DavidJPotter

Only a handful of persons here even know what "Home Designer Pro" is. The users here use Chief Architect Premier. I will grant you they are both made by Chief Architect Inc, they are radically different in terms of cost and ability. I am the only person I know who specializes in training and tutoring others using Home Designer software. I do that over the internet using "Go to Meeting". I do not travel, physically any longer. Contact me if you wish. DJP

Right-Click on the short cut or exe file for Chief and open its "Properties", there then should be a check box that says something like "Run as Administer" and then after that you should have no trouble. DJP

You should call Chief Architect Sales, they have been selling networked versions of Chief for years, they know what then works and what does not. DJP

The box bay object has a dialog and it has edit handles for editing, that is what you have to work with unless you draw it manually. DJP

You fix that sort of thing by going to "Tools -Toolbars and Hot Keys-Customize" which offers you a dialog where to the "Configurations Tab" select "Default Configuration" and then "Switch to" to return things to "normal" DJP

Even if Defaults are set in "Locate Objects" to "Interior Wall Centers" one still has to zoom in to place dimension points to a wall's center (they should go there when set properly in Defaults - Locate Objects) but when manually adjusting or editing dimension points you MUST zoom in to do so. DJP

Call Tech Support now please, they can actually help you. DJP

Compression is to reduce file size but can have an effect on the playback quality DJP

Increase the frame rate will help (that will also make the file larger too). DJP

I have never used a Mac but have never seen this on any of my PC's, sorry you are seeing it. I suggest you get into communication with Tech Support, they are good it figuring out this kind of unwanted thing. DJP

Other than creating custom objects (slabs or poly-line solids) take a careful look at the Railing Specification Dialog - Rails Tab as to what is possible within that dialog). DJP

Project Browser is your best bet for editing camera names. DJP

That is the "Company Line" that employees must tow. I do not know about any pay per view sites. Chief Tutor.com, D. Scott Hall on You Tube, Chief Experts on You Tube and my You Tube Site and some others are free to view. DJP

A couple of places: 1. Create a terrain plane then add a "Garden Bed" then go to its "Distributed plant" tab or 2. Download "Outdoor Rooms and Gardens" Bonus library and use those Either way works depending upon what you want to do. DJP

Do a "Search" at You Tube for "Chief Experts", lots of great free help there as well in the form of helpful tutorial videos by Dan Baumann. DJP

Thank you, I wonder why it just messed up at Chief Talk and no where else???? DJP

Never mind, I found the "Zoom" control and that brought it back to where I can see the print. DJP

Just today, I started having trouble using Google Chrome to access Chief Talk. I have been using Firefox instead for the mean time. What happens is that the web pages of Chief Talk appear tiny in the browser window, so small that I cannot read the words. I looked in "Settings" for Chrome but could not find anything to help. Can any of you help with advice? DJP

I just checked the Chief Architect website and they now only offer stuff back to X3 (nothing for X2 or earlier). Contact me privately and I will share my X2 stuff with you if you like. DJP

Just draw a wall directly under the edge of the stairs, the stair object will cut off the wall top to follow the underneath of the stairs automatically provided you align the wall properly. DJP

The last time I had a 3-monitor set up, I also had two video cards to accomplish this. My main card ran two monitors and the second card ran the third monitor. If this is also true for your set up, then it is probably the lack of quality of the second card. You might try updating its dirvers and looking at what specific adjustments you might be able to make with it. DJP

I usually use a CAD ARC with an arrow on it pointing upstairs or downstairs with the text that says "to light or switch above" as the case may be per instance. Not elegant but workable since no Chief Architect can do what you expect or want. You can use a three-way switch from the Library Browser when that is your need since the automatic function change will not do it for you, you do it manually yourself. DJP

Here is a short You Tube of my fix: https://youtu.be/lM8tN7SHhSg DJP BBB SCOTTS CABINET ELEC OUTLET CHALLENGE 1.plan

Place an invisible wall and then attach the outlet to that wall, you adjust the wall to fit the intended position of the outlet on the island. Another way is to place the outlet on a nearby parallel wall to the intended island cabinet surface and then extend that outlet from the wall (via its dialog box) so that it associates visually with the island from the wall. DJP

By converting PDF views to image format (.jpg) you can then control DPI and image size in terms of Kb. You would then have to decide if those extra steps were worth the time spent. DJP