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It may be available in Chief Architect. This is the Home Designer line forum

It must have been deleted from 2 years ago

Look for "Kitchen Vent Hoods" under the same tab.

Solver,

That's why I suggested what I did. He wants to rotate it North and South, plus East and West.

Try edit>edit area>all floors>transform replicate, 1 copy, reflect vertically and go up on the y axis a good distance so the two plans don't overlap. Then take the new plan, reflect horizontally and go along the x axis and that should work

Are you trying to show them as a section view so they know the materials, etc.? If that's the case, when you place the camera where you want it on the plan, use a CAD line to trace over the camera lines at the ends and extend them out of the building. Then draw another one perpendicular to the end point, then go to "callouts" under text. I use the triangle and label them "A,B," etc. You can turn the triangle to face in the direction the view is in. Once you have your view, add a label or some item to the view. Then, when you go to close the camera, the program will ask if you want to save the elevation view. Say yes, and it's there. You can then copy the lines and the markers,then move up and down floors and "Save, hold position" and the section arrows will be on each floor.

Other than that, I am not sure what your term of "Design intent" is trying to focus on?

Maybe it was change in subsequent releases? In 2024 it is as discussed, with the inner panel being the operable one as viewed from the exterior. Maybe download the trial version and see if it changed, then upgrade to the current version. And you'd likely order them as "OX" or "XO" to keep it in industry terms.

You can use the break line tool on the left roof where it meets the house at the corner. Then drag that section to the right to meet the other roof. Provided your program has manual roofs. 

Did you draw any bearing lines for the ceiling joists? If not, it's likely reading the length as the full span. I'm not one that has faith in the HD material list and don't use. 

Sloped soffits or custom backsplash

David, the question has nothing to do with flared treads or starting steps. It has to do with the wall behind the stairs.

Without seeing the floor plan and how much room is there, I am guessing that possibly a curved railing, made solid as a panel and the baluster height set to where the wall is supposed to hit might work for you?

Take a look at this post from just a couple of days ago and that should help

problem changing exterior walls to 16" O.C. Stuck at 24" O.C.

Over 7 years and this is still being discussed?! In Pro 2024, and maybe in all of the them, the call out for a "left sliding window" means that the left side PANEL is the one that slides. as viewed from the exterior as is industry standard. It doesn't have anything to do with the direction it goes, yet logic would tell you that if it's the left panel, then to open it, it would slide to the right, as viewed from the exterior. The sliding panel shows being on the inside 

Go to File>Backup entire plan>check "backup plan files and all referenced files" (this will capture any materials, etc you used in the plan and transfer them as well) and depending on size, check "Send backup files to zip archive". That should put a file on your desktop that you can then email to people as needed who have the same program. It will be helpful if you all have the current updates and same bonus catalogs downloaded to speed things up. Each person can rename the file before they send it to the next person with their name, etc. so the original one they got doesn't get overwritten or anything. It will help keep the changes current with each forward.

it may not let you push it into the wall, yet if you "transform/replicate" it the dimension you need, that often works. It kind of bypasses the default

Check the wall type material. 

Do you have "auto build wall" and "auto build floor" framing turned on? Try your help or reference manual too

Change your default. The roof message is probably saying that the roof defaults won't change existing roof framing and that note can be checked to not show. Check if your walls are aligned with foundation to eliminate the "dog leg"

Do you know how to search the library for additional content online? The word "bonus" has nothing to do with it. Start with the library tab in the program 

You'll want the program. Library >get content on line. Search the categories and you'll find it. 

Same as with any of them. Find the catalog, click on the link and it shows you. No link, no preview. Very basic. 

Bonus catalog has rail profiles for HDP 24. Don't know about decking since I don't use material list 

Physically based rendering

Is your monitor set for 64 byte display, or 32?

It does happen on its own, as I have seen in this version. One can draw the walls, everything is fine. Then a simple change to another object can cause walls to revert the layers without the user having done anything. There are several issues I have seen in 2024 that weren't prevalent in previous versions. I have reported them to technical and they are looking at them. It seems with each new release, something that worked well before becomes corrupted.

So it isn't something a user is doing and the software may have some code issues that cause something to change when it shouldn't.