ICONDEV

3 hours ago, Jo_Ann said:

ICONDEV,

There is so MUCH that you can do to improve your 3d viewing.

Examples:

The deck fireplace.

The board & batten barn siding.

The interior fireplace...instead of saying corner fireplace/no hearth/beam mantle, make your own fireplace from scratch.

Start experimenting!

 

 

Thank you. I know! I’m just doing what i can to teach myself this on the side (not my main job) through video tutorials and this super helpful forum.

I learn more with every single cabin I  design (built 4 so far!)  but I could never do it without this DIY software and all of the people help on this forum. 

I will circle back and try and figure out the fireplace if you can point me in the right direction ;-)

5 hours ago, Jo_Ann said:

After placing the wall breaks:

       Highlight the section, zoom in, and slightly off-set the section from the rest of the rail.  Then apply the changes.

It Worked! Thanks! 

Thank you.  I have inserted wall breaks, but when I highlight the new section and apply the changes it changes the entire front deck rail instead of just the highlighted section created by the Break.

Thoughts? 

Can you remove railing/balusters from certain sections of the deck?

I want the posts to remain, but nothing in between. 

--HD Architect 2018 

THANK YOU!!! It worked! 

Thank you BOTH. The file I attached was from another user, with a higher level, helping me fix a problem with my original plan's roofline. I won't have to import his if I can fix my own problem.

I searched the forums and tutorials, but I could not solve this on my own with my very limited experience. 

I've attached my original plan. There's a hip in the middle of the shed over the LR. I cannot get rid of it.

I want it to look like the one attached on the previous email in which I was trying to import. 

THANKS! 

FARMHOUSE_1BR_REV 1.plan

I have 3 file types, DWG, DXF and a pdf. If I can't open the first 2, and a pdf doesn't allows mods, what file type can I convert DWG or DXF to that HD 18 Architectural will allow me to open back up and manipulate further? HOCHATOWN CABIN CO ICON FARMHOUSE.dxfFARMHOUSE_1BR_REV 1.dwg 

On 10/8/2016 at 11:14 AM, solver said:

See https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/product-chooser.html

 

Only Pro imports DXF files.

 

If you have the plan, why not just draw it? Importing will only give you walls which are quick to draw.

I have Home Designer 2018, but I cannot import a DXF file. It's telling me the file type is not supported. Could somebody tell me how I may be going about this wrong? 

I have a pdf of the design as well, but I'm unable to manipulate this like a plan I have drawn myself. 

Any help is appreciated. 

watching the video now! 

Thanks fellas, I've since upgraded to Architect, so is there any easier way now?

I know Architectural handles showers, but what's the best way to do a corner shower in Suite? I've built normal walls, and installed a hinged glass door, but It's running my walls all the way up to the vaulted ceiling above. I just want to cut it off at 10' and leave open. 

Thank you. I do use the materials tab within the wall dialogue box to make changes, but I'm trying to make a mass change to the interior panel-covering of all my walls. Rather than opening this box up and selecting the new material for each wall, is there a button I'm missing that allows me to make this mass-change to all walls? Thanks again in advance! 

signature updated. 2018 SUITE.

I searched variations of my subject line in the forum and videos section, but I haven't been able to return a result. Not just walls, but any mass changes to already built structure, I'm just looking for the easiest way to "replicate" a selection to ALL. 

I'm trying to change the interior and exterior wall coverings to my already created project. Rather than clicking into each walls specs and changing, is there a way to select them all? I tried "shift" and I tried retroactively changing the default settings of the walls, but to no avail! 

2 minutes ago, solver said:

Uncheck Ceiling Over This Room.

THANKS! 

NEVERMIND! I found it, I was in the wrong place! 

I'm creating a one-story with steep shed-roof, and I don't want any attic above either. When I go into my "build roof" it only gives me option to click "ignore (top) 1st floor." The tutorial shows it giving the radio-button option as "ignore (top) 2nd floor." How do I get the first floor ceiling to go away?

Thanks!