sdkdesigner Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I have a preliminary design for an outdoor room that will be attached to my house. I recently upgraded to HomeDesigner Pro and see that it has the ability to generate materials lists for individual rooms. For my project one wall and a portion of another will be shared with the new structure. My question is how can I generate a materials list for just the new construction and not include materials for the shared walls? Do I have to manually adjust the outdoor room materials list to remove the existing structure or can I specify what walls should be omitted from the list before HomeDesigner does its computation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkennedy2000 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 To generate really accurate materials lists in CA requires more skill than doing it manually, so I would just get a clipboard and do your takeoff. If you don't understand the structure well enough to do a materials takeoff, you likely wont understand it well enough to model it that accurately. If, by outdoor room, you mean a sunroom or enclosed porch, those are likely to require some structural elements that are not automated in CA. When I design sunrooms I use manufactured shear panels which will require pretty specific footing details. I can juke CA into acknowledging them and to letting me drag the header across in a portal configuration, but it may be more trouble than it's worth for a one off job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Not sure about HomeDesigner, but in Chief, you can control what gets included in the materials list by using layers and the Material column option in Layer Display Options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 In HD it is likely easier to do a save as of the plan to a different name ( ie Porch ML Plan) and then delete EVERYTHING that is existing or you don't want included. The ML will only be as good as your model though . M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkdesigner Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thanks very much everyone for the helpful suggestions. I'll report back with what worked for me for future reference. I didn't realize I posted to the Chief forum rather than the HomeDesigner forum. Glad to get replies from the pros! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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