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I did not even have the thought of looking in the 3D menu because I was working with section views... It works perfectly, thanks again!!

Eric! You're the bomb!! Thanks so much!

ok, the best way I found to deal with this, was to export as is (nothing I found could remove the patterns in HDP), and once in Autocad, turn all layers but the pattern layers, and delete all. Easy enough!

How do I go by doing that Eric? I thought I had taken care of my signature before, not sure why it went away.

Hi, I am trying to export my elevations into a dwg file, and I do not want the patterns (brick pattern on walls and asphalt pattern on roof) to get exported. But it does not matter whether I select or don't select the "export pattern lines" choice in the export current view pop up window. Is there a way to eliminate the patterns before/while exporting? They are converted into CAD lines when exported and it is a mess to delete all of them at that point. Thanks Alex Using Home Designer Pro 2021

I was afraid that was the case. That stinks. Thanks

A colleague sent me his file to work on, but he uses the 2020 version of HDP, and I use 2019. I wasn't able to open his file. Is there any way he could save his file, such that I can open it? That seems very poor to me that two consecutive versions can't be compatible to the point of not even being able to open the file at all, yet they have the same extension. Please help. Thanks

yes...I wish.. :-) I think I got it though! I created my main roof as I wanted it, then created extra break points on the roof plane to make a notch in front of the future dormer. Then I created a new manual roof plane with a lower pitch to go where the notch is. Then I created my knee walls and specified the attic space. Then added the dormer in front of the notch/manual roof plane, and voila!! The only thing I haven't figured out yet is the small attic walls on each side of the lower pitch roof to fill in the holes there...I tried to add them, but it didn't work well so far. Will try again. Happy about my first manual roof attempt though!

Thanks Eric, I figured it out. I was placing the dormer on the knee wall, but it appears that it needs to be placed a little ahead of it to form. Now a new question...can I create a recessed (inset) dormer in home designer pro 2019? I can't find any info or example on that.

Thanks Eric for your response. That's what I tried to do, but the dormer did not show up. It only shows a thin line box, no roof on the layout, and nothing in the 3D view.

Hi, Designing a multi level house with a hip roof. I tried to create knee walls in some sections of the second floor to create a 1.5 story, but I get an error message (got several different messages through my multiple different attempts, but I took a picture of one of them, see attached), and the software ignores the fact that I have defined them as knee walls and creates a two story height on them. Is it possible that the software requires gable walls to consider these walls as knee walls? I can't figure it out. And also, after watching the training videos, I thought it was about not regenerating the automated roof after creating the walls, but I have to regenerate the roof because I need to add dormers after creating the knee walls, so I am at a loss with that as well... I did create 1.5 story houses before, so I am confused here. Thanks in advance for your help.

I am used to having white and yellow lines in Autocad, against a dark grey background, so I was keeping consistency between the two as far as layer definition goes. In Autocad, it is not an issue as you can select a monochrome printing mode, that turns all colors into black... So I guess I have to change all my light colors, to another color. That's a shame.

Thanks so much Eric for being so responsive and helpful by the way! I am trying to print my layout as a pdf. All of my white colored lines don't show up on the pdf, even through I have selected greyscale in the preference when no color. Is there a way to print in a monochrome mode, meaning all lines come out black, no matter what the layer color is? Thanks again Alex Montpetit first floor layout 1-27-19.pdf

Hi, I drew a regular deck, and selected the support beam size, posts size, etc... But the beam is automatically positioned 16" inches inward from the edge of the deck, making it cantilevered. Why is that and how can I fix it, so that the beam is directly under the posts? Thanks!

ok thanks. That's unfortunate when you transfer files into Autocad...