Chief Architect® Home Designer Suite® 2014 Reference Manual PDF
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Chief Architect® Home Designer Suite® 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...................................................................... 20 The Home Designer Suite Environment .............................. 21 Toolbars.................................................................................. 23 Menus...................................................................................... 25 Dialogs.................................................................................... 25 The Status Bar........................................................................ 26 Message Boxes...................................................................... 26 Preferences and Default Settings......................................... 27 Drawing a Plan....................................................................... 28 Viewing Your Plan.................................................................. 29 Getting Help............................................................................ 30 About Home Designer Suite ................................................. 31 Upgrade to Chief Architect ................................................... 31 Chapter 2: File Management Compatibility with Other Programs...................................... 34 Organizing Your Files............................................................ 34 Home Designer Suite Data.................................................... 35 Creating a New Plan.............................................................. 35 Saving, Exporting, and Backing Up Files............................ 36 Auto Archive........................................................................... 39 Undo Files............................................................................... 40 3 Home Designer Suite 2014 Reference Manual Opening and Importing Files.................................................40 Searching for Plans................................................................41 Backup Entire Plan.................................................................45 Closing Views and Files.........................................................46 Exiting Home Designer Suite.................................................47 Chapter 3: Preferences & Default Settings Default Settings vs Preferences............................................50 Dynamic Defaults....................................................................51 General Plan Defaults Dialog.................................................51 Preferences Dialog.................................................................52 Angle Style Dialog..................................................................59 Chapter 4: Toolbars & Hotkeys Toolbar Arrangement.............................................................62 Hotkeys....................................................................................62 Chapter 5: Layers Displaying Objects.................................................................64 Layer Sets................................................................................64 Display Options Dialog..........................................................65 Chapter 6: Creating Objects Architectural vs CAD Objects................................................68 Snap Behaviors.......................................................................68 Object Snaps...........................................................................68 Angle Snaps............................................................................69 Grid Snaps...............................................................................69 4 Creating Objects.................................................................... 70 Copying and Pasting Objects............................................... 71 Chapter 7: Editing Objects Selecting Objects................................................................... 76 Editing Line Based Objects.................................................. 78 Editing Arc Based Objects.................................................... 80 Editing Open Polyline Based Objects.................................. 83 Editing Closed-Polyline Based Objects............................... 86 Editing Box-Based Objects................................................... 88 Editing Spline Based Objects............................................... 90 Editing Circles, Ovals and Ellipses...................................... 92 Displaying Objects................................................................. 94 Moving Objects...................................................................... 96 Aligning Objects.................................................................... 97 Resizing Objects.................................................................... 99 Reshaping Objects................................................................ 99 Rotating Objects.................................................................. 100 Deleting Objects................................................................... 101 Undo and Redo.................................................................... 102 Chapter 8: Walls, Railings & Fencing Wall Defaults........................................................................ 106 The Wall Tools...................................................................... 107 The Deck Tools.................................................................... 108 The Fencing Tools............................................................... 108 Exterior and Interior Walls.................................................. 109 Foundation Walls................................................................. 109 Railings................................................................................. 109 Invisible Walls...................................................................... 110 5 Home Designer Suite 2014 Reference Manual Polygon Shaped Decks........................................................111 Hatch Wall.............................................................................111 Break Wall.............................................................................112 Drawing Walls.......................................................................112 Connecting Walls..................................................................114 Displaying Walls...................................................................114 Measuring Walls...................................................................115 Editing Walls.........................................................................117 Editing Straight/Curved Wall Combinations......................119 Aligning Walls.......................................................................120 Roof Directives in Walls.......................................................121 Attic Walls.............................................................................122 Wall Type Definitions...........................................................123 Wall Specification Dialog.....................................................123 Railing and Fencing Specification Dialogs........................126 Wall Hatch Specification Dialog..........................................129 Chapter 9: Rooms Floor and Room Defaults.....................................................132 Room Definition....................................................................132 Selecting Rooms...................................................................133 Displaying Rooms................................................................134 Editing Rooms......................................................................134 Room Types..........................................................................135 Room Labels.........................................................................137 Decks.....................................................................................138 Floor & Ceiling Heights........................................................139 Special Ceilings....................................................................140 Room Specification Dialog..................................................142 6 Chapter 10: Doors Door Defaults....................................................................... 149 The Door Tools..................................................................... 150 Displaying Doors................................................................. 152 Editing Doors....................................................................... 153 Changing Door Swings ....................................................... 154 Special Doors....................................................................... 157 Door Specification Dialog................................................... 158 Chapter 11: Windows Window Defaults.................................................................. 166 The Window Tools............................................................... 166 Special Windows.................................................................. 168 Grouped Windows............................................................... 169 Displaying Windows............................................................ 170 Editing Windows.................................................................. 171 Bay, Box, and Bow Windows.............................................. 172 Bay, Box, Bow Windows & Roofs ...................................... 174 Window Specification Dialog.............................................. 175 Bay/Box/Bow Window Specification Dialog...................... 182 Chapter 12: Multiple Floors Floor Defaults Dialog........................................................... 184 Floor Tools........................................................................... 185 Adding Floors....................................................................... 185 Displaying Floors................................................................. 186 Deleting Floors..................................................................... 186 Stepped Floor & Ceiling Platforms..................................... 187 Split Levels........................................................................... 187 7 Home Designer Suite 2014 Reference Manual The Current Floor.................................................................188 The Attic Floor......................................................................189 The Reference Floor.............................................................189 Chapter 13: Foundations Foundation Defaults.............................................................192 Building a Foundation..........................................................193 Displaying Foundations.......................................................193 Editing Foundations.............................................................194 Deleting Foundations...........................................................195 Foundations and Rooms......................................................195 Foundations and the Terrain...............................................196 Fireplaces..............................................................................198 Fireplace Specification Dialog.............................................199 Library Fireplaces.................................................................201 Chimneys...............................................................................201 Chapter 14: Roofs Roof Defaults........................................................................204 The Roof Tools......................................................................204 Automatic Roofs...................................................................205 Build Roof Dialog..................................................................205 Editing Roofs........................................................................207 Gable Over Door/Window....................................................208 Skylights................................................................................208 Roof Hole/Skylight Specification Dialog............................209 Dormers.................................................................................210 Editing Auto Dormers...........................................................211 Dormer Specification Dialog................................................212 Roof Returns and Other Details..........................................214 8 Roof Pitches in Degrees...................................................... 215 Chapter 15: Stairs & Landings Stair Defaults........................................................................ 218 The Stair Tools..................................................................... 218 Anatomy of a Staircase....................................................... 219 Drawing Stairs...................................................................... 220 Displaying Stairs and Landings ......................................... 221 Editing Stairs........................................................................ 222 Merging Stair Sections........................................................ 222 Landings............................................................................... 224 Maintaining Tread Depth..................................................... 225 Starter Treads....................................................................... 226 Wrapped Stairs..................................................................... 227 Other Special Railings & Stairs.......................................... 228 Creating a Stairwell.............................................................. 228 Rooms Below Staircases.................................................... 230 Staircase Specification Dialog............................................ 231 Stair Landing Specification Dialog..................................... 236 Chapter 16: Electrical The Electrical Tools............................................................. 238 Creating Wiring Schematics............................................... 239 Auto Place Outlets............................................................... 239 Electrical Library.................................................................. 240 Displaying Electrical Objects.............................................. 240 Editing Electrical Objects.................................................... 241 Electrical Service Specification Dialog.............................. 242 9 Home Designer Suite 2014 Reference Manual Chapter 17: Trim Tools Trim and Molding Defaults...................................................246 Corner Boards.......................................................................246 Corner Board Specification Dialog.....................................247 Quoins...................................................................................247 Quoin Specification Dialog..................................................248 Editing Corner Boards and Quoins.....................................248 Millwork.................................................................................249 Chapter 18: Cabinets Cabinet Defaults...................................................................251 The Cabinet Tools.................................................................252 Cabinet Fillers.......................................................................254 Placing Cabinets...................................................................254 Displaying Cabinets.............................................................256 Editing Cabinets...................................................................256 Editing Cabinet Styles..........................................................257 Special Cabinets...................................................................258 Cabinet Specification Dialog...............................................260 Shelf/Partition Specification Dialog....................................265 Chapter 19: Terrain Terrain Perimeter..................................................................267 Elevation Data Tools............................................................269 Terrain Modifier Tools..........................................................272 Terrain Feature Tools...........................................................273 Garden Bed Tools.................................................................274 Water Feature Tools.............................................................275 Stepping Stone Tools...........................................................276 10
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