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RoyJames - no nothing to do with your post - sorry. I'm talking about the workflow of using the left mouse button to select a point in general modelling, drawing etc. Currently - we have to hold down the left mouse button between points as we draw, I want to use the left mouse button to click on points without holding down the button between points. Points being - say if I was drawing a new wall or a poly line for example. The normal CAD method of point selection when drawing/modeling. CA support tells me its a method held-back in HDPro, but available in Chief. Why? I can't find it I'm my demo of Chief.

Here are a couple methods of selecting existing CAD points: 1. If you have the Place Point tool active, you should be able to select an existing CAD point to make it the active point. Ensure you are right over the center of it. 2. With just the selection tool active, you can double click on a CAD point and hit Esc or Cancel out of the Move CAD Point window to make the current point active. I hope this helps!

OK - When you (left mouse button) pick a start point, do you hold the left mouse button down until you pick a second point- and so on to all other points? ArchiCAD, Revit, AutoCAD - point selection is different. The left mouse button selects or clicks on the points without having to be holding mouse button down between points. That's it in brief.

HUH? I tried playing and do not understand your issue... Maybe I am just not getting your issue... Example?

yes it is some 2x4s in closet around wall with piece of plywood on top. IF larg might have 2x4 down center for added support to plywood top. Might have hole in plywood for air flow into AHU...depends on setup.

draw in some other program and import? OR just draw in other program and give to cabinet maker and even add dims for him and cross sections.

Why can't it be modelled in place with available tools? You're talking a framed shelf - right?

I know this subject has been tabled before however I still don't understand the reasoning put forward by CA support - so Ill ask it again of this forum of users... Why is it that the normal CAD point selection using the left mouse button, is not available in either Home Designer or Chief Architect. Instead we have this point and hold method with the left mouse button. I asked support on this topic a while back and I was told that CA has the regular left mouse button point selection and HD does not. (cause it's DIY) My CA demo - has same mouse button point and hold as my HDPro2024 that I use (nearly) every day. Is there a particular pointing devise (out there) that the current method of point and hold is best suited to? If so, what is it. Does anyone know of it, or use it maybe? Jeff.

You had posted it on Chieftalk, not Hometalk. There is a bonus catalog in the library under cabinets>cabinet doors No.1 double panel that may work. I don't see that it has the unequal panels size panels, yet it may get you close. Unless you can fudge with an interior door style that shows unequal panels and get that to fit?

I thought I posted this yesterday, but it seems to have disappeared. I apologize if this appears twice in the forum. Can someone tell me how to turn this into a cabinet door I can use in Home Designer Pro, or point me to website where I can purchase this item? I don't need a lot of details in the lines. Just single lines so it doesn't look messy on the prints I provide to the cabinet maker.

Thanks y-g-m-n, This worked far better than anything else I've tried, with a stem-wall. Had to do some fine tuning of room dividers & even re draw some walls a different way to work better with the dividers. I'm just a week into using this software & have not figured many of the concepts. The only issue that still remains unsolved now is a bit of the stem-wall is showing on the interior sides of some walls but I changed the material to the interior wall color or the floor color if it is showing on a step down but the face of the stem wall is set back from the face of the finished wall. Might try mono slab but this is going to be a stem-wall foundation so need it to reflect that. Thanks again for the help.

Please post questions in the "Q&A" section. Depending on which program version and year you have look at pony walls

Having trouble laying out a raised ranch. creating 4 foot foundation with a 4 foot wood wall before dding the main floor. Common house style in my area but cant seem to grasp the process of the layout. please advise i'm a rookie trying to learn.

have you tried setting 0 at the lowest floor level and then inside each room definition for those raised rooms to raise the floor? YOu are using a monolithic CONCRETE SLAB foundation right? Software loves stem walls to Zero level even for lowered rooms and garages.

I have a plan that has an entry that is technically @ +6", main floor is @ 0", then (2) rooms at -6", followed by a Living room @ -12". I tried using the main floor at 0" and bumped each room either up or down as needed but this resulted in the stemwall foundation being sticking out into the room in the -12" room. So I designated the the Entry as 0" and bumped every room in the house down -6", then took an extra 6" from the other rooms that went down to lower levels & rebuilt the foundation. Everything looks fine as far as levels go but the stemwall concrete finish is now in the room at the lower floor levels. Is there aa more effective way to get the multi level floor working as it should? Thanks, Keith ps. havent even started to figure how to add the missing 6" step down

Are you referring to Default Dimension - Locate Object - Openings - Rough Openings Check Box? If not can you provide additional info on the setting you are referring to? Thanks

Do you have your dimensions set to dimension to the rough opening?

All, Using home Designer Pro 2025. For this example, I have specified a Large Rough Opening Clearance gap of 3" on Sides, Top and Bottom. I am trying to create a ICF foundation Layout and include dimensions for the Window/Door Bucks. In the Elevation and 3D Perspective Full View the rough opening shows up, but it does not appear to show in the Floor Plan view. Thought the plan layout would display the rough opening (space between window frame and concrete) in the foundation wall. Thanks in Advance

That worked perfectly! Thank You Very Much!

The term for your type of wall is called PONY WALL as stated above. Bottom portion one type of finish and the top is another finish. Can be interior walls too. I know PRO has this.

@Whereditgo Wall framing can only live inside of the wall, and when you copy+click to paste, it isn't trying to paste it into the wall object, meaning you're met with that message. Instead to copy/paste wall framing, in any view, you're going to select the stud, click Copy, and then use the Move edit handle to move a copy of the stud. I have created a short gif that demonstrates this process in a cross section view, but this can be used in camera view or in plan view. If you're curious on how to create a cross section framing view, please see this Knowledge Base article: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01188/creating-an-elevation-view-of-wall-framing-in-home-designer-pro.html I hope this helps!

Agree, the specialized crew/contractor will adapt (framers/plumbers/electricians...). In this case the actual wall design is not one typical framers deal with. My current design is based on “Joseph Lstiburek’ perfect wall: https://buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-001-the-perfect-wall Basic wall is 2x4 16" O.C. frame with a DIY SiP panel (ZIP, 4" Poly ISO, ZIP) attached with long SIP/Insulation screws to the studs. In this case I need double/backer stud positioned 4 feet O.C. (to accept long SIP/Insulation Screws at vertical ZIP panel joints). Again,Just curious if the Copy/Paste is User Error (not knowing how its done), Home Designer Pro limitation (have seen this come up/limited CA feature) or slim chance a bug. Thanks

If architectural doesn't have pony walls, then use an exterior wall covering. You can read about them in your reference manual

Might be a really simple answer. How would you create an exterior wall with 2 different finishes in Home Designer Architectural 2025. I am trying to give the exterior walls on a build a rendered colour for the top two thirds of the wall and the bottom 500mm of the wall in a stone cladding like brick slip principle. Please see attached image that is exactly what I would need the outside walls to look like. I have the rendered top part no issues its just adding the stone detail to the bottom that seems to be complicated

why mess with framing as it is kinda generic... framing crews may start studs at other end or whatever I can pretty much say the one thing they do not do is look at framing plans for where each stud should go. They will look at Framing details for what the plans state for ceiling height, beams sizes, joist sizes, headers, corners and mainly roof framing details like knee walls, collar ties, etc. But to waste any time on locating studs; something behind the sheet rock and never seen and that pretty much has no bearing on home plans seems a waste of time to me...