Tips & Techniques

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1. Free Raytraced Optimized Textures For HD2026 Users.

   By Renerabbitt, December 4   

   • raytrace
   • materials
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • raytrace
     • materials
     • free materials
     • free symbols
   • 5 replies
   • 205 views
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   • BalutFX
   • Thursday at 12:07 PM

2. Glass Garage Door

   By RicBrown, Wednesday at 06:59 PM
   • 0 replies
   • 43 views
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   • RicBrown
   • Wednesday at 06:59 PM

3. Home Designer Pro 2026 upgrade

   By Janetcrouch, December 2
   • 2 replies
   • 172 views
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   • Janetcrouch
   • December 2

4. Home Designer 2026 Tricks and Tips From a Chief Architect Premiere X17 User

   By Renerabbitt, December 2
   • 0 replies
   • 110 views
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   • Renerabbitt
   • December 2

5. Commercial False Front - Old Style General Store

   By MustardSeedInt, November 30
   • 0 replies
   • 153 views
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   • MustardSeedInt
   • November 30

6. Three Unique Roofing Problems

   By krimco1, March 10, 2024
   • 6 replies
   • 2.5k views
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   • WalterLouis
   • November 15

7. I created a custom builtin for my custom fire place

   By aero1107, November 15
   • 0 replies
   • 116 views
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   • aero1107
   • November 15

8. Apron Sink

   By LexieSolis, October 24
   • 1 reply
   • 452 views
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   • y-g-m-n
   • October 25

9. Angled Shapes

   By jwbassgarl, October 18
   • 4 replies
   • 472 views
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   • jwbassgarl
   • October 18

10. Unable to show arrow on my stairs

    By ViaRivera, October 14
    • 3 replies
    • 312 views
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    • y-g-m-n
    • October 16

11. Mr

    By Blueberry, October 8
    • 2 replies
    • 229 views
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    • Blueberry
    • October 8

12. Habitable Attic and Ceiling to (next) Floor settings

    By DesignerMAC, October 5   

    • floor separation
    • ceiling to floor
    • (and 2 more)

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      • floor separation
      • ceiling to floor
      • habitable attic
      • 3rd floor
    • 1 reply
    • 214 views
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    • y-g-m-n
    • October 6

13. How to join 1st & 2nd Floor Roof Planes in Home Designer Pro 2025

    By CJL_Construction, October 6
    • 1 reply
    • 239 views
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    • y-g-m-n
    • October 6

14. Dimensions in 3D

    By KrobChief, September 16
    • 1 reply
    • 3.1k views
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    • y-g-m-n
    • September 17

15. Walls will not resize.

    By Heididesign, September 16
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Heididesign
    • September 16

16. Attic walls on second floor?

    By matdeslaurs, August 29
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • matdeslaurs
    • August 29

17. Floor sheathing

    By ChiefNZ, August 18   

    • floor planes
    • sheathing
    • 10 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • ChiefNZ
    • August 19

18. Raised Ranch Build

    By UserTkm, July 6
    • 1 reply
    • 987 views
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    • Rookie65
    • July 6

19. Shrinking Casing between two windows

    By diyDehnel, May 31
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • Jo_Ann
    • June 1

20. Low Wall Split by Full Return

    By diyDehnel, May 31   

    • lower wall type
    • full returns
    • 0 replies
    • 984 views
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    • diyDehnel
    • May 31

21. I seem to have lost my texture library. Is there a way I can download it again?

    By Baandit, September 1, 2024   

    • texture
    • library browser
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • Rookie65
    • May 24

22. Can I change the Auto Dimensions to not show the window centers and side?

    By SherrySpann, May 19
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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    • Rookie65
    • May 19

23. Remove ceiling rafters

    By ElliotG, May 13
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • ElliotG
    • May 19

24. How to estimate construction cost

    By henrygobel, August 27, 2017   

    • cost breakdown
    • construction estimating
    • (and 1 more)

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      • cost breakdown
      • construction estimating
      • cost to build
    • 5 replies
    • 8.3k views
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    • DavidHenry
    • May 7

25. Why is my roof dropping into the first floor ceiling. How do I correct this.

    By Ryanval, October 9, 2024
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • JamesFL
    • April 29