Rookie65

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  1. I typically adjust the thickness of the post/beam to what it will be with the wrap, then change the material to what it needs to be showing.
  2. Rookie65

    Help With Roof

    Click on the 3 dots in the top right of the post, and delete should be there as an option.
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    Help With Roof

    If you're using Chief X17, stay on the Chief forum, as the 2 programs are different, and there will be different options available. You can just delete this post to eliminate confusion.
  4. It's the same for any of the Home Designer versions. You mentioned 24 in your post
  5. Not in the Home Designer product. You'll need to upgrade to Chief Architect for layers. This discussion has come up many times. I always just draw an as built plan, then copy it to make the changes for the remodel
  6. You have "color" turned off in your 1st screen shot, and "on" in the 2nd. Look at the little house image in the right side tool bar.
  7. Rookie65

    ALERTS

    As I mentioned earlier, these are joist direction lines causing the errors. If you drag your cursor over one of the warnings, there will be a comment showing what it is. Make your "bearing lines" visible, then you can delete them. Very simple.
  8. What it means is that you should keep whatever version you have been using. Any update available now is only to home designer 26.
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    ALERTS

    Try posting the plan
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    ALERTS

    If you click on them, it'll tell you what the issue is. Often it's a framing thing, and if you display "bearing lines", you may see them to delete. Yes, I have been fortunate to have a good design business going. I have a great group of clients who keep me busy steadily.
  11. It's gone in 2026. One of many disappointments with the new version.
  12. Rookie65

    ALERTS

    Click on them to see what they are. They could be in reference to some framing directions.
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    Exterior Siding

    Yes. look at your siding materials
  14. Make the box transparent. Maybe spend some time going over the reference manual
  15. The line above looks like the roof overhang. You can rename any room to what you want by going to the dbx, at the room name, leave the upper name so it defaults, then on the second lane, change it to what you want it to be
  16. If you set it in your defaults before you start adding windows, it'll happen with them all
  17. You can go into the DBX for the windows under labels & hit the "enter" key a time or two to move the label to sit below the window. It may work for the doors too. You can always click on the door or window and move the text with the small dot in the center of the call out too
  18. I think one of the many drawbacks to HD 2026 is that the material editing properties have been taken away. If you go to the material, copy it to make a new one and rename it, see if you can edit the angle of it. Change it from 0 to 90, or the opposite. If it's greyed out, you can't. However, if you applied this as a soffit, and not a moulding, the pattern may be fine.
  19. Yes, there was one. The one in question looks like it has a "V" in it, which is why I suggested there was a vector view camera active somewhere in the plan. Possibly saved from when a view was sent to layout page or something. Posting the plan often helps more than playing guessing games. Anyway, good luck with it
  20. Looks like you have a vector view camera active or saved in that are, which is giving you the line
  21. Do it using custom countertops. Stack them on top of each other
  22. If it's a PDF, import it to your plan, set the scale from marked dimensions, then trace it. You'll want to turn it so that your walls run straight up for the structure. In other words, turn the terrain, not the house
  23. Library>get additional content online>millwork>Corbels and Brackets No.3 Gable. There are several styles there to pick from. Where you are using such an old version, I don't know if it's still available for sale since the change to HD 2026. You should always post questions in the "Q&A" section. "Tips & Techniques" is where you post things you have found that may help others, In "Q&A", you will also likely get more views.
  24. They save as whatever the last settings were for the file you are using. That's why I , and probably most others, keep a "master plan" to start all new projects from. You set up a master and change all of the defaults to what you want them to be. Whether it's geographic preferences for doors, trim, etc.That way, you don't have to change everything for each new plan you start.