Trying to get started

[Retired1]

Trying to learn this program, have watched hours of tutorial videos, spent hours trying to get a floor plan to work for the tutorials and still haven't been able to get a simple floor plan done.  Can anybody make any recommendations on what is the best way to learn this program?  (Home Design Pro 2018)

 

Any idea why the camera icon won't work, or why a multitude of icons are not highlighted and won't work?  I even reloaded the program no luck.

 

 

[DRAWZILLA]

Watch the videos and remember Chief is all about rooms, without rooms you have nothing.

 

 

[lbuttery]

retired1:

 

Hi: 

 

welcome

 

first, this forum is generally for users of Chief Premier

yet, users of HD PRO can benefit from following it since PRO has many of the same manual tools as Premier

just be aware of the differences and always state you have HD PRO in your queries

 

there is the Hometalk forum which is dedicated to HD users - so you should follow that also

 

not sure what you mean by can't get a simple floor plan done ?

you will need to post your plan so more than quesses can be made

 

close the plan first

then attach it to a posting in this thread and maybe one on Hometalk also

 

you may want to contact David Potter as he has ALL of the HD and Premier versions - almost back to the beginning

he offers one-on-one guidance for a fee - but you can use his guidance only as needed

 

the best way to learn the software is to try to model a house you have access to - yours/family/friend

that way you can verify you are getting dimensions and other features correct

 

no idea why camera won't work - which camera ?

give details as to what you are trying etc

 

some icons are unavailable due to the mode you are in

again give details of what you are trying to do

 

Lew

[Retired1]

Thank you all for your responses, I'll get over to the correct sight.