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KB-00120: Creating a Parapet or Flat Roof

solver - The new forum arrangement makes your signature spacing look pretty crazy.

Post in "Seeking Services" over on ChiefTalk - https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/forum/15-seeking-services/

Architectural doesn't let you modify framing. You'd need to upgrade to Pro or Premier.

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/videos/watch/2309/creating-new-backdrops-for-camera-views.html?playlist=201

KB-00487: Positioning Objects Precisely Using Dimensions

Can you attach a screenshot of what you have now? Using a night backdrop and turning off all but one light fixture off can make a big difference.

KB-00023: Deactivating Home Designer

Solver asked if you were asking in general, or specific to the software, and you said you were asking about general home construction. If you actually do want a sequence of steps for creating working drawings in Home Designer Pro, start to finish, go through the User's Guide. It walks you through the whole things step by step from drawing a first wall to creating a layout page.

How are you rotating the plan? Using Rotate Plan View Tool? Marquee Select or Edit Area and rotate edit handle? Transform/Replicate? If one method doesn't work, try a different one. Edit Area is what I generally use and I've never run into an issue like what you've described.

Difficult to guess what is wrong without seeing your plan and an image of the one you are trying to redraw. Best guess is a difference in between the wall thicknesses in the original plan as opposed to the Home Designer walls, or possibly with where the dimensions are locating the walls.

Download the Core Catalogs, they include a number of plants as well as many other items. KB-00048: Downloading Library Catalogs Once they are downloaded, you can either browse the folders in the Library Browser, or use the Plant Chooser to search by common names. KB-00936: Using the Plant Chooser Then if there is are regional plants that you can't find, then see if you can find images or 3D symbols from other places. KB-00883: Importing Plant Images KB-00888: Importing 3D Symbols

KB-00576: Creating a Plot Plan in Home Designer Pro I couldn't find any video like that for Home Designer, was it possibly for the Premier version instead?

Download the free trial version, go through the User's Guide, and check out the other Training resources. Then you can decide before purchasing if this software is right for you. Trial Request - https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/trial.html Training - https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00337/resources-for-learning-home-designer.html

You can Google information on building a home, but since some requirements vary so much based on location of the property, region and even country, you're probably better off chatting with a local Builder.

She should upgrade. (You can export a DXF that her version can import, but that's going to lose all of the 3D info so she'll basically have to trace all of the lines to actually create walls, place cabinets, windows, doors and configure them . . . essentially do all the work over again.)

If you never want them for Technical Illustration overviews uncheck "Show Shadows" in the General Camera Defaults for the plan. If you only want to turn them off in a particular view, then with it active select 3D> Edit Active Camera and uncheck "Show Shadows."

The Space Planning tool is really just too limited to be helpful for what you want, just draw in the walls.

Attach the plan.

That's because you can't directly print to a 24"x36" size from any of the Home Designer programs. See Layouts: 101 Basics to learn more about the limitations, how to work around them, and how to increase the title block border size.

There's a bunch of training resources that the software company provides directly that can help with getting you started with learning the program. See this article to learn more . . . KB-00337: Resources for Learning Home Designer Start with the User's Guide first, then launch into your own project. If you run into any snags and can't find an answer by searching the Help, website and videos, post a new thread here in the Q&A with a copy of your plan and a photograph of something like what you're trying to do and we can probably get you pointed in the right direction.

Basically exactly like this but using elevation lines to trace instead of walls. KB-00150: Importing and Tracing Over an Image of a Floor Plan

KB-01010: Creating a Covered Patio

KB-00908: Creating a Carport

KB-00312: Aligning Walls Between Floors