BalutFX Posted Sunday at 09:19 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:19 PM I was tinkering with my house plans in Home Designer Pro 2025 and wanted to change the handrail profile of the railing in my loft. I couldn't figure out how to do it, then realized that it is yet ANOTHER restriction of the Home Designer line that Chief Architect places on us, simply because we didn't (and don't need to) pay thousands of dollars for the CA Premium product. They even advertise the add-on catalog of handrails as compatible with HD Pro 2025, yet there is no way to apply the profile in HD Pro. I know I asked for comment before from other HD Pro users on what we think should be included in the Home Designer product line (like proper assignment of SKP objects when imported), but all I got was crickets. So, I guess this is more of a rant, but come-on Chief Architect. That's a pretty lame restriction for software that currently costs $600. I imagine we will still see those unnecessarily restrictive aspects in the soon to be released "upgrade" to Home Designer, but I sure would like other users to chime in on this subject, although I'm not holding my breath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Rookie65 Posted Sunday at 09:48 PM Solution Share Posted Sunday at 09:48 PM Open up the catalog, pick the style you want, then put your cursor over the railing and watch the icon change. Click, and it will change 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalutFX Posted Sunday at 09:58 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 09:58 PM 10 minutes ago, Rookie65 said: Open up the catalog, pick the style you want, then put your cursor over the railing and watch the icon change. Click, and it will change Well, let me be the first to apologize for ranting when there was a solution to my problem. Although I probably wouldn't have figured that out on my own (especially since you have to do it in 3D view) and a search of this forum and the knowledge-base didn't reveal the answer (or maybe I just don't know how to search). Anyway, thank you and sorry Chief Architect for whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barthmv Posted Monday at 08:28 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:28 PM I also have noticed that the price increase of the home designer software has increased and yet the library downloads have decreased. You would think that Chief Architect would want to include all of the library files so that their software would shine above the rest. But a buck is a buck and that is what it's all about to them. Pay the thousands and you will get what you should be getting even with the cheaper software. It doesn't cost anymore to include the library files throughout all of the platforms. Some of the advanced features we do not need. Library files should be included with the software and not because we spent the extra couple of thousand for features we don't need. Software manufactures have always done this and justify it by saying that they had to develop it and this is the cost of the development. That's bull. If it's already developed into one platform it cost pretty much nothing to insert it into another. Like I said a buck is a buck. I continue to update to the current version hoping for some dramatic upgrades and have been disappointed with each version. I upgrade because not to do so cost me more and more. I am currently waiting for the 3D to include Photo Ray Trace in home designer pro but stopped holding my breath. I might stop ungrading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted Monday at 08:45 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:45 PM Some of it could be the manufacturers decision to only offer their product to Chief Architect users, and not Home Designer users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barthmv Posted Monday at 08:59 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:59 PM Even Home designer uses have clients and it doesn't make sense that manufactures would limit this exposure to a select few. I don't agree with your statement that the manufactures offer only to the expensive software. I think this is something Chief architect does. If I am wrong then I apologize for my comment but still don't understand how a manufacturer would limit it's sales potential to a select group of consumers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted Monday at 09:35 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:35 PM You don't have to agree with it. It was a thought, that's all. Contact Chief Architect and snap at them. They'll have the definitive answer for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barthmv Posted Monday at 10:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:57 PM I'm not snapping at anyone, just stating my opinion, and my opinion isn't always correct, just my opinion. I've worked with design software my whole 46 years of manufacturing experience so I base my opinion on my working knowledge. Their "definitive" answer isn't necessarily the correct answer. It's just their answer. I've said all I can about this subject and know that there are those that agree and those that disagree. It is what it is. I've been a long time user of the home designer software and I just feel that the software could be more for the manufactured and also for the user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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