Plainwacky

Hello - I'm trying to cut down the costs associated with my current plan and the current roof design has a lot of "dead space", which just adds to the cost. I'm looking for someone that can give me some alternative roof designs. Anyone interested? If so, please tell me how much you would charge me. Attached is the floor plan.

I'm not seeing a problem....I was just curious as to why there is a 1" OH on the back. Didn't know if there was a reason for this. As I mentioned, I would think there would be no OH so that the cabinets would be right up against the sheetrock and screwed into the studs.

When I butt my cabinets against the wall, I'm not seeing the 1" OH on the back going away.

Hi...the back of my kitchen cabinets are against the wall. I think the default is set at 1" away from the wall and I was wondering why. Shouldn't the cabinets be right up against what wall and screw into the studs??

What should the back overhang be set at on base and wall cabinets?

I found it

Where do I change my signature?? I have been looking all over and can't find it...I would have thought it would be in my profile.

I'm using Pro 2024...I just upgraded. Thanks for catching that. What I have done is "estimated" what the cubic feet is by using a tape measure.....I was hoping there would be an easier way. I don't want to upload my plan for the world to see.

That's what I thought he was referring to....and why I showed the which items were "on" or "off".

If I follow exactly follow your instructions...which was....Open "Display Options dialog "Tools - Layer Settings - Display Options where you will then find all named layers alphabetically listed. I'm not seeing "Layer Settings" as shown in the screen shot below

I went to the attic level, clicked on the "reference" display, and then used the "Room Divider" and traced out the walls...and this is the error I got. I was just doing the top left "square" you see in the photo and had the camera view displayed so I could see if adding the room divider messed up the existing plan.

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I thought he was referring to the ability to turn off layer. Regardless, as I stated, I have the room labels checked...so not sure why they aren't displaying. I have also checked the default settings.

Hi Keith...that's what I'm doing now....a pain. I wonder how they got turned off.

I have Home Designer Pro...there is no "layer setting"

Somehow the "show room label" has been turned off on all rooms even though in the "display options -> Room labels" is checked. I have tried to uncheck it and check it with no change. I can click on each room and manually check "show room label" and it will display. How do I get them all turned back on?

When I go to the attic level, it's fragmented...meaning many of the walls are either missing and don't connect. Why is that?

So...back to square one...anyone know how I can figure out the cubic feet of the attic space?

Thanks!! I didn't realize that it provides the volume, but I see it now (as shown in the screen shot below). I'll be adding up the cubic feet of a lot of rooms. It's too bad the program doesn't provide the total cubic area of the home much like the "living area". To complicate things....when it comes to the attic area, the divide by 2 comes into play...and how does just determine the cubic feet of the attic in order to divide by 2?

My bad!! I have been saying "sqft"...yes what I need is the CUBIC FEET (the volume). Because the program provides the sqft of the living area, and say you have default 8ft ceiling heights, a person can easily determine the cubic feet. But when it comes to the attic, the volume isn't that easy to figure out, cause it may not have (and in most cases doesn't) uniform wall heights; as an example a room where the attic above is a slanted roof...or say a partial slanted hexagon roof. In regard to the "divide by 2"....because the attic space is not "living area"...the fire district states that the volume associated in an attic is divided by 2 and that is added to the total cubic feet associated with the living area. Sorry!!!

The fire district requires that the gallons of water available (say in a water tank) for fire suppression is dependent on the square feet of the home. For example say a 2,000sqft home would require a 10,000gal tank. As you know, the program provides the square feet of the "Living Area", but there are areas above (say a room) that aren't living areas. So, let's say you have a room that is 10ftx10ft and an attic above, the square feet of the room would be 10x10=100sqft and the square feet of the attic space would be 100sqft/2 (1/2 of the square feet of attic space). So, the total square feet of this one room, would be 100sqft + 50sq = 150sqft. Could I just add up all the square feet (living area) that the program provides and divide that by 2??

That just shows the room "living area"...it doesn't include the attic that could be above the room.

Hi everyone... I need to figure out the total square feet of my design that also includes attic space to address fire district requirements. I'm finding it difficult to figure out the attic space when there are so many spaces of complex shapes. Anyone have some suggestions? When it comes to the attic square feet, that is divided by 2 and added to the main square feet (living area).

Hello - I obtained a DWG (and DXF) file created in Autocad from a civil engineer for my property and I'd like to import it into Home Designer 2020 Pro and have it display the elevation data. The problem is, I have no idea what values in the DWG file are elevation data. Is there a way to identify which values are elevation...perhaps someone with Autocad can?

It's obvious that I'm not understanding the concept of layers. It would be helpful to get some instructions. Is it as simple as unchecking the "disp" and select all as shown in the attachment?