Rotating floor planks

[mschoonmaker]

I pulled the tile (6"x36" planks) from the Manufacturer's catalog, but when I go to Doll House View, the flooring is running across my halls, instead of lengthwise. ow would one rotate the flooring please?

 

Home Designer Architect 2018

[solver]

1) Please fill out your Signature -- see below. Yes, I see you provided this info, but please do it anyway.

 

2) Take a look at the Knowledge Base linked below, specifically under Materials.

 

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[DavidJPotter]

This is a common problem easily solved. Each material has a dialog box where it can be edited as to size, direction, color, and angle. Each material is defined for each main camera type: Vector view= lines and colors and Standard=that shows materials across 3D faces of objects. In the case where you need the same material in two places, running two different angles then one makes a "Copy" of such a material for this purpose. Each copy can be set to run a different angle or direction provided it has a slightly different name in the plan.

 

Data on this can be read here: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/search/?default_tab=support&q=custom+material

 

DJP

[KirkClemons]

More specifically, this article should help:

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00863/rotating-the-direction-of-a-material.html