diyDehnel

I have set the structure on both the first and second floors and they match what I intend.  You can see in the pictures that it looks right.  But when I go to build the framing with what should be a 16" I-joist they don't match up together.  PowerPoint has all the shots of the various windows.

Thanks MD

CA_Issue_002.pptx

I have a similar question but it has to do with either re-orientating the terrain file so that when I import the house plan it is oriented on the terrain how I want it.  Not sure if it is best to orient the terrain file so that the house.plan can remain orthogonal or not.  Or is there tools for setting this alignment I just have not come across?

I have created an exterior patio room but when I adjust the floor and ceiling heights to the proper dimensions it is randomly pulling down a section of the 2nd floor (which yes is overhung).  There are no obvious break lines in the 2nd floor wall it seems to be completely arbitrary.

Pro 2016

I was asking about both.

Thanks everyone, so there is no way to manually cut a cabinet to create a cavity that you could locate the appliance in?  Is that what I am hearing.

Correct about the other appliance too, I did figure out a workaround for that one with partitions and a custom counter top.  

See how sink is not automatically cutting away the base cabinet, I had read another post about making a cavity in the base cabinet when this occurs but it did not explain what tool to use to do this.

sink.zip

What options are available to modify a base cabinet.  I have downloaded 3ds files of appliances but no where can I find an option to set to adjust how they work with cabinets.  They simply push the cabinet out of the way or if you overlay them you see parts of the cabinet through the appliance.  Is there some Boolean tool for cutting a cabinet so it will look as if the appliance is properly installed in it?

2016 Pro

Thanks

How to fill the area in a kitchen with base cabinet, top and backslash?  Note it is not allowing me to change the corner of the cabinets to an angle by dragging them

Thanks Eric, but that was the video I was going through.  One of the last exercise starts with this house and builds a complex roof but as you mention the download is the completed house.  It would be helpful if they paired some of the tutorials with download saves that coincided with the videos but I'll get there.  Again thanks for trying!

I am working my way through the training videos.  I'm at the part in the basic roof training video where he modifies the Chic Cottage Sample Plan.  He mentions that you can download the plan from the site.  Which I did but it of course has the roof already finished.

A] is there a way to revert the roof to the auto roof.  (I tried deleting the roof plan but there are so many other wall mods and dormers etc. I am no where close to the basic construction he is working with.

B] is there a different download I am suppose to use that is related to the video.

Thanks for your feedback.

Michael Dehnel

2016 Pro

Still Learning ...

Eric,

Does this require me to delete the rooms or the framing and start over or can I select all of the first floor rooms over the full basement somehow to set the this all at once.

I am getting mixed results trying to select a room at a time and make the first floor changes.

No problem, just trying to learn the pecking order at how I should create these items

Thanks Mike

Test upload - not sure if it actually uploaded

foundationB001_crawlspace.plan

[Picture "actual"]

Is how may basement actual is the blue lines represent the living basement and the magenta represents the crawlspace into my step down family room.

trying to represent this in Home Designer.

When I select the room that represents the basement and pick "Structure" and deselect all of the "defaults" [Picture room specification] no matter what I do the numbers are still dependent upon some hidden requirement and won't let me actual define the numbers I show in "actual"  For example when I enter -23" for Ceiling the Floor Above jumps to -10 3/8 even though I have not change it and the default is unchecked.

Ideas of how to represent this basement combination?

Thanks for your help!

Mike

Interesting solution.  So it looks the part but that won't be proper for the framing etc.

Did yours just snap the molding in place?  My Crown was warping into the bay area so I used a room divider and deleted the crown molding in the bay area but it does not continue across the main room.

Thanks again for all the help

Mike 

Just the ceiling, Thanks!

OK, that got me most of the way (See iso_2a) however I need to lower the ceiling in the bay area.  I tried to break the room up into 2 rooms and change the Open Items Structure Ceiling height which it does but it is not having any affect from what can tell.  Further the Floor Above seems to be tied to it and change at the same time See (floor_2c aand nook options_2d.

Good Grief, that's it ... Thanks!!!

OK Eric    ,

And any explanation for how to go about doing that?  So now I have to customize the floor joist and extend them over the sill etc.  Someone have examples for modifying floor framing the online video's don't seem to cover that.

See picture Align Walls to Lower Floor

ISSUE 1 Align 2nd Floor Wall with front of 1st Floor Bay Window

A] I generate my 2nd floor based upon the first floor.  In the picture labeled "A" I move the wall back to show my issue better.

B] when I select the wall over the main first floor wall and position it near the original wall I get the Align with lower floor Icon

C] when I select the wall over the front Bay window wall and drag it over that wall the Align with lower floor Icon does not show up.  Note the Bay window was create as a window and not part of the original exterior walls

How do I align with the front wall of the Bay window.

See remaining pictures

ISSUE 2 Overhung Bay window without a Foundation

A separate issue I have is that the bay overhangs the foundation but the floor is even with the rest of the 1st  floor and not raised.  By default when I add the Bay Window it creates a foundation under it.  When I select the bay window and change select has raised floor @ 1 inch.  It looks more like my house but I cannot select Has Raised Floor with a Height Raised of 0" as it just unselects the Has Raised Floor.  Is there a way to represent this correctly?  Pictures of Default Elevation, Elevation with Raised Floor of 1", Inside picture and the Bay/Box Window Specification.

Is this type of a landing/split diagonal stair possible?

see picture

I think I found it.  The Edit Object Parts was not selected by default.  Now that I have it selected I am seeing the icons which control how a change to a dimension affects the object.  IE  Start, Center or End

Thanks everyone!!!

Eric, Your picture shows exactly what I am talking about.  See the picture I just posted.  I do not see the icon's which define what side is fixed and what side expands.  I cannot find the switch that controls it either.

Thanks again

Mike

Eric, I would but I am evaluating the software to decide if I want to purchase it to use to design my new house.  So I cannot save the plan as a limitation of the free trial.

Thanks Dave, watched you video, nice tutorial about dimensioning but does not address the topic of re-sizing a floor plan using the dimension and the impact to other dimensions.

Thanks again everyone.

This should be a newbie question and seems pretty basic to me but I have not found anything in the tutorials/manuals yet that seems to address the issue I am having.

I have a known design (my house) that I thought I would use as a training tool.  So I have fixed dimensions that represent the exterior of the plan.  I am able to create the general shape of the exterior walls but I am having difficulty editing them to their precise dimensions.

1] for example I have tried selecting the object and switching the Lock (Start, Center, End) feature however the behavior has not changed (see picture the start moves regardless)

2] I have read and followed the training pdf that explains walking around the dimensions in a clockwise fashion and I get to a point and either (it adjusts a previously set dimension on the opposite wall or it breaks the continuity of the walls completely)

3] I have read in the help files where I should be seeing in the "inline text field" icons for how the change is to be applied (see picture again) but as you can see my "inline text field" does not display those icons.  So I have been looking at preferences and default settings to see if there is a toggle somewhere to display them but have not found anything.

As always your help is greatly appreciate!

Keith, you mentioned locking and unlocking dimensions.  A) I'm a newbie trying to learn the software and I have been looking at the forum's and user guide to resolve my issue.  I don't want to hijack this thread but can you show me how that is done?  Can it be done to individual dimensions etc. Thanks