2026 - Added tread covers, carpet and stair runners for all curved stair assemblies. - Enabled a “code” clearance envelope for curved (elliptical and circular) stairs.

If you share your plan file I can have a go at it

well..found this in home designer forum which is exactly what I am trying to do L-shaped Dutch gable roof - Q&A - HomeTalk Forum CA staff state: "Home Designer Pro should give you the tools to make that happen. However, you can get really close in Home Designer Suite by using the following technique:" I'm not sure if the "tools" means manually or automatically I tried the work around in this thread and could not get it to work

just did, but I realize I could build it manually, and this video shows a good way to do it compared to what I would have tried. But is there no automatic way to do it? and why is the program dutch gabling the whole side when I only told it to do the left portion? If I make that wall back to a gable, then the front garage is correctly built as dutch gable so it has something to do with that split wall

Check your wall definition settings under wall properties tab.

Thanks for the reply. I have tried that but multiple lines interact in ways that I find very hard to predict. However if such lines should do they job I will keep trying. Frederick

Have you watched this

Use elevation lines to form swale drain.

Thanks for the reply. I could do that but it doesn't solve the problem of needing a "swale" behind the back, so the land slopes down then back up as it reaches the back wall. Frederick

I tink you firstly need to extend the retaining wall at 90deg to the end of the existing retaining wall. You can then use the terrain elevation tools like Elevation Line to shape the terrain around the corner.

i just migrated from X7 to X17, quite the change, after reviewing almost all of the training videos in the past 3 weeks, i am having trouble setting the defaults for locating the dimension lines to show from the sheathing of exterior walls to center of interior walls. Had no problem with getting dimensions set to center of windows and doors. Have tried several times with the defaults settings. It is a simple thing, what am i doing wrong.

I had a go at it ,I can only get it with manual roofs I don’t think it’s possible with auto roofs, but a smarter user might be able to do it.

Yes, this can be done by using several preset Room Schedules that include / exclude your rooms based on the room type. One of the starting points to this is a very thorough predefined list of rooms as well as a disciplined method of adding new rooms when needed. The next step is customizing each schedule based on the included rooms. It can also help to learn some of the more creative methods of schedule manipulation...outside of the box thinking that Chief doesn't address in the help file.

I'm trying to do what I thought would be relatively simple. Change the gable to a dutch gable that looks like: so the roofline is over the top plate I have this, where the lower wall is broken to delineate the gable going across: but if I change the 3 walls (broken, top, right lower) to duthc gable and set the in from baseline at 24" I get: it looks like this: the one not seen looks good, but it looks like it just ignored the hip directive on the wall to the right of the broken wall Residential Template - Copy 1.plan

Is there a way to have multiple room schedules so that one of them could cover all the unconditioned space like garages and porches and the other one would manage the conditioned space? I’m only asking because I haven’t tried it yet but when I have time I will.

Hi. Please see attached. Due to the terrain the contractor suggested building the lower 3 feet of the rear wall out of concrete, with 'wings" to keep the terrain away from the side walls, allowing them to be stick built. I can get an approximation of that in CA but I have not used the various terrain features much in the past, so my skills are lacking. What is missing from this attempt is the "swale" that would be created to channel water away from the back of the structure. Can I achieve that look and, if so, how? Thanks much. Frederick

Hi. Thanks for the reply. I was actually deleting the framing and re-building it but the problem bits appeared again. I was not sure if auto re-build would delete the existing framing or just add new stuff to it. I did have the correct value for the setting you mentioned. Adjusting the length of the one on the right did fix it. However the one behind it also was not trimmed but adjusting it's length didn't work. For now I overrode the default height of 9-1/4 to 5-1/2 for that one piece, and others like it, and that is fixing them. Thanks much. Frederick

I will share this. I use a CAD Details sheet for my Area Schedules, and there are some hoops I need to jump through to make it work in X17 - mainly around the Room Types below grade and the Shared Room Types above grade. What is Heated Living space or not. These based on what Room Types I use. So has nothing to do with CA's Living Area, (Included or not). I use my living area only as a reference to what my schedules tell me. And Sq.Ft. is not always 1 to 1 - FYI. But close enough in my opinion. Some times I need to disconnect a wall and put it back together to update the sq.ft in the schedule. In my layout I have a view that looks into this Schedule Detail sheet and I drag it in layout left or right to the Schedule display that works for my drawing. The schedule could easily be adapted to Remodel plans based on what Room Type you would use. However, when I set up these Schedules (with the help of @Alaskan_Son) There was a limitation in the Schedules options, and so I put in a feature request, and that new option I can tell you will be available in the next version coming out this summer. We are currently in beta. I cannot tell you what, but it solves the issue of really making schedules work for Area that previous versions just could not do smoothly. Here are what my schedules look like in the CAD Details X17 - current Just an example of how the View is shown on the Layout - wherever you like to put it Updated. If I remember - I will update this with working samples when the new release comes out. I will also need to work on some Remodel options - I currently do that differently, but now I think it might work with the new Schedule options coming soon.