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This article covers the Automatic Trusses of newer versions as well as Manual Trusses from earlier versions. Hope this helps! https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00981/creating-roof-trusses.html

I don't think auto-build roof trusses were available until HD Pro 2022 or later, if that is what you're asking about?

Just save them as Pdf's and you can make as many pages you want. Just change the page name and number as you go

My layouts are maxed out at 5 pages. I have tried going Tools-Layout Page Setup (I do not have a "Layout Page Setup" option). I have tried going to Tools-Layout-Change Layout Page and hitting 6, but it still just takes me to page 5.

Re-build the roof?

Is anyone else having trouble generating trusses in older versions of HD Pro? I check the box, but it shows stick framing and not trusses. I've used them in the past, but cannot get them to generate any longer.

This is exactly what I need - thank you! When I change the door size the label wasn't automatically changing, it was using the original door size, so this is working much better.

The sizes shown by default for doors are inches broken into foot/inches. Example is 2668 = 30" x 80" (always width x height" You could change the dimension in the "label" tab to %width%x%height% to have it show in inches. If you want other text, you can add it to the label box too. Yet after a while, it can look cluttered with too much information. That why I do a separate door and window schedule at the end and number the doors 1,2,etc. in a text box w/a square shape

I would like to display interior door sizes on the plan. Is there a code such as %size% that I can put into the label on the door settings? The automatic label shows what looks like the door catalog number. I can go to each door and specify a label but before I do that I wanted to see if it is something that can be automatically displayed with a setting. Thank you!!

Z axis is vertical and points to sky. X axis is left-right with respect to floor plan Y axis is front to back with respect to floor plan You meant rotate in y axis. Another trick open up an elevation in orthographic (section or elevation) looking at the object you want to rotate. Click on object and the rotate triangle comes up and you can rotate on screen plane. SO in your case open elevaion looking a that is gable end. Click on this vertical structure. Grab triangle and rotate and then move it to where you want. yes it is clumsy but works.

These are 2 great options.....thank you! And yes, I did mean the Z axis. In other words, the post the red arrow is pointing to, I want to copy/paste and show it at 45 degree angle.

I created it using slabs. I know how to rotate objects but not on the Z axis. In other words, the post the red arrow is pointing to, I want to copy/paste and show it at 45 degree angle.

My guess is you are trying to make it look like an open truss at the end? If so, a sloped soffit is what you can use. Or in the bonus catalogs, there is a Corbels and Brackets No.3 Gable catalog that may give you what you are looking for already done. Typically the "Z" axis is just the vertical axis, which I don't think is the term you meant to use.

how did you create it? Was it something automatic like framing or what? but for that you go to plan view select object and rotate by grabbing the little triangle and spinning it. It rotates and will stop at the minimum angle you set up for the Angle Snap. I think default is 7.5 degrees.

Hello All - How would i turn this 45 degrees in the z axis? Thank you and happy 4th!!

Or you can also draw a "ceiling plane" for the bedroom wall to have the vault be just over the bedroom, and the roof will be over the entire house and you can center the window in the attic.

that window is on the attic wall or 2nd storey? Room definitions are where you set room ceiling heights. This dictates wall height and your framing defaults etc. but wall height is so Joists can sit up on top and sheetrock hand underneath, and you get the ceiling height you entered. You are trying to make wall taller to extend up into another level. Just adjust floor level you are working on and then add a wall which will build on top of the joists. For vaulted you do that in room definition as well and set no ceiling over room and it will make room the underside of rafters or you can enter ceiling planes.

I'm new to this software so bear with me... I'm trying to adjust one wall height. Only thing i can find on adjusting wall height is by selecting the entire room, which adjusts all the wall heights. i have this wall between a closet and bedroom. Bedroom has a vaulted ceiling, closet has a flat. I just want to drop this wall down so that i can center that arch window in the roof peak. Can someone help me?

Search the knowledge base for this topic for some more insight. I believe there was something posted a couple of months ago on this. You can use a bearing line where the rooms intersect. Then sometimes it takes a couple of the joist direction lines to get it to change. Might want to spend time going through the reference manual as well.

Thank you! I tried the joist direction. I't got me so far...Note the beam marked in Red in the attached and the partial trussses attacked to the odd cross truss marked in yellow. Once i disconnected the garage, removed the garage door (making it a Dance Hall)...it created the trusses just fine. Surely I can't be the only person in the world who has tried to build this design. There's got to be someone willing to share their wisdom with someone struggling to learn.

Its even easier with timber-frame actually, but its difficult to get air-tight and insulate properly though, so very few modern houses have them.

Hey Mike, If you go to Preferences > Appearance there is a Button Size control under the "Toolbars" section where you can increase the size of the toolbar buttons.

There are no separate layers in Home Designer products like there are in Chief Architect. Either you show the labels or not.

You could also try grouping your door and window callouts on separate layers, making it easier to handle visibility. This might help manage any overlaps or clarity issues. Glad the problem was solved!

Very disappointed that there is no way to set resolution on cameras, but very thankful for your quick fix.