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  2. KKBKeith
    Are there any ways to attach door to exposed ends on cabinets from the standard cabinet catalogs or in an upgraded one? Thanks, Keith
  3. Robborito
    Exactly - and that is the point as you say. For me - the conventional CAD-Like mouse button function is not available in HDPro. Why?
  4. Last week
  5. y-g-m-n
    when I draw in HD I do it differently than autocad and others. in AC & SW you can click start point hold mouse for orthogonal lines and enter length - Accuracy. With HD I draw a wall and then make say a box - then I click on wall and move then or change lengths etc by changing temp dims to ensure accuracy. Same thing with using HD lines and circles. etc the way I like to do it is draw something close and then click on it and adjust temp dims... I guess that is why I never noticed the click and hold method of drawing things... Now I will be thinking of it.... ARGGGGGG should have never read this thread LOL.
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  7. Robborito
    RoyJames - yes exactly. Its a turn-around from conventional CAD drawing and is the same as standard by Autodesk etc. Why are we penalised from the same function? It's awkward and a new method to learn and master. In my use of HDPro I regularly get bound up with this un-conventional mouse use. CAD drafting this way is problematic and unproductive for me. Takes forever with undo's and re-do's. Its the Left mouse button I'm referring too - you mention the right button. Why has the conventional left button use been changed by CA in HDPro? Thanks for your response. And Y_G_M_N - yes I think you'll see it is different when you use other software next. Thanks.
  8. RoyJames
    Thanks for clarifying. I believe the function you are referring to is called "continuous draw". This is currently a CA-only function. It works by right clicking and dragging using a tool like the wall or line tool. Once you click and drag the first segment, it will continue off of the endpoint for a new segment and you need only to click to place the next end point. Is this what you were referring to?
  9. KKBKeith
    When using a stem wall foundation, does multiple floor levels like this cause the top surface of the footings to be raised or lowered in relation to the floor rather than keeping them constant throughout & adjusting the number of courses in the stem wall to raise or lower the slab? If so is there a way to force it to do that?
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  11. y-g-m-n
    I got it now.... I think please confirm TO draw a wall or a line or anything really You click start point and HOLD LEFT button on mouse and drag to wall end point and then release button. What you want is click start point and then release button while you move mouse to end point and then click left again to set end point. Never notice this, I guess I just got used to HD control and go. I draw in AutoCAD and SolidWorks as well and cannot tell you how I draw without opening them up and drawing then I could tell ya. Been using them all for so long that I just draw when I am using them.
  12. Robborito
    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.
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  14. RoyJames
    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!
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  17. Robborito
    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.
  18. y-g-m-n
    HUH? I tried playing and do not understand your issue... Maybe I am just not getting your issue... Example?
  19. y-g-m-n
    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.
  20. y-g-m-n

    Custom Cabinet Door

    y-g-m-n replied to 447Debbie's topic in Q&A

    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.
  21. Robborito
    Why can't it be modelled in place with available tools? You're talking a framed shelf - right?
  22. Robborito
    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.
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  24. Rookie65
    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?
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  26. 447Debbie
    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.
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  29. KKBKeith
    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.
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  31. Rookie65
    Please post questions in the "Q&A" section. Depending on which program version and year you have look at pony walls
  32. UserTkm
    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.
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  36. y-g-m-n
    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.
  37. KKBKeith
    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
  38. Whereditgo
    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
  39. Rookie65
    Do you have your dimensions set to dimension to the rough opening?
  40. Whereditgo
    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
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