Can the Styles Palette be changed plan-wide in Home Designer Architectural 2022?

[DavidinTennessee]

Is it possible to change the style palette of your entire plan after you've already begun (and chose a preset one at the very beginning)? I want to see what my plan would look like in various styles, but I don't want to have to recreate it.

I see on YouTube they are able to do this with the professional Chief Architect software, but I don't see where it can easily be done in Home Designer Architectural. Am I just overlooking something easy? I realize I could go through and change every single item (the doors, the trim, the interior and exterior walls, etc., all throughout the plan, but there are quite a few major changes to get that accomplished, so I was hoping there was an easier way.)

Here is the YouTube video link showing how they do it in the CA program. Thank you for your insight!

 

[scottharris]

David, the Style Palette tool is in the Chief Architect product line (not Home Designer).  You can download the trial of Chief Architect, open your Home Designer plan and take a look.

[solver]

17 hours ago, DavidinTennessee said:

Is it possible to change the style palette of your entire plan after you've already begun (and chose a preset one at the very beginning)?

 

 

@scottharris

 

I'm guessing David is asking about this, and being able to change from one to another.

 

[DavidinTennessee]

Solver (Eric), yep, you are correct, I was indeed asking if it's possible to change the original default style settings. I am under the impression from the answer Mr. @scottharris gave that this is not an currently an option for the Home Designer program series. If that is the case, at least I have something to add to the "wish list" section! :-D

Thanks everyone!
 

[DavidinTennessee]

This follow-up answer is for anyone who might want to know what I did to change the default style palette in Home Designer (I'm using HD Architect 2022, but I suspect it'll work on all of the HD programs). I ended up copying my entire plan (selecting everything on the layer by circling it) and then I created a brand new (blank) plan, and when a new plan is created it lets you choose from the various styles offered (American casual, Arts and Crafts, Colonial, Country Cottage, etc.), and then I just pasted my copied plan on there. I checked the various elements, and the elements were indeed updated to the new style palette. Doing it this way gave me 99.9% of the result I was looking for, so I'd say it's a very easy and very effective way to change the basic default styles!

-The other great thing is that the various style elements that I did make changes to (like wall treatments, furniture textures, etc.) those were all kept unchanged in the new (pasted) plan; so the only things that changed were the basic style elements in the default, not all the changes I had made. I know this might make my question seem pretty obvious to answer, but hey, it took me a bit to figure that out, and I'm thrilled because an easy and good solution is always a welcome one!

Thanks!