solver

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  1. Since the house has a 2nd floor, it's best to create it now. Can you open the HDA 8 file in the 2021 version?
  2. What is an "automatic overhang"? The slab should not change the countertop.
  3. Not easily. You can use a Custom Countertop with a molding.
  4. Those are CAD lines. You need to edit them (Stretch CAD etc) to create a new Arch D layout. Save As into the layout template folder for reuse, or if you want this as your default layout template, rename the existing default template and save the new one with the default name. I used Stretch CAD and Point to Point move to resize this in a minute or two.
  5. That's because they are auto EXTERIOR dimensions. If you want Auto Interior Dimensions, you need to add that tool to your toolbar. This tool was removed from the default toolbar because it makes a mess with dimensions -- after you try it, you will see. Here is a thread with some info. You can also change this setting in your wall definition. And I would recommend drawing an entire structure (does not need to be accurate, just form an enclosure) even if only doing a kitchen or bath, for example. Put a roof on it and build a foundation. Lots of small things work best with a complete building.
  6. You might try copy/paste (use Edit Area) from one plan to another.
  7. See your dimension defaults. The links above might have some specific info.
  8. It's the same. Follow the instructions to build the gable version, then drag the hip walls around to replace the gable end walls.
  9. Before you connect the switch and fan, open the switch and review the options on the General panel.
  10. Please take a minute and delete the thread on ChiefTalk. Make sure you are looking at Home Designer articles/videos and not Chief articles/videos. The Home Designer site is blue themed. Home Designer products lack the ability to create symbols. Depending on what your door needs to look like there may be ways to create it, but it would not be a door symbol, so you would place a doorway, then manually place the door in the opening.
  11. solver

    Layers

    A forum search and a bit of reading will return your answer.
  12. solver

    schedules

    That's true.
  13. Search the Home Designer website for trace.
  14. Using the Adjust Material Definition tool, select a material in a camera view and look at the settings on the Texture panel. You can copy materials from the program library into the user library and make changes creating a new material too.
  15. You need to add openings manually, just as you would when building the wall.
  16. Search the forum for "z fighting" (with the quotes).
  17. solver

    dormer bay window

    Did you try doing a room there? Connect those existing bay walls and raise the ceiling in the resulting room. Build the roof.
  18. solver

    dormer bay window

    The plan file, not a picture of the plan I see no room. You need a turret room to control the roof. Try that before attaching the plan.
  19. solver

    dormer bay window

    Is this 2nd floor space, or open to the 1st floor? Attach the plan file -- probably something simple.
  20. solver

    dormer bay window

    With auto roofs, create a room on the 2nd floor. Manual roofs, break the main roof and pull it back. Add walls.
  21. Make it 60 (just make it more) to see a difference.
  22. What does it need to look like? Use cabinets, soffits, shapes from the library ... There may be something in the Bonus Catalogs
  23. solver

    Roof Issues

    Try lowering the ceiling in the space between the gables, or raising the ceiling everywhere else. Roofs build over rooms and are generally controlled via ceiling heights. You may need to create rooms that do not match the plan to make the roof build, then turn off auto rebuild roofs. Or, learn the manual roof tools and make it look correct using them.