Chief Architect® Home Designer® Pro 2014 Reference Manual PDF
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Chief Architect® Home Designer® Pro 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...................................................................... 24 The Home Designer Pro Environment................................. 25 Toolbars.................................................................................. 28 Menus...................................................................................... 30 Dialogs.................................................................................... 30 The Status Bar........................................................................ 31 Message Boxes...................................................................... 32 Preferences and Default Settings......................................... 33 Drawing a Plan....................................................................... 33 Viewing Your Plan.................................................................. 35 Getting Help............................................................................ 37 About Home Designer Pro.................................................... 37 Upgrade to Chief Architect ................................................... 38 Chapter 2: File Management Compatibility with Other Programs...................................... 40 Organizing Your Files............................................................ 40 Home Designer Pro Data....................................................... 41 Creating a New Plan or Layout............................................. 42 Saving, Exporting, and Backing Up Files............................ 43 Thumbnail Images................................................................. 46 Auto Archive........................................................................... 46 3 Home Designer Pro 2014 Reference Manual Undo Files...............................................................................48 Opening and Importing Files.................................................48 Searching for Plans................................................................50 Backup Entire Plan.................................................................52 Closing Views and Files.........................................................53 Exiting Home Designer Pro...................................................54 Chapter 3: Preferences & Default Settings Default Settings vs Preferences............................................56 Dynamic Defaults....................................................................57 General Plan Defaults Dialog.................................................58 Reset to Defaults....................................................................59 Preferences Dialog.................................................................60 Number Style/Angle Style Dialog..........................................89 Chapter 4: Toolbars & Hotkeys Toolbar Arrangement.............................................................92 Customizing Toolbars............................................................93 Toolbar Configurations..........................................................98 Hotkeys....................................................................................99 Chapter 5: Layers Displaying Objects...............................................................102 Layer Sets..............................................................................103 Layer Display Options Dialog..............................................104 Chapter 6: Creating Objects Architectural vs CAD Objects..............................................108 4 Defaults and Preferences.................................................... 108 Snap Behaviors.................................................................... 109 Object Snaps........................................................................ 110 Angle Snaps......................................................................... 111 Grid Snaps............................................................................ 112 Creating Objects.................................................................. 112 Copying and Pasting Objects............................................. 114 Chapter 7: Editing Objects Defaults and Preferences.................................................... 120 Edit Behaviors...................................................................... 120 Selecting Objects................................................................. 124 Editing Line Based Objects................................................ 127 Editing Arc Based Objects.................................................. 130 Editing Open Polyline Based Objects................................ 134 Editing Closed-Polyline Based Objects............................. 138 Editing Box-Based Objects................................................. 141 Editing Spline Based Objects............................................. 144 Editing Circles, Ovals and Ellipses.................................... 146 Displaying Objects............................................................... 149 Moving Objects.................................................................... 152 Aligning Objects.................................................................. 154 Resizing Objects.................................................................. 157 Reshaping Objects.............................................................. 158 Rotating Objects.................................................................. 161 Reflecting Objects............................................................... 163 Converting Objects.............................................................. 164 Transform/Replicate Object Dialog.................................... 166 Edit Area Tools..................................................................... 168 Deleting Objects................................................................... 171 5 Home Designer Pro 2014 Reference Manual Undo and Redo.....................................................................173 Chapter 8: Walls, Railings & Fencing Wall, Railing, and Fencing Defaults....................................176 The Wall Tools......................................................................181 The Deck Tools.....................................................................182 The Fencing Tools................................................................183 Exterior and Interior Walls...................................................183 Foundation Walls..................................................................183 Pony Walls.............................................................................184 Railings..................................................................................185 Invisible Walls.......................................................................186 Polygon Shaped Decks........................................................187 Hatch Wall.............................................................................188 Break Wall.............................................................................189 Drawing Walls.......................................................................189 Connecting Walls..................................................................191 Displaying Walls...................................................................192 Measuring Walls...................................................................195 Editing Walls.........................................................................197 Editing Straight/Curved Wall Combinations......................201 Aligning Walls.......................................................................201 Roof Directives in Walls.......................................................204 Attic Walls.............................................................................206 Stepped and Raked Walls....................................................206 CAD to Walls.........................................................................208 Wall Type Definitions...........................................................209 Wall Type Definitions Dialog...............................................211 Wall Specification Dialog.....................................................214 Railing and Fencing Specification Dialogs........................224 6 Wall Hatch Specification Dialog......................................... 227 Chapter 9: Rooms Floor and Room Defaults.................................................... 230 Room Definition................................................................... 231 Selecting Rooms.................................................................. 231 Displaying Rooms................................................................ 232 Editing Rooms...................................................................... 233 Room Types......................................................................... 234 Room Labels........................................................................ 236 Decks.................................................................................... 238 Floor & Ceiling Heights....................................................... 239 Special Ceilings................................................................... 241 Room Specification Dialog ................................................. 244 Chapter 10: Doors Door Defaults....................................................................... 253 The Door Tools..................................................................... 254 Displaying Doors................................................................. 257 Editing Doors....................................................................... 258 Changing Door Swings ....................................................... 260 Special Doors....................................................................... 263 Door Specification Dialog................................................... 265 Chapter 11: Windows Window Defaults.................................................................. 280 The Window Tools............................................................... 280 Special Windows.................................................................. 282 Grouped Windows............................................................... 284 7 Home Designer Pro 2014 Reference Manual Window Levels......................................................................285 Displaying Windows.............................................................287 Editing Windows...................................................................289 Bay, Box, and Bow Windows...............................................290 Bay, Box, Bow Windows & Roofs.......................................292 Window Specification Dialog...............................................294 Bay/Box Window Specification Dialog...............................311 Bow Window Specification..................................................313 Chapter 12: Multiple Floors Floor Defaults Dialog............................................................316 Floor Tools............................................................................317 Adding Floors.......................................................................317 Displaying Floors..................................................................319 Copying Floors.....................................................................320 Deleting Floors......................................................................320 Floor and Ceiling Platforms.................................................321 Floor and Ceiling Platform Definitions...............................322 Rebuilding Walls, Floors & Ceilings...................................324 Split Levels............................................................................325 The Current Floor.................................................................326 The Attic Floor......................................................................327 The Reference Floor.............................................................327 Chapter 13: Foundations Foundation Defaults.............................................................330 Building a Foundation..........................................................334 Displaying Foundations.......................................................335 Editing Foundations.............................................................335 Aligning Foundation Walls..................................................337 8 Deleting Foundations.......................................................... 338 Foundations and Rooms..................................................... 338 Foundations and the Terrain .............................................. 339 The Slab Tools..................................................................... 341 Editing Slabs........................................................................ 341 Editing Piers and Pads........................................................ 341 Slab Specification Dialog.................................................... 342 Fireplaces............................................................................. 343 Fireplace Specification Dialog............................................ 345 Library Fireplaces................................................................ 347 Chimneys.............................................................................. 347 Chapter 14: Roofs Automatic vs. Manual Roofs............................................... 350 Roof Defaults........................................................................ 351 The Roof Tools..................................................................... 352 Automatic Roofs.................................................................. 353 Build Roof Dialog................................................................. 355 Roof Planes.......................................................................... 362 Displaying Roofs.................................................................. 364 Editing Roof and Ceiling Planes......................................... 365 Roof Plane Specification Dialog......................................... 371 Roof Baseline Polylines...................................................... 375 Roof Baseline Specification Dialog.................................... 377 Roof and Ceiling Framing................................................... 378 Ceiling Planes...................................................................... 379 Ceiling Plane Specification Dialog..................................... 380 Gable/Roof Lines................................................................. 382 Skylights............................................................................... 385 Roof Hole/Skylight Specification Dialog............................ 386 9 Home Designer Pro 2014 Reference Manual Dormers and Crickets..........................................................387 Editing Auto Dormers...........................................................390 Dormer Specification Dialog................................................391 Roof Returns and Other Details..........................................393 Roof Pitches in Degrees......................................................395 Chapter 15: Stairs, Ramps & Landings Stair and Ramp Defaults......................................................398 The Stair Tools......................................................................398 Anatomy of a Staircase........................................................399 Drawing Stairs and Ramps..................................................400 Displaying Stairs, Ramps, and Landings...........................402 Editing Stairs and Ramps....................................................403 Merging Stair and Ramp Sections......................................404 Landings................................................................................406 Maintaining Tread Depth......................................................409 ........................................Flared Stairs and Curved Treads410 Starter Treads.......................................................................413 Winders..................................................................................414 Wrapped Stairs.....................................................................415 Other Special Railings & Stairs...........................................416 Creating a Stairwell..............................................................419 Rooms Below Staircases.....................................................421 Staircase Specification Dialog............................................422 Ramp Specification Dialog..................................................430 Stair Landing Specification Dialog.....................................433 Chapter 16: Framing Framing Defaults..................................................................436 Manual vs. Automatic Framing............................................437 10
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