447Debbie

I am looking for an experienced Drafter to convert our Home Designer Pro plan into full Chief Architect Construction Drawings for a new home build in Fountain Hills, AZ. I will require that I am able to open Chief Architect floor plans that you create with the latest version of Home Designer Pro - currently 2020. You must be local to the Fountain Hills, AZ surrounding area so that you can work with Fountain Hills for approvals.

I just purchased Home Designer Pro 2016. I'm going to be designing my retirement home so I have five years to knock this out. I'm starting from ground zero. I don't know the difference between 'bear on beams - lap', 'bear on beams - butt over support', 'blocking - in line', 'blocking - stagger', etc. And this is just but ONE default screen I'd like to complete correctly. Is there any ONE construction book that I could buy that would explain differences and that would maybe explain the advantages of one construction/framing technique over another technique? I'm going to need a book that addresses everything, floors, ceilings, roofs, foundations, etc. I'm sure that once I get this complete I'll still need an engineer to finalize everything, but I'd like to have the fun of knowing what is specified and then if the engineer changes something we'll be able to talk the same language.