Chief Architect® Home Designer Essentials® 2014 Reference Manual PDF
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Chief Architect® Home Designer Essentials® 2014 Reference Manual Chief Architect, Inc. 6500 N. Mineral Dr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815 www.HomeDesignerSoftware.com © 1990–2012 by Chief Architect, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book or the accompanying software may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Chief Architect, Inc. Chief Architect® and Home Designer® are registered trademarks of Chief Architect, Inc. FreeImage is used under the FIPL license, This software uses the FreeImage open version 1.0. source image library. See This software uses the Ruby open source http://freeimage.sourceforge.net for details. library. See http://www.ruby-lang.org/ for details. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of Chief Architect, Inc. or their respective owners. Created in the United States of America. Contents Chapter 1: Program Overview Startup Options...................................................................... 17 The Home Designer Essentials Environment ..................... 18 Toolbars.................................................................................. 20 Menus...................................................................................... 21 Dialogs.................................................................................... 22 The Status Bar........................................................................ 23 Message Boxes...................................................................... 23 Preferences and Default Settings......................................... 24 Drawing a Plan....................................................................... 25 Viewing Your Plan.................................................................. 26 Getting Help............................................................................ 27 About Home Designer Essentials........................................ 28 Upgrade to Chief Architect ................................................... 28 Chapter 2: File Management Compatibility with Other Programs...................................... 31 Organizing Your Files............................................................ 31 Home Designer Essentials Data........................................... 32 Creating a New Plan.............................................................. 32 Saving, Exporting, and Backing Up Files............................ 33 Auto Archive........................................................................... 36 Undo Files............................................................................... 37 2 Home Designer Essentials 2014 Reference Manual Opening and Importing Files.................................................37 Searching for Plans................................................................38 Backup Entire Plan.................................................................42 Closing Views and Files.........................................................43 Exiting Home Designer Essentials........................................44 Chapter 3: Preferences & Default Settings Default Settings vs Preferences............................................47 Dynamic Defaults....................................................................48 General Plan Defaults Dialog.................................................48 Preferences Dialog.................................................................49 Chapter 4: Toolbars & Hotkeys Toolbar Arrangement.............................................................57 Hotkeys....................................................................................57 Chapter 5: Layers Displaying Objects.................................................................59 Layer Sets................................................................................59 Display Options Dialog..........................................................60 Chapter 6: Creating Objects Architectural vs CAD Objects................................................63 Snap Behaviors.......................................................................63 Object Snaps...........................................................................63 Angle Snaps............................................................................64 Grid Snaps...............................................................................64 Creating Objects.....................................................................64 3 Copying and Pasting Objects............................................... 66 Chapter 7: Editing Objects Selecting Objects................................................................... 71 Editing Line Based Objects.................................................. 73 Editing Arc Based Objects.................................................... 75 Editing Open Polyline Based Objects.................................. 77 Editing Closed-Polyline Based Objects............................... 80 Editing Box-Based Objects................................................... 82 Editing Spline Based Objects............................................... 84 Displaying Objects................................................................. 86 Moving Objects...................................................................... 88 Aligning Objects.................................................................... 89 Resizing Objects.................................................................... 90 Reshaping Objects................................................................ 91 Rotating Objects.................................................................... 92 Deleting Objects..................................................................... 93 Undo and Redo...................................................................... 94 Chapter 8: Walls, Railings & Fencing Wall Defaults.......................................................................... 97 The Wall Tools........................................................................ 97 The Deck Tools...................................................................... 98 The Fencing Tools................................................................. 99 Exterior and Interior Walls.................................................... 99 Foundation Walls................................................................. 100 Railings................................................................................. 100 Invisible Walls...................................................................... 101 Hatch Wall............................................................................. 102 Break Wall............................................................................. 102 4 Home Designer Essentials 2014 Reference Manual Drawing Walls.......................................................................103 Connecting Walls..................................................................104 Displaying Walls...................................................................105 Measuring Walls...................................................................106 Editing Walls.........................................................................107 Editing Straight/Curved Wall Combinations......................110 Aligning Walls.......................................................................110 Roof Directives in Walls.......................................................111 Attic Walls.............................................................................112 Wall Type Definitions...........................................................113 Wall Specification Dialog.....................................................114 Railing and Fencing Specification Dialogs........................116 Wall Hatch Specification Dialog..........................................119 Chapter 9: Rooms Floor and Room Defaults.....................................................121 Room Definition....................................................................121 Selecting Rooms...................................................................122 Displaying Rooms................................................................123 Editing Rooms......................................................................123 Room Types..........................................................................124 Room Labels.........................................................................126 Decks.....................................................................................127 Floor & Ceiling Heights........................................................128 Special Ceilings....................................................................129 Room Specification Dialog..................................................131 Chapter 10: Doors Door Defaults........................................................................138 The Door Tools.....................................................................139 5 Displaying Doors................................................................. 141 Editing Doors....................................................................... 142 Changing Door Swings ....................................................... 143 Special Doors....................................................................... 146 Door Specification Dialog................................................... 147 Chapter 11: Windows Window Defaults.................................................................. 155 The Window Tools............................................................... 155 Special Windows.................................................................. 156 Grouped Windows............................................................... 157 Displaying Windows............................................................ 159 Editing Windows.................................................................. 160 Bay, Box, and Bow Windows.............................................. 161 Bay, Box, Bow Windows & Roofs ...................................... 162 Window Specification Dialog.............................................. 164 Bay/Box/Bow Window Specification Dialog...................... 169 Chapter 12: Multiple Floors Floor Defaults Dialog........................................................... 171 Floor Tools........................................................................... 172 Adding Floors....................................................................... 172 Displaying Floors................................................................. 173 Deleting Floors..................................................................... 174 Stepped Floor & Ceiling Platforms..................................... 174 Split Levels........................................................................... 174 The Current Floor................................................................. 175 The Attic Floor...................................................................... 176 The Reference Floor............................................................ 176 6 Home Designer Essentials 2014 Reference Manual Chapter 13: Foundations Foundation Defaults.............................................................179 Building a Foundation..........................................................179 Displaying Foundations.......................................................180 Editing Foundations.............................................................181 Deleting Foundations...........................................................182 Foundations and Rooms......................................................182 Foundations and the Terrain...............................................183 Fireplaces..............................................................................184 Fireplace Specification Dialog.............................................185 Library Fireplaces.................................................................187 Chimneys...............................................................................188 Chapter 14: Roofs Roof Defaults........................................................................191 The Roof Tools......................................................................191 Automatic Roofs...................................................................192 Build Roof Dialog..................................................................192 Editing Roofs........................................................................194 Gable Over Door/Window....................................................194 Skylights................................................................................195 Roof Hole/Skylight Specification Dialog............................196 Roof Pitches in Degrees......................................................198 Chapter 15: Stairs & Landings Stair Defaults.........................................................................205 The Stair Tools......................................................................205 Anatomy of a Staircase........................................................206 Drawing Stairs.......................................................................207 7 Displaying Stairs and Landings ......................................... 208 Editing Stairs........................................................................ 209 Merging Stair Sections........................................................ 209 Landings............................................................................... 211 Maintaining Tread Depth..................................................... 212 Starter Treads....................................................................... 212 Wrapped Stairs..................................................................... 213 Other Special Railings & Stairs.......................................... 214 Creating a Stairwell.............................................................. 215 Rooms Below Staircases.................................................... 216 Staircase Specification Dialog............................................ 217 Stair Landing Specification Dialog..................................... 222 Chapter 16: Electrical The Electrical Tools............................................................. 229 Creating Wiring Schematics............................................... 230 Auto Place Outlets............................................................... 230 Electrical Library.................................................................. 231 Displaying Electrical Objects.............................................. 231 Editing Electrical Objects.................................................... 231 Electrical Service Specification Dialog.............................. 232 Chapter 17: Trim Tools Trim and Molding Defaults.................................................. 237 Corner Boards...................................................................... 237 Corner Board Specification Dialog .................................... 238 Quoins................................................................................... 238 Quoin Specification Dialog................................................. 239 Editing Corner Boards and Quoins.................................... 239 Millwork................................................................................. 240 8 Home Designer Essentials 2014 Reference Manual Chapter 18: Cabinets Cabinet Defaults...................................................................242 The Cabinet Tools.................................................................243 Cabinet Fillers.......................................................................245 Placing Cabinets...................................................................245 Displaying Cabinets.............................................................247 Editing Cabinets...................................................................247 Editing Cabinet Styles..........................................................248 Special Cabinets...................................................................249 Cabinet Specification Dialog...............................................251 Shelf/Partition Specification Dialog....................................256 Chapter 19: Terrain Terrain Perimeter..................................................................258 Terrain Feature Tools...........................................................260 Garden Bed Tools.................................................................261 Water Feature Tools.............................................................261 Terrain Objects in the Library..............................................262 Displaying Terrain................................................................262 Editing Terrain Objects........................................................263 Terrain Object Specification Dialogs..................................263 Terrain Specification Dialog................................................263 Terrain Feature Specification Dialog..................................265 Garden Bed Specification Dialog........................................268 Terrain Path Specification Dialog.......................................268 Plants.....................................................................................269 Plant Image Specification Dialog........................................269 9
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