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? 

3 minutes ago, Plainwacky said:

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 found it

3 hours ago, solver said:

Also, your signature says Pro 2020. Are you using something different?

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

3 hours ago, solver said:

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier (since deleted).

 

You cannot create/define a room on the A (Attic) level. You can draw all the walls you want, but you will not get room definition, which is needed for the program to compute volume or square feet.

 

Also, your signature says Pro 2020. Are you using something different?

 

And again, if you really need help with this, attach your plan file.

 

 

 

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. 

3 hours ago, solver said:

 

That's because there is no Tools>Layer Settings>Display Options in Pro (only in Chief Architect), but there is Tools>Display Options

 

 

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

26 minutes ago, DavidJPotter said:

 

That is not true, please look again, it is there and has been being there in every version of Home Designer and Chief software for over a decade.

 

DJP

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

 

On 2/9/2024 at 1:57 AM, y-g-m-n said:

omg

Go to floor plan and A level.

goto wall drop down and click on Room Divider.

now start on outside wall and go all around attic until you come back to where you started,

 

Now it is a ROOM so click in the attic space and open up this room and make sure EXCLUDE fro livig area checked and then go to structre page and make sure FLAT ceiling over room is not checked so it goes to undersideof rafterers.

Then close and I would reopen this page again and read volume on that first page,

 

as they have said above you need to make it  room not an attic.

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. 

4 hours ago, y-g-m-n said:

ONly shows up in PLAN view are you looking in PLAN view?

 

 

Yes

6 minutes ago, solver said:

 

You might want to reread what David said. I'm not sure it's helpful in this situation, but is something you should know about.

 

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. 



 

9 minutes ago, Rookie65 said:

Go room by room and turn them on. I've had that happen before and that's how to fix it 

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

8 minutes ago, DavidJPotter said:

Open "Display Options dialog "Tools - Layer Settings - Display Options where you will then find all named layers alphabetically listed. What you are interested in are the "R" layers under the "Room" category ( Rooms, Room Labels , Room, Interior Area, Interior Dimensions and lastly Rooms, Standard Area ).

 

This is discussed in detail in your Reference Manual ( Help - Reference Manual )

 

DJP

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?

1 hour ago, y-g-m-n said:

 

you need to make it  room not an attic.

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?

15 minutes ago, Rookie65 said:

Again, the program will give you the volume, whether you make the attic living space or do as Eric mentioned and add the attic as an additional floor with the roof moved to that level. You can get the volume for any room by opening up the dbx and reading it. Then add all rooms up for your total. 

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?

3 minutes ago, Rookie65 said:

Do you want the square feet, or the volume of the attic? Square feet is width x depth, which the plan will tell you and nothing gets divided by 2. If you need the volume in cubic feet, click the room, look at the drop down box and it will show you that amount too.

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!!!
 

6 minutes ago, solver said:

 

Explain more about what you need.

 

What is the definition of attic?

 

Many houses will have an attic over the entire floor below, so the attic area would be the same.

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?