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IS anyone listening though? Wonder how qty sold year over year has been.

2024 Pro has everything I need. And IMO 2018 has better default light settings/look in 3D views/persepctives. Focus on the drafting and CAD tools use should be paramount. Attention is needed. Jeff.

Yes. The way 2026 butchered what 2025 had and worked was disheartening. Plus it didn't sound like 2027 replaced what was suggested to add back.

Yep there was nothing that i considered a nice feature upgrade other than maybe being able to chose what surface a dimension snaps to on the fly. This is not really Home Designer 2027 but rather 2026.001. Guess that’s what we get when they charge a rental fee every year.

I didn't see anything that looked like an "I've got to have this!" Plus, my HD 2026 won't even stay open on my machine. I deleted the program and my subscription expires on 8/13. I am just fine using my HD Pro 2025.

Hmm...well, if I get married and then we divorce, she gets half. So...at least I get to own half of what we created together. But if I marry a new version of HD...I get nothing if we break up. I won't even be able to 'visit' the 'kids' we raised together. CA/HD gets sole custody of all that we created together and I can't even see them on the weekends. I'd have to pay a monthly fee to see my own 'children'. The only good thing to come from that sort of relationship is that I won't have to pay to support all those 'kids' after we break up. But. Then again, I get no visitation rights either so... No.

Looking at the new features, I’m kind of disappointed. What do you all think?

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Creating a 2nd floor with zero height was an excellent idea, but unfortunately did not work. This is because the software will only build a gambrel off of a first floor. When you try it that way, it builds an ordinary one slope roof. I did figure a way though, although it's far from perfect: create the first floor 18 inches wider than it should be, on each side. Build the gambrel room just the way you want it. Turn off auto-build roof so that it stays as-is. Then shrink down the first floor to the proper dimensions. I'm still toying with it, and hoping there's a better way, so if anyone else has ideas, please pass them along and I'll try them out. Thanks!

Hi. Sorry for the delayed response. I didn't get notification of your reply. Anyway, I don't know how it was built, only that the 2nd floor was added about 20 years after the original home was built. I'm going to try your idea of adding a zero height 2nd floor that is two feet wider than the first. That might work. The help files didn't have any information about this situation. Just a normal gambrel. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks!

Hi @Browneye The Cantilever underside only applies if your room overhangs the lower floor. You don't need to really worry about it unless you have that scenario. Though looking closer at it, we don't model actual geometry for that underside surface so it isn't included in the Material List. Carrie

Hi @KTBuilder Home Designer does not have the ability to tell a layout box to look at a different plan. You will need to delete the view from the layout page and send the view again from the new plan.

Perhaps these tutorials will help? https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01020/creating-multiple-shed-roofs.html https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00359/automatically-building-the-basic-roof-styles.html https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/videos/watch/2237/automatic-roofs.html

I've saved a copy of my Plan to "Floor Plan - R1" because I need to change a couple things but keep the original plan intact. I then took the associated Layout, and saved a copy as "Floor Plan - R1". When I make changes to the new Plan file, they don't carry over to the new Layout file. Isn't there a way to re-link them together?

Doesn't answer my question. I want to make sure my material list is accurate so I want to know how I specify that the ceiling is sheetrock and its specified in the correct place of the software.

put what you want it to look like. So if you are not painting the sheetrock then leave it sheetrock. Otherwise pick your paint color

In case my signature no longer shows, I'm using Home Designer Pro 2021. When I click on the materials of a room, I see I've somehow set the Cantilever Underside to a color but then the ceiling finish is also a color. What exactly is "Cantilever Underside" and should this be set to Drywall if that is what I plan to use? I cannot seem to find in the default settings where I changed this. I've looked in Floors and Rooms, Walls, and many other places and cannot find where to set the default. I show in the Structure Dialog in the Room Specification that the Ceiling Finish is 5/8" and I didn't change that so it seems that would be the drywall. The main things I'm trying to figure out is how to set the default ceiling material to drywall and the color for each interior room.

It wasn't either of those issues, but thank you, it caused me to explore other things, and I think I had the interior vaulted ceiling set too high - SMH - thanks again, I appreciate the response!

Did you turn on a dormer to automatically build over the patio door?

what is floor plan? Looks like you have a room under that part of the roof above the others that has higher ceiling height.

Hello, could someone please point me in the right direction? I must have some weird setting that is causing a disconnected/double roof on a deck on the back of the house. I have auto rebuild roofs turned on. I can fix it if I turn it off but I would really like to get this right using auto rebuild roofs. Photos attached. Thank you so much for your help!! Linda

draw outside walls. USe HELP as it is powerful and will help you. Go to defaults and set roof variables like pitch, overhang etc. set room ceiling heights and flat or not. Select the side wall and go to roof tab and select high shed wall Then auto roof and it should make it and the it adds "ATTIC" walls on top of existing to fill space between room wall and roof.

I have had the software for some time now but have not been able to use. I am now trying to work through the process. I wanted to start on relatively easy stuff first. I am trying to create a 40 x 80 with the shed roof and I cant seem to get the walls correct to incorporate the shed roof. Any help for a newbie? Thanks, jp

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Based off of that description it sounds like you may not have been in the elevation view when navigating to 3D> Rendering Techniques, since these options are only available when you're in a camera/cross section view. If this isn't the case I would recommend contacting Technical Support for further assistance. Using the Technical Support Center: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00717/using-the-technical-support-center.html