blackbeard

On a U-Shaped staircase, is it possible to change the center landing to steps. 

KevinK

Home Designer Pro 2023 Build 24.3.0.84

Bingo!  Second floor exterior wall was off alignment by 3 inches.  Many, many thanks!

See attached.  Any thoughts.  Done two story designs several times in HDA Pro 2023 and never had this issue.

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro, 2023; all updates

Intel i5 CPU

Windows 11, all updates

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 2GB

Oops.  Attached.  But I determined it is a bug!  Using a different Plan with the same bath configuration, I moved the toilet from the inside wall to the opposite exterior wall and no check error.  I'll contact Support.

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro, 2023

Intel i5 CPU

Windows 11,

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 2GB

Owner Bath.plan

Eric,

Please see attached.

Many thanks.

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro, 2023

Intel i5 CPU

Windows 11,

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 2GB

I placed a toilet on an interior wall that is 2' 5" from the opposite wall.  Yet when I check the plan, I get an error "You should allow at least 24 inches of space between the front of a toilet and an opposing wall or cabinet.".  Any suggestions other than redo the whole bathroom?

Blackbeard

HD Pro 2023 64-bit

Build 24.3.0.84,

Windows 11

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Many Thanks!

Eric,

Did what you recommended above regarding U-Shaped stairs and still am unable to change the default stair width from 39" to 48" for both stairs.  I set the stair case to clockwise and the initial gap to 113".  Using the landing tool I set the landing to the below dimensions.  I tried setting the stair widths in the dialog box and by manual adjustments.  In both circumstances, the landing and the stairs part 2 end up on the hall floor.  I have watch videos and searched Home Talk but so fair drew a blank.

    Georgian Style

    Stair Hall               W: 191"

                                 D:  235"

                                 H: 120 1/2"

    Ascending            Part 1 13 treads; Part 2 4 treads (set to best fit)

                                Parts 1 & 2 Width = 39"

    Landing                W: 191"  (from exterior drywall to exterior drywall)

                                 D:  54"

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions

Blackbeard

HDA Pro 2022

Build 23.4.1.8 x64

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Many, many thanks!  As it so happens, I found a much earlier version of a Bottomley design where not only the curved walls worked, but the molding curved as well.  I've attached a couple of quick images.  Notice that I "punched" out the curved walls.  The drawing dates by to March 2013.  I do apologize for causing you extra work.

Attached.  Plan shows post wall connections.  Notice no foundation, floor, ceiling, and roof for the northwest corner chamber.

Many thanks.

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro, 2022

Windows 11, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

nnnn Bottomley V2A.plan

Well, that didn't work.  Any other suggestions?

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro, 2022

Windows 11, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Using Home Designer Architect Pro, 2022, wondering why when I use curved interior walls, the foundation, floor, ceiling, and roof all vanish.  Please see attached images.  And pardon my guidelines.

Kevin

HDA Pro 2022

I had tried the dutch gable approach but didn't understand that I could alter the lower pitch to 3".  Thank you so very much for your kind assistance.

Kevin Kilpatrick

Selected each outside railing segment, Railing specification dialog box, Roof dialog box, clicked on Hip Wall; Pitch = 3"; checked Upper Pitch; Upper Pitch = 10"; In From Baseline = 98"; the rest as default.

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro, 2021

Just started using HD Pro 2021 this month and run into a perplexing problem.  A standard Cape Cod structure with gabled east west ends.  Full wrap around porch.  (See Plan View 1).  In 3D view, the east west ends are no longer gabled.  See 3D View 1.  The east west walls still indicate full gable.  See Wall - Roof Dialog View 1.  How can this be corrected?

Kevin Kilpatrick

Home Designer Pro 2021

I can do that. Just build my own. What are soffits and partitions for anyway.  :-)  Many, many thanks.

blackbeard

I do apologize for leaving the word architect out of my signature line notwithstanding the first sentence implied that.. The built in help system didn't help.  Nor did Knowledge Base or anything else for that matter.  My graphics card Nvidia GTX1050 has the latest driver as well.  So, any suggestions.

Blackbeard

Using HDA v18, build 18.3.2.2X64.  My fireplace does not display correctly in any view.  See images full camera front, elevation 1 side; and elevation 2 front.  In all three, the fireplace appears to be dropped down below the first floor level.  But when I check the fireplace dialog box, last image, the Floor to Bottom value is set to 0.  Further, if one looks closely at the three images, you will notice the guidelines are all at proper position based on the dialog box.  I have closed and reopened the application.  I have restarted my computer.  Nothing seems to fix the display problem.  Other than going through the hassle of re-installing my product, is there anything else I might try first.

Thank you.

Kevin

Home Designer Version 18; 64 bit

Thank you very much.  Turning off the auto rebuild worked.

Kevin

I am having knee wall issues.  I have drawn a basic cape code, two rear manually drawn dormers, two bedrooms, hall, and a bath.  See attached image.  When I push out the bathroom wall into the attic space, the roof decides to push up which it should not do.  My roof is 12 in 12; the finished floor height is 95 5/8".  All east/west walls are set to knee wall.  Each room structure is set to ceiling over space.  I didn't have this problem with 2014 edition.  Any suggestions?  (Hopefully a solution will also fix the wall-less dormers on 3D view.)

Kevin Kilpatrick

HDA 2017

Finding a bug wouldn't be the first time for me.  I'll report it to support.

kevink

I did provide the product and version, first sentence. ( Home Designer Architect) HDA, (version) 2015 along with the build value.  As to using the door dialog box, arch, that setting puts a true semi-circle and not an ellipse. DJP, do you have any suggestions?

kevink

Using HDA 2015; Build 16.4.1; intel based pc.  From the Library Browser, selected Architectural, Doors & Doorways, Wrapped Openings, Ellipse (Trim) and places on an interior wall, (Interior 4).  Opening the camera, the doorway is an arch as it should be.  Opened the properties for the doorway, changed the width from 42" to 72" and the height from 80" to 84".  Again, opening the camera but now the wrapped opening is a standard square door opening.  What happened to the arch? 

Using the doorway properties dialog box, arch, puts a true semi circle arch and not an ellipse.  The prior version never did this.  Opening drawings completed for HDA 2015 are not effected when viewing by camera.  Only when a new wrapped opening is used.

Any suggestions?

KevinK