Vani80

Thanks all for your input. David Potter replied on the home talk forum with a video and shared tips for avoiding the distorted arc line I was getting.

I was able to get it right. 

Thanks all. 

13 hours ago, joey_martin said:

Without knowing all the limitations of the home designer version, you should simply be able to make that concentric setback line, I would make it 5' for the sides, and then simply click on the front section and select the temporary dimension that pops up and move the line. In the premier version of Chief this process takes just seconds to complete.

 

I use home designer- pro 2019. I am able to change the dimensions  on 3 sides which are straight but it is the arc on one side that is causing issues. I posted this on the home designer forum as well. I tried some other steps based on the suggestions there but still unsuccessful. If I may copy and paste my post here to see if you  or anyone else can help me with this. 

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I tried by turning off the snaps and after selecting the dimension with mouse click (arc line), filled 20' in the box. Same issue remains for the arc   

Then I filled the 20' setback under preferences> edit behavior> concentric > jump, thinking that I would not have to change anything on the arc and will rather change the straight edges on the sides by filling out the dimension boxes. This time too as the change occurred on sides the setback got distorted at the arc

When I first chose concentric>jump for 20', it comes out fine all sides including the arc. It is when I change the dimensions (by filling the box) either on the arc or any sides, that the arc setback gets distorted. 

9 hours ago, lbuttery said:

HD PRO users can benefit from following the Chieftalk forum since PRO has many of the manual tools that Premier has

 

Lew

Thanks. Yes the chief architect tutorials and chieftalk discussions are quite helpful. As many features are shared. 

Setback requirements for my property are 20’ front and back and 5’ on either side. Following instructions, I was able to do the concentric setback equal all around but I am not able to figure out how to do different setbacks on sides. I tried to break line  and manually shift the side lines to create 5’ setback on either side . Then I stretched the lines  to join them back but  the result is not very accurate. 

I am a new user and using home designer-pro. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.