SpeleoWorm Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Does anyone know why the 90 catalogs listed below are not for sale for Home Designer software users? Is our money no good? There is no "SSA" for Home Designer, and even if you buy an upgrade to every release of their software each year you are still not able to access any of those catalogs. I understand making some of them free and others for sale, but I don't understand blocking a good percentage of your users from even buying catalogs that you have already made. I am guessing that many of the manufacturers are providing the symbol libraries for free, but they may not know that lots of users are blocked from being able to use them. And the catalogs regarding things like plants (see screenshot below) don't seem like a "Chief Architect"-only type of feature...they are basic and simple and needed by home users and professional users, so why prevent all Home Designer users from being able to access them? I can think of a lot of people who would drop a few bucks to buy a catalog that they need, but not a few thousand for a program they don't really need...in this situation they are not getting money in either case, so it doesn't make any sense. Please let me know if I am missing something, and if there is a way to access the "SSA Only" catalogs as a Home Designer user. Thanks! 3D Moldings 3D Plants 3D Text American Woodmark Andersen® Windows Arcways® Stairs Aristokraft® Cabinetry Armstrong® Aspire Cabinetry™ Atlantis Outdoor Kitchens Barker Cabinets Beams Bellmont Cabinet Co. Bishop Cabinets BMW Bridgewood Custom Cabinetry BROSCO® Cabico® Custom Cabinetry CAD Blocks and Details Craft-Maid® Crestwood Crystal Cabinet Works Custom Wood Products® - Visit... Danver Stainless Outdoor Kitch... Decor Cabinet Company Decorá Cabinetry Diamond® Dura Supreme Estate Custom Collection Executive Cabinetry Federal Brace Fieldstone Cabinetry Greenfield Cabinetry Home Concepts Homecrest® Cabinetry HVAC No.2 Spiral Ducting Image CAD Blocks J & K Cabinetry © Kemper Cabinets Kitchen Craft® Cabinetry Kitchen Design Styles KraftMaid® Landscaping CAD Blocks Legacy Crafted Cabinets Log Truss Template Mastercraft Cabinets Medallion® Cabinetry Merillat® Mid Continent® Cabinetry Mouser Omega Cabinetry Osborne Wood Products Pella® Windows Pennville Custom Cabinetry Plants - Annuals Plants - Aquatic Plants - Bulbs Plants - Cacti & Succulents Plants - Climbers Plants - Kitchen Garden Plants - Perennials & Biennials Plants - Shrubs Plants - Trees Plants - Tropical Plato Woodwork, Inc. Porch Millwork Potted Plants Quality Cabinets Rev-A-Shelf Ridge Caps Schrock Cabinetry Showplace Wood Products Simpson® Strong Tie Siteline™ Cabinetry Sorrento Custom Cabinetry Space Planning Blocks StarMark Cabinetry Style Palettes Talora by Decor Tedd Wood Fine Cabinetry Timberlake Cabinetry Wall Types Waypoint Living Spaces Wellborn Closets™ Wellborn® White River Hardwoods Wolf Home Products Woodland Cabinetry YesterTec® Kitchen Designs Yorktowne™ Cabinetry 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeleoWorm Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, solver said: Just an FYI -- Chief / Home Designer doesn't monitor these forums, so you need to contact them directly. There is a Chief_Content user that you could contact. Thanks, but I wasn't looking for a response from the company, I was asking to see if I was missing something since this is one of those things that doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and I thought that someone might know something that I don't. I will reach out to them if I am unable to get help in the user forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vansandtdesigns Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I am with you, I don't understand the logic behind it either. I would be and AM willing to purchase some of these catalogs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savuti Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I see that other users of Home Designer software also have this issue with not being able to download certain catalogs. I don't see the logic in being permitted to download some and not others even though I am willing to purchase them. For some reason I can purchase a catalog with a Redwood but not a Tropical Palm tree. I am currently using Home Designer Pro 2021. I know the Company does not monitor these forums, although I think they would become aware of a lot if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidinTennessee Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 No doubt it's the large catalogs of a multitude of rendered objects that are being sought. If it is simply a particular object then those can be found in many rendering groups and databases online. I don't speak for the company (I just started using the new version myself, and it's only for personal use) but I know a little about licensing and distribution. It certainly may be the situation that the content which is in the SSA-only catalogs has actually been licensed for that specific program, and adding a second program (the Home Designer series) would simply not be economically viable. While there are certainly a few people (like yourself) who might buy a catalog, the company might not be able to pay "per download" of a catalog, but instead a lump sum per program offered. In that case, it might make sense that professionals might download all the catalogs, while there might not be enough hobbyists purchasing those catalogs to justify it. This is just a thought, but that would make sense. Moving on from that, there might actually be a market for someone here. There are many highly skilled 3D renderers that would probably be able to quickly design a large catalog and sell it as downloadable content. I don't believe the proprietary file format affects downloaded content, (but I could be wrong about that). Are there designers out there who design plans and then sells their plans to others? If so, I'm sure there would be a market then for individually-designed catalogs of various objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savuti Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I found the Palm trees I was looking for on the Sketchup site. Free download as an .skp file which can be imported and saved to HDP. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterSuiteAddon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 3:07 PM, Savuti said: I found the Palm trees I was looking for on the Sketchup site. Free download as an .skp file which can be imported and saved to HDP. thanks. I'm going to try doing this with some simpson strong tie connectors I need. Search for simpson strong tie | 3D Warehouse (sketchup.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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