Adding basic reference info from plats to terrain

[Chris_from_NC]

HDPro 2024.  This is day one, and day one has been disappointing.  Please bear with me.

 

I'm starting to design a garage.  Haven't started on that part yet.

I've converted my property plat into a terrain perimeter, complete with setbacks, etc.

Now I'm trying to add the existing house and shed footprints for reference, so I can play with placement/orientation/etc. of the garage with respect to the house, and can have something to eventually submit for planning/zoning approval.

I've made a CAD outline of the house footprint and dimensioned all of those lines, but I'm not having any success getting dimensions to snap to the terrain perimeter.  This means that I can't properly locate the house footprint on the property.

 

Is there a special trick to this, or should I model the house as a separate building (just some walls or a slab or something) and figure out how to bring it in as a second building?  Or just make the house footprint out of a fence or a patio? Can those be dimensioned to the terrain perimeter? I'm a little shocked that would need a workaround for something as simple as reference geometry.

 

I'm a mechanical CAD guy (Solidworks, some other packages as well) and HDPro has a really steep learning curve so far.

[DavidJPotter]

Check these out, please...

 

 

DJP

[solver]

13 minutes ago, Chris_from_NC said:

but I'm not having any success getting dimensions to snap to the terrain perimeter. 

 

The 4' dimension is a Temporary Dimension from CAD to a Terrain Perimeter.

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Chris_from_NC said:

 

I'm a mechanical CAD guy (Solidworks, some other packages as well) and HDPro has a really steep learning curve so far.

 

Just keep repeating to yourself -- Pro isn't Solidworks.

 

You need to learn the Home Designer way just as you learned the Solidworks way.

 

Those inexperienced in CAD usually have the easiest time learning as they don't know how things should be done

 

[Chris_from_NC]

Thanks for the help, I'll take a look at that collection of videos.

 

It's not often I feel so inept at something.  Hopefully I'll get some momentum after drinking from the fire hose for long enough.