Designer_Ryan

Thanks everyone for your help. When I started two years ago, I've read that you can't make tray ceilings in HDPro, that's how I got the soffit idea. y-g-m-n, I'll give this a try. Rookie65, I'll try the different ceiling heights. Two different ceiling heights worked. Thanks again.

It's all one room, ceiling height 10'.

I'm using soffits to make a tray ceiling. On the right of the room the soffits join and you don't see middle lines, but the 30 degree walls, on the left, the soffits show all the lines. Can these be joined somehow, so it looks like one solid tray ceiling all the way around? Tray Ceiling.plan

I'm so use to just pressing the space key to repeat a command in AutoCAD. Does Home Designer Pro have a key I can press to keep repeating a command?

Rookie65, I've moved it on the x axis, like 60'. I was wanting to completely make them invisible without having to delete them. If I keep deleting them I have to reattach them and scale them, just for viewing. That's why I wanted to just turn them off, and in the future turn them back on.

After importing a .pdfs, I'd like to hide them, so they stay in the drawing, but out of my way. I've read I can turn off the .PDF BOX layer. When I select the .pdf I do see that its layer is PDF Box. In layers there is no PDF Box layer. How else can I turn the .pdfs off?

FYI- I've selected a wall, then Marquee Select Similar, Select All Similar. But, all the walls get selected.

Over-time, I have changed wall types. Therefore, when I copy/paste and existing drawing into a new drawing I keep getting multiple wall types with _2, or _3 after them. I have selected Delete All Unused walls not used, but since they are being used they won't delete. I have constantly used the object eyedropper to change the walls, then reselect Delete All Unused walls. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Is there a way to somehow be able to choose a wall, select all of those walls at once, then change them to the most current wall, so I can Delete All Unused walls again to get rid of them? Or, is there a better way? Here's a pic to show you. Thanks in advance.

Thanks to both of you. I'll work with both your ideas.

After extending walls to existing walls I have to select the longer wall, press the number 3 to break the wall, then I have to delete the longer portion of the wall. Is there a shortcut to this, instead of having to do three steps? Here's an example. On the bottom left of this garage the wall extends.

I fixed the problem. I just re-drew the wall.

I added it to the wall by clicking Material Painter and applying. I couldn't just undo it, as the file had been closed and reopened. I figured out how to get it removed by looking more into Wall Specification, Materials. I originally selected Wall Specification, Wall Covering. By choosing the Wall Specification, Materials, the Interior Wall Surface Said, "No Change." So, I selected it and changed it back to Drywall. Success! Thanks for your help.

I did try that. When changing the wall material, it adds a line "of the material" through the middle.

How can I just remove the tile, so the wall is back to drywall? I've added tile to a wall, but if I use material eyedropper, then material painter, all it does is change the color of the tile. Bathroom.plan

If I select something, anything in the drawing, how can I see what layer it's on? I shouldn't have to pull up layers, click on the layers with a plus mark, then select OK to see if it was turned off. Since there's not an apply, to see if the selected object disappears, I then have to open layers again and do the process all over.

David Jefferson Potter, I'd like to say thank you. Once I place my order for the software, I'll just export it to AutoCAD and do touch up work, But, at least the major parts of the elevations will be drawn in a faster time then having to manually draw them myself in AutoCAD.

On a monolithic foundation there's a step down from floor to garage. When I specify the room as the garage, I can see in 3d (inside view) that there is a step down in the 3D drawing. But, on the elevation view the drawing looks like the garage floor is going UP. My question, why does it look like the garage floor level is higher than the house floor level? You can see the left floor lines are higher than the floor lines on the right. Pic 1: Floor plan Pic 2: Inside view Pic 3: Elevation, the garage is on the left side

I've been looking at those plans to learn HD Pro, but I can't export anything to see how it appears in AutoCAD.

I'm a long time AutoCAD user so if I draw a complete house in HD Pro I'd like to do all my detail work and annotations in AutoCAD. I didn't want to have to draw the house twice and update changes every two times, one in HD Pro and one in AutoCAD. But, I would like HD Pro for the exterior and interior views. I'm still working with HD Pro Trial Version, therefore I can't save or export. Can someone draw walls, just IFC or CMU, then export as .DWG, so I can open it in AutoCAD to see what I can do with it? Thanks in advance.

DJP, Thanks for mentioning one phrase, "Shelf Ceiling." I did a search and accomplished the lower wall in front of the higher wall.

Sorry for the confusion. You got it very close. Here's a picture of the kitchen. It has more an "open" view at the top.

I'm trying to add different wall heights in the same room. Where the fridge and pantry is, the wall height is 8'-1/4", and the wall to the left of the fridge is 10'. The only way that I have found wall heights can be adjusted is use a half wall. Can I not add bi-fold doors in half walls? I wasn't able to add some types of doors. A door type that can be added the opening goes all the way up. 1- How can I adjust a new wall that is created to a specific height, so I can add a bi-fold door, to the right of the fridge? 2- In a half wall, what is the trim that's on the ceiling height. above the short wall? Can it be moved down to make a flat, drywall closure? 3- Why can't a regular sizes interior wall be right next to a half wall without being cut at the top?

Can I remove the dimension so I can just add a text?

I'm trying to match Home Designer Pro drawings to my AutoCAD drawings, so some sheets can be drawn using AutoCAD and some sheets can be drawn with Home Designer Pro. Watching this video (time 2:25) https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5516/what-s-new-in-x13-drafting-project-management.html?playlist=177 How can I change the rotation of the dimension text in Home Designer Pro?

I've been trying Home Designer Pro, since I've been on AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture for over 10 years.