Traumranch

I submitted a ticket but was wondering if someone here could help me out before then.

My computer crashed yesterday and I am trying to reinstall Home Desing Pro 2017 on the same computer. I had to completely restore the computer to factory settings, so the software is reading it as an entirely different computer for some reason. When I enter the product key it says that the software is already installed on another device. However, it is actually the same computer. I have followed the directions it gives for disabling the previous license. Yet, when I get to the location on the website that it says this information should be, there is nothing there. In fact, it says that I have no licenses. Can anyone help? 

Running Windows 10

Ok, thank you for your help. I guess i will have to stick with placing the panels manually.

I have been wondering how to turn the cabinets in the view... like you can in the library. So thanks for that. I have never even seen those buttons up there. Anyway I did that and tried to click on that and nothing happened. I can't edit it there. I don't know why... 

Yes, that is the flush panel. It is attached to the side of the cabinet but i don't know how to get it there.

The cabinets came in bonus downloads from the website. It was in the grouped islands set.

the component is listed toward the bottom of the list. it says flush panel. Yes, I can add the door as you have done, but I am wondering how they accomplised it so that it is attached to the cabinet itself rather than simply sitting next to it.

When i click on it there is nothing grouped to the cabinet. When I move the cabinet there is nothing left behind. Meaning they did not join two cabinets together or add another cabinet to the side. When I click on components of the cabinet there is a flush panel listed. Im not sure what that means. I have tried searching the forum and the help guide and the website and I came up empty handed. This is why I asked here.

I tried placing plain cabinet doors into the plan... and it works... but it appears that they have it built on some how?

I am trying to change the flush panel on the side of the stock kitchen island that I have used in my plan. I would like to also add the same "new" panel to the ends of the existing cabinets in my plan. How do I do this? I want the panel to match the upper cabinets. I used the beaded beadboard door. 

Home Design Pro 2017

Sorry, had a busy weekend. I did start over like you said so there isn't any other extras in the file. Thank you for your help. 

garage 2.plan

On 5/21/2017 at 2:20 PM, solver said:

You would need Pro 2018 to read my file.

I am having massive amounts of issues with this design. I really like it and don't want to sacrafice the extra room that it provides. I know you said you couldn't share the file, but is there a way that you can tell me how you accomplished the dormer? I can't even get it to draw at all now. I have fixed all the other issues.. I am wanting to say when i originally made the desing i manually drew the dormer roof. Can you tell me how you accomplished this?

Did you happen to save this, and interested in sharing it?

3 minutes ago, solver said:

I'm guessing you want 24" stem walls on footings with a slab on top. Also assume you are where it gets cold, or where you need to go down to stable ground?

To be completely honest I have no clue what the frost depth is, and have heard a variety of answers from various sources. 24 was the highest and seemed better sage than sorry. 

Thank you so much for your help. I was wondering how to get the dormer wall to be I guess that is called floating. I really didn't like the half wall sticking out.

You know I like that, but I am a very symetrical person and that would drive me crazy having that off centered like that. I doubt it can be extended from side to side to make it centered. The stairs would be in the way would it? 

How did you get the carport area under the balcony to have a slab foundation? when i set mine as slab it still gave it footings? I wonder would it be necessary to have footings. I will on occasion have a car parked inside it?

you moved the dormer? I am doing as you suggested and I have the foundation the way that i want it! I opened a new plan and set all of the defaults before I ever drew any walls. Now on to the roof. I found an article on how to draw the dormer but it will cut out some of the floor space in the upstairs. I havent started the process to install it yet but moving to that now.

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00367/drawing-a-shed-dormer-manually.html

This is the instructions that i followed first when initially drawing the plans. 

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00904/creating-a-bonus-room-above-a-garage.html

Thank you! For taking the time to help figure out the issue. 

3 minutes ago, solver said:

One problem is in the way the software works. Instead of looking at individual parts of a structure, like your problem wall, we need to find out what is causing the problem, and it's likely not the wall itself, but a problem elsewhere in the model.

 

That is what I figured but have not been able to find the issue. 

7 minutes ago, solver said:

Because we do not know what your intent is, correcting problems is often difficult.

My plan is to use this software for my documents. We don't have a building code here or an inspector but I do plan to take it to an engeneer to ensure that the design is safe to build. It is signifigantly cheaper to do the leg work on my own then have them examine the plans that I have drawn up and tell me if there needs to be any corrections. 

9 minutes ago, solver said:

As an example, none of your rooms are using default ceiling heights. No one but you knows what is correct.

The reason for changing the defaults is because I am using rough cut lumber straight from the saw mill near me. It is half the price for the lumber that I need instead of getting the lumber from lowes which is where they send it after they are done with it. 

10 minutes ago, solver said:

Your stair/stairwell does not work. Problems with the foundation etc.

Are you looking at the updated file? After I posted the question I continued to work on a lot of the issues that I already knew about. One was the stairs. So that has been fixed. The only issue that I know that remains is the framing which I am having issues with. The back wall wants to use 20' 2x4's near the stairs rather than building two levels and using 9' 2x4's. The foundation I have been struggling with through the whole design and have started over several times because of that. I am doing a mono slab with 24 inch depth and footings under each wall which will be poured before the slab. But for some reason it won't work the way I want it too.. That was a question for another day.

14 minutes ago, solver said:

Look at the fascia height difference on the 2 gable roof planes.

I never even noticed that, thank you!

My first thoughts on your response are why did you take the time to insult my methods instead of simply answering the question that I asked? Instead, you took the time to assume that it is a house, instead of actually looking at the design. You assume that I did not watch the training videos, or have scoured the internet, and the help section. You assume that I have not and do not research each step before I do it and also when I get stuck. You also assume that I am a male? You do know what assume means right?

I asked for help with how to fix a problem that the software was doing. I did not ask to be attacked in my design or steps that I took to get to where I am now. I asked for advice on how to fix the wall that was not being drawn correctly. You still have yet to answer the question that I asked. 

6 hours ago, DavidJPotter said:

 

The main problem I have with this plan is not "Walls" but rather this design lacks basic necessary amenities necessary to support daily life: No bathrooms, no Kitchen, no closets, the family room seems to be the only "bedroom". The current design is completely unsustainable for comfortable, safe daily living.

 

Seriously?? It is a garage, and the rooms are labeled as being such. And there is a bathroom, it is under the stairs. What purpose is there for a kitchen in a garage? The whole purpose of this build is to provide a place to park our cars out of the weather, a place to work on small projects out of the weather, and an extra room for guests to stay when family takes the 8 hour drive to visit. Some place in the backyard to spend time, and a place for my teenagers to hang out. It is not meant to be a home. Like our family has called it, this is the pool garage. Hell, the file name is garage?

6 hours ago, DavidJPotter said:

ou should carefully read your included Users Guide and any relevant sections of the Reference Manual when and where you get into difficulties.

This is the reason why I asked the group. I could not find the answer as to why the walls aren't drawing correctly.So if you don't mind please answer the question I have asked for instead of attacking me and my design.

One more thing those that can't do teach.....

I've actually been working on it since I posted the question most if not all of the problems you mentioned are probably taken care of now. I just did a plan check and it says there are no problems! YA! That is a first for this project!

Do you have any suggestions as to how to fix the wall? I fixed the roof height there thinking that was the issue, but no luck. I have noticed that it is allowing the molding to wrap around the wall from the inside of the room onto the siding? How do I fix that?

Uploading the new file now. What stands out the most to you? We are hoping to start building this in the fall. This is a personal project, and I know only what I have managed to find out on my own. Can you offer some advice? Is there anything wrong structurally? I am still struggling with the foundation tho. I don't believe it is correct. I know what I want the program to do but it isn't exactly working in my favor.

As far as the embellishments; that is mostly me killing time when I get frustrated with an area of the plan I work on something else. I am sure you are talking about the 'yard'. 

garage1_(2).zip

hope this worked? Sorry it took so long, slow internet.

garage1.zip

It won't let me because the file is too large apparently... but yes the side of the dormer. The corner near the roof.

I have figured out the issue with framing on the first picture. I have spent the last three hours staring at this thing trying to figure out what was going wrong, and the issue was that I left the raised platform where I was originally going to install a wood stove. It was preventing the wall from being built properly. LOL I have still yet to figure out why the second images isn't finishing properly.

What is going on with my walls? Auto rebuild is on, the walls are not set to 'retain wall framing' and no matter what i do they just won't finish the way they should? There isn't enough lumber or drywall?

I have tried doing the framing myself with no help. There isn't enough 2x4's and i don't know how to draw any extras. On the second one, the siding doesn't go all the way into the corner. Is this a glich in the program or am I doing something wrong? How can I fix this? I am nearly ready to finish the plans and create the layout but this is driving me nuts! HELP!!

Home Design Pro 2017

I am really struggling with this plan. I know how I want it to look but I just can't get it to work the way I want it to.

Using the walkthrough I can get the room in the attic, with the full gable roof and I can add stairs and all of the other stuff. I can not figure out how they added the dormer (I think that is what they did). It doesn't discuss this part in the walkthrough.

Also, I can't figure out how to get the roof on the side to position correctly. When I lower the pitch of the roof to a 4-12 it switches to a hip roof. I don't want that. I want it to be a shed roof like the picture.

I am attaching my "inspiration" as well as the way I want the room above to eventually look. The only difference is that the room above will have a door that walks out onto the balcony that is above and attached carport.

I am reversing the image provided putting the "carport" on the right, and the smaller garage on the left. The roof above the smaller garage I want kept the same. 

The portion over the carport I want to be a balcony that is accessed from the room above the larger center garage. This will look similar to the screenshot of the walkthrough provided by homedesigner only with a door and obviously no roof under the door. 

The demensions I am using is smaller side - 12x22 Larger center - 18-28 carport 12x28. The smaller garage is positioned 4 feet in from the back of the larger garage to provide space for an outdoor shower. I hope this isn't too much in one, but I am really stuck trying to get this figured out. Thank you in advance.

Edit: I thought I had it in my signature but I don't see it. I am using homedesigner pro 2017