katalyst777

Just chiming in to agree with everyone else. 

You've turned off the display of Attic Walls in Display Options for your 3D views, so they exist (are there and generating), but you aren't seeing them because you've told them not to display.

That'd be great!  We mostly deal with "how to" type stuff on the forum, whereas the company's Support people deal with the technical issue problems, but posting back always could help someone else experiencing trouble with the same thing down the road and help safe them submitting a ticket.

solver - Only Pro allows you to manually add framing.  No trusses or ceiling beams in Architectural, Suite, Interiors, Landscape or Essentials.

RollingStone - You can either upgrade, or use different tools to create the same look in your version, like Shapes from the Library Browser, or import objects from the 3D Warehouse.

Better submit a ticket to the company's actual Support folks for something like this.

https://support.chiefarchitect.com/

It's been quite some time ago, probably on the old forum, but I remember seeing that what Kbird is describing as a "12" bug" is actually "intended" or "expected functionality" or some such like that when roofs are that close, typically they should be one integrated system. 

It never hurts to actually submit this to the company's actual support folks though.  I get the impression this is one of the things that people just work around or upgrade for the added manual roof capabilities and don't report so nothing changes.

Neither of David's suggestions are helpful for the Suite version (they're fine for Pro users, but then, Pro users also would have actual Truss tools and wouldn't need to use sloped soffits for this anyway) since sloped soffits aren't available and a cathedral ceiling isn't really the same as a vaulted one which requires manual ceiling planes.

You could, however, import a scissor truss symbol from the 3D Warehouse in Suite.

KB-00888: Importing 3D Symbols

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?q=scissor+truss
 

Bunch of different trusses in this one, but you'll have to use SketchUp Make to create copies with only a single truss in them.  https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=69481215-094f-4321-8f74-45c27bf7ac9b

If you do want to create a cathedral ceiling (where the underside of the roof planes is the ceiling), you can follow the steps in this Knowledge Base article.
 

Traditionally this type of roof is called a parapet.

KB-00120: Creating a Parapet Roof

Apparently this is addressed in the new update.

Update Notes:
https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/documentation/chief-architect-x7-update-notes.pdf

• Fixed crash that occurred in any file browser dialog if the Dell Backup and Recovery application was installed on the system.

Visually it is usually pretty easy to tell where the problem wall connections are (I see it more with curved walls than anywhere else), even attaching a screenshot of the plan might help, or, as mentioned, attach the actual file.

KB-00116: Printing a Plan at a Specific Scale

The lower part of the article only applies to Pro (which based on your description of having layouts, I am assuming that you do have) and discusses printing an elevation view at scale.

You can get a lot done with the automatic roof tools. 

I used versions without the manual capabilities of Pro for years and years and only about half a dozen times (several Victorians and two with curved roofs) wished for the extra features. 

If you can post a picture of what you want, we can probably get you pretty close.

People do still use them, as well as need to show existing stuff (even from the eighties!) when modeling in the software. 

In general, it seems like it's a bad idea to use Pony Walls with glass on the top.  This is probably something that the company's Support folks should be made aware of if you haven't already sent in this as an example to them.

Normally you kinda add a new block and just extract that from the other. Is there some secret button I'm totally missing now?

That would be a feature only offered in the more advanced Chief Premier software. 

You could create something similar in SketchUp using their tools and then import the symbol, or you can do like Mick suggests and follow the software's instructions to use Base Cabinets to create the tub deck.

Hi

I am interested in either HomeDesigner Suite 2015 or 2016. I see that for video cards with dedicated memory that 512MB is required. I have 256MB NVidia quadro 160M with either install and run on my machine with reduced 3D performance (which i can live with), no 3D at all (3D views would be nice , or just not install period ...

Thanks

You can download the trial version to see if it works, but if the computer doesn't meet the minimum system requirements, keep in mind that it might work initially but the bigger your design gets, it may not be able to handle rendering the 3D views later on.

Use Solid Railings.

http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00317/

I think you are going about this wrong, based on the description of what you want to do, you should actually create a second floor and turn on the Reference Display so you can see the items on the floor below in relation to floor 2.

The limitation is hardcoded but you print at 1/2 scale then increase PDF to 200% to actually Print , I do it this way to get 22"x34" full sheets as my Printer will do tabloid (11x17) and it prints to 4 sheets, and is pretty accurate , it even prints the marks to align the 4 pages, of course if I when to a Print shop , I'd do it full size. (not sure what the metric equivalents are.)

 

ie  1/8" scale at 100%  is  1/4" printed at 200%

 

if you search on printing here you should find several posts/how to's on this.

In other words, you cannot print to a larger size from Home Designer Pro, even if you are just "printing to a PDF file."

Once the PDF is created, it's outside of Home Designer's hands.

Review the software Reference Manual and User's Guide on Roofs as well as the videos and Knowledge Base articles.

In brief, set the main Pitch (what most of your roof planes will be) in the Build Roof dialog.

Then, on an individual wall or railing basis, you can open their Specification dialogs and set a lower or higher pitch, different from the default, for the roof plane that will be building over that wall or railing.

KB-00140: Controlling Floor and Ceiling Heights

Probably best to contact the company's technical support folks directly for this kind of issue.

https://support.chiefarchitect.com/

Why not just do a File> Save As and create an exact copy of the file by giving it a new name?

I am wondering if the only option is to create it like the HVAC and then adjust the polyline as they show in HVAC.

Yep.

In an earlier thread, someone recommended upgrading to the Premier version and you can use molding polylines for 3D plumbing and HVAC.

The following Knowledge Base articles apply to the PREMIER version only (none of the Home Designer titles).

KB-00934: Creating HVAC and Plumbing Runs

KB-02840: Drawing HVAC Ductwork

KB-02726: Creating an Isometric Cutaway View of a Floor System

KB-01188: Creating an Elevation View of Wall Framing

This prior thread has a number of shiny metal material textures as well.

https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/15-kitchen-appliances/