Home Design Software - Database Article Index

Article Number	Subject	Article Title	Product
30	floors	How to change flooring materials in one area of a larger room	All Home Designer programs
44	walls	How to create a pass-through	All Home Designer programs
71	walls	How to change the color or material of a single wall	All Home Designer programs
73	operating system	What operating systems does Home Designer run on?	All Home Designer programs
74	colors	How to create a colored floor plan	Home Designer Pro
108	Home Designer	Troubleshooting Installation Issues	All Home Designer programs
109	Home Designer	How to uninstall a Home Designer software program	All Home Designer programs
110	images	How to export a graphic or picture file	All Home Designer programs
111	drawings	How to create a .dxf file	Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Deluxe Home Designer Pro
112	errors	Printing Error: The selected page size is not supported	All Home Designer programs
113	toolbars	My toolbar is not visible	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
114	toolbars	Toolbars do not remain in custom locations from session to session	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
115	roofs	No roof is created when I build a roof	All Home Designer programs
116	drawings	How to print a plan to scale	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
118	tutorials	The "Getting Started Tutorial" launches each time the program starts	All Home Designer version 6.0 & 7.0 programs
120	walls	How to make a simple flat roof parapet wall structure	Home Designer Lanscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
121	tools	How to use the Build House Wizard	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
122	tools	How to use the zoom functions	All Home Designer programs
124	cabinets	How to add a corner cabinet to a plan	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
125	stairs	How to create a stairwell	All Home Designer programs
126	stairs	How to move or delete a stairwell	All Home Designer programs
128	terrain	Why can't I see the Hills and Valleys I have added to my terrain?	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
129	views	How to change a 3D camera view	All Home Designer programs* *not all view tools available in all programs
131	materials	How to use the Blend Colors With Materials tool	All Home Designer programs, version 8.0 and later
132	defaults	The numbers I type in dialogs are not being saved	All Home Designer programs
133	doors	How to create a garage door with lites	All Home Designer programs
134	doors	How to make a standard 15 lite French door	All Home Designer programs
135	walls	How to create a complete circle with a wall	All Home Designer programs
136	backdrops	The backdrop in a full overview looks incorrect	All Home Designer version 6.0 programs
137	walls	How to hang a picture on a wall	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
138	libraries	How to add a custom picture or painting into your designs	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
140	heights	How to control floor and ceiling heights	All Home Designer programs
141	ovals	How to draw an oval	Home Designer Suite 6.0 & 7.0 Home Designer Deluxe Home Designer Pro 6.0 & 7.0
142	stairs	When placing curved stairs I am not able to remain in the curved stair mode	All Home Designer programs
143	walls	Siding appears on the inside of my building, and drywall appears on the outside	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
144	floors	Setting a room to be "Open Below" has no effect	All Home Designer programs
145	heights	How to change the height of a deck	All Home Designer programs
146	objects	How to more accurately place objects in a plan	All Home Designer programs
147	sinks	Why can't I select a sink after I place it in a cabinet?	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe
149	models	How to assemble a model	Home Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
150	plans	How do I import a picture of a floor plan and trace over it?	All Home Designer programs
151	terrain	How do I make terrain changes appear in my model?	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
152	terrain	When I delete a terrain object from my drawing, it seems to remain in plan view	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
153	terrain	How do I import a map of my lot that is in .dwg format?	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
154	units	How do I select metric or imperial units?	All Home Designer programs
156	text	How do I edit text that has been placed on my drawing?	All Home Designer programs
157	labels	My room labels are missing	All Home Designer programs
158	roofs	How do I create a complex roof plan?	Home Designer Interior Designer Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
160	ceilings	How do I create a cathedral ceiling?	All Home Designer programs
161	beams	How to create ceiling beams	All Home Designer programs
162	materials	How to restore materials that were changed using the Material Painter	All Home Designer programs
163	colors	How do I change the color of the cathedral ceiling?	All Home Designer programs
164	materials	How to change the transparency of a material	All Home Designer programs *Interior Designer does not include landscaping materials
165	ducting	How do I create complete HVAC plans?	Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
177	stairs	How can I create a stairwell for a spiral staircase placed from the library?	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
179	libraries	My Library Browser disappeared - How do I get it back?	All Home Designer programs
189	cabinets	How to create a bank of drawers in a cabinet	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
197	framing	How do I delete framing?	Home Designer Pro
204	roofs	How to stop a roof from generating over a room	All Home Designer programs
205	windows	How to span windows across multiple floors	All Home Designer programs
206	roofs	I am getting a roof eave on the edge of house where I should only have a wall	All Home Designer programs
210	floors	How do I use "Open Below" to define an opening to a lower floor such as for a loft?	All Home Designer programs
230	cameras	How do I add shadows to my design?	All Home Designer programs
236	dormers	How to build a gable dormer	Home Designer Pro
239	stairs	I can't find the Auto Stairwell edit button	All Home Designer programs
245	walls	How to move walls using dimensions	All Home Designer version 9.0 and newer software programs Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
246	plans	How to send a floor plan to a third party who does not have a Home Designer program installed	All Home Designer programs
260	views	How to edit objects in 3D views	All Home Designer programs
261	heights	How do I control ceiling height?	All Home Designer programs
262	vehicles	How do I resize or rotate vehicles?	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architecural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
263	stairs	How to draw two staircases and connect them with a landing	All Home Designer programs
264	stairs	Why don't stairs display in my Framing Overview?	Home Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
265	stairs	How do I add a staircase with a small room under it?	All Home Designer programs
266	stairs	How do I create a T-shaped landing for multiple stairs?	All Home Designer programs
269	floors	How to create a split level entry	All Home Designer programs* *not all wall types available in Landscaping & Deck Designer
271	borders	How can I get my plans to print on the full page without the border?	All Home Designer programs
273	railings	Why don't my railings appear in a Framing Overview?	Home Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
275	prices	Why aren't the prices and other changes I make to the materials list saved once I exit the program?	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
278	terrain	Why is the "Create Terrain Perimeter" option grayed out?	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
279	plans	I have some older plans created with 3D Home Architect® Deluxe version 3.0 or 4.0, will Home Designer open these plans?	Home Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
282	views	How do I create a night scene with exterior lights?	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
287	images	How do I resize an image I have imported?	Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
288	cabinets	Error: This fixture/appliance must be placed in a cabinet	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
289	objects	How do I add fans and lighting fixtures?	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
290	floors	How to place a rug, change its size and set its material	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
291	drawings	How do I export a plan for use in another CAD application?	Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
292	files	How do I create an .emf (or Enhanced Metafile Format) file?	All Home Designer programs
293	material lists	How do I edit the Materials List?	All Home Designer programs* *Interior Designer will only Calculate from Room
294	doors	How do I change the hinge side or swing direction of doors?	All Home Designer programs* *not all door styles available in Landscaping & Deck Designer
298	floors	How do I delete an unwanted floor or foundation?	All Home Designer programs
299	plans	How to send a picture of a camera view to a third party	All Home Designer programs
300	walls	How do I draw curved walls?	All Home Designer programs
302	stairs	How to create a curved or spiral staircase	All Home Designer programs
303	references	How do I superimpose one floor on top of another floor?	All Home Designer programs
304	objects	How do I change the colors used in the 2D plan view for objects?	All Home Designer programs
305	rooms	How do I change the materials of walls, floors, ceilings and moldings in an entire room?	All Home Designer programs
308	roofs	How can I remove the gutter on my plan?	All Home Designer programs
309	dimensions	How is the Living Area that I see displayed in my design calculated?	All Home Designer programs
310	doorways	How do I add an arched or transom doorway?	All Home Designer programs
311	walls	How do I change the minimum unconnected wall length?	Home Designer 6.0 & 7.0 Interior Designer 7.0 Landscaping & Deck Designer 7.0 Home Designer Suite 6.0 & 7.0 Home Designer Deluxe Home Designer Pro 6.0 & 7.0
312	walls	How do I align walls between floors?	All Home Designer programs
313	objects	How do I add a fireplace to my plan?	All Home Designer programs
314	cameras	How can I increase the Field of View when I create a 3D camera view?	All Home Designer programs
315	objects	How do I reverse a room in my plan without first moving it?	Home Designer Pro
317	walls	How to create a half, or partial height, wall	All Home Designer programs
318	files	How can I get "Save As" to always default to the same location?	Home Designer Pro
319	moldings	How do I get rid of the base molding that displays by default in all of my interior 3D views?	All Home Designer programs
322	terrain	My building is sinking into my terrain, or it is floating above my terrain	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
323	terrain	How do I convert my polyline, or plot plan, into a terrain perimeter?	Home Designer Pro
325	backdrops	How to change the background of a 3D view from a picture into a solid color	All Home Designer programs
326	backdrops	How do I use my own picture or image as a background image for 3D views?	All Home Designer programs
327	backdrops	How to change the picture used as the background image in 3D views	All Home Designer programs
335	walls	Why won't wall framing build in one wall in of my plan?	Home Designer Pro
343	doors	Why won't the foundation under my garage door create an opening in the stem wall so the garage door can reach the slab?	All Home Designer programs
345	tools	How to design a subdivision, small town, or lot with multiple structures on it	Home Designer Pro
351	settings	How to I reset my Preferences to the factory default settings?	Home Designer Pro
353	footings	Pad footings are not visible in my drawing after I build my deck framing	Home Designer Pro
355	switches	When I add two switches to my drawing, and then connect them to a single light, my switches convert automatically to three-way switches. How do I stop this from happening?	Home Designer Pro
357	roofs	The roof on my house looks like it is floating	Home Designer Pro
358	roofs	How to build a one and a half story roof automatically	All Home Designer programs* *not all tools available in all programs
359	roofs	How to automatically build the basic roof styles	All Home Designer programs
361	images	How do I delete all of the images that I have added to my plan?	All Home Designer programs
363	walls	How to edit the thickness of a wall	All Home Designer programs
367	files	What can be done to prevent data loss, or recover files after they have been lost?	All Home Designer programs
370	files	My drawing was here yesterday, but today it seems to be missing. Where is the first place I should look for my missing file?	All Home Designer programs
372	colors	How to toggle off color in floor plan view	All Home Designer programs
373	decks	How create a multi-level deck	Home Designer Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
374	decks	How to create a deck with framing	Home Designer Pro
377	terrain	The terrain appears to slope up and cover the stem wall and part of the first floor	Home Designer Pro
379	views	When I create a 3D Camera view the walls are not visible	Home Designer Pro
381	floors	How to set floor defaults and build, insert, or delete a new floor	Home Designer Pro
382	walls	How to modify a wall type	Home Designer Pro
385	files	What are the different methods I can use to backup my data?	All Home Designer programs
388	lines	How do I join two lines together to make a single polyline?	Home Designer Pro
390	text	How do I get the Living Area text back?	All Home Designer programs
396	dormers	How to build a dormer manually	Home Designer Pro
399	plans	Is it possible to use a DVD burner to backup my Home Designer drawings and other critical data?	All Home Designer programs
401	framing	My floor and ceiling will not frame when I add framing to the rest of my plan	Home Designer Pro
403	ramps	How to build a wheelchair ramp with hand rails and a landing	Home Designer Pro
408	cabinets	How to a create blind cabinet	Home Designer Home Designer Suite Landscaping Interior Designer Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
410	framing	When I build wall framing, I cannot see it in my 2D Floor Plan view	Home Designer Pro 6.0 & 7.0
412	objects	How to move an object to the front of a group in floor plan view	All Home Designer version 9.0 programs
414	moldings	How to precisely place a molding around the edge of roof planes	Home Designer Pro
415	roofs	How to create a manual hip and a manual gable roof	Home Designer Pro
417	trusses	How to make the trusses on a porch the same as those over the rest of a structure	Home Designer Pro
419	windows	How to create a home with wide walls and alternate the windows positions	Home Designer Pro
420	stairs	How to create a staircase	Home Designer Pro
423	symbols	How do I resize a symbol from the library when the Height, Width and Depth fields are grayed out?	All Home Designer programs
425	rooms	How do I measure square footage on my structure if I want to measure it from the exterior of the wall, not the interior?	Home Designer Pro
427	rooms	How to build a stage	All Home Designer programs
428	walls	How to create an accent wall	All Home Designer programs
429	floors	How to build a stage platform	All Home Designer programs
430	stairs	How to change the riser height of stairs	Home Designer Pro
432	libraries	My Library Browser is no longer visible when I launch the program	Home Designer Pro
434	cabinets	How to build a wine rack or a plate shelf using a cabinet	Home Designer Pro
436	cabinets	How to add glass doors to a base cabinet	Home Designer Pro
438	cabinets	How to create an etched glass cabinet door	All Home Designer version 9 programs
439	details	How to detail a Cross-Section view	Home Designer Pro
440	terrain	How to create a swimming pool	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *not all tools will be available in all programs
442	dormers	How to create an automatic dormer	Home Designer Suite 7.0 & newer* Home Designer Deluxe* Architectural Home Designer* Home Designer Pro 7.0 & newer *not all tools available
447	terrain	How to create a pond and stream	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
450	walls	How to add wallpaper to a room	Interior Designer Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
452	roofs	How to build an A-Frame structure	All Home Designer programs
453	materials	Estimating material costs	Home Designer Pro
455	stairs	How to place a spiral staircase	Home Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
456	roofs	How to build a 'L' shaped structure with full gable ends	All Home Designer programs
458	beams	How to make a beam	Home Designer Pro
460	toolbars	The coordinates that usually appear in the lower left corner of my drawing area have disappeared	Home Designer Pro
462	framing	General framing guidelines for Home Designer Pro	Home Designer Pro
479	piers	How to add a wall light fixture onto a pier piling	Home Designer Pro
482	buttons	My mouse is scrolling up and down instead of zooming in and out when I use the mouse wheel	All Home Designer programs
484	layouts	How to create a PDF file	All Home Designer programs
485	printing	How do I create the Plan Sheets that I see on the Home Designer software's box?	Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
486	stairs	How to create stair winders	Home Designer Pro
487	objects	Positioning objects precisely with dimensions	All Home Designer version 9 programs Architectural Home Designer 8 Home Designer Pro 8 and prior
489	lights	How to display shadows in floor plan view	Home Designer Pro
491	windows	How do I edit an individual window in a bow, box, or bay window?	All Home Designer programs
492	roofs	How to build a clerestory style house	All Home Designer programs
494	outlets	How to add a 110V GFCI outlet to a room other than a bathroom	All Home Designer programs
496	walls	How to create walls with a block and tie beam, often called a CBS (Concrete Block Stucco or Concrete Block Structure), or CBS construction	Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
498	stairs	How to create stairs in sloping terrain	Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Deluxe Home Designer Suite, 7.0 and later Landscaping and Deck Designer
502	moldings	How to make a vertical molding	Home Designer Pro
504	text	How to display text for door and window sizes	All Home Designer programs
506	stairs	How to make flared or curved stairs	Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
509	windows	How to create a bay, box or bow window	All Home Designer programs
511	material lists	How to display the Material List Display Options dialog	Home Designer Pro
513	doorways	How do I make a door that I add to my deck visible? Currently it appears in all 3D views as an opening, or doorway.	All Home Designer programs
515	walkthroughs	How do I make a Walkthrough that is composed of final view renderings instead of previews?	Home Designer Pro 7.0 and newer
520	settings	How do I increase the number of Undos that are available?	Home Designer Pro
524	stairs	How to create stairs in sloping terrain	Home Designer Pro, version 7.0 and later
525	labels	How do I increase the text size of labels for library items?	All Home Designer programs
527	labels	What are the different methods for modifying text, letter and number sizes?	Home Designer Pro
529	operating system	How to install Home Designer Pro 7.0 onto a computer running Microsoft Windows Vista	Home Designer Pro 7.0
531	images	How to grow the size of plant images	Landscaping and Deck Designer Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
533	footings	How do I create a bell footing?	Home Designer Pro
535	windows	A single black line appears to go through the window illustration in my Window Specification dialog	All Home Designer programs
537	elevations	How do I make the window opening indicators visible in a 3D view?	Home Designer Pro
539	printing	How are the Architectural and ANSI paper sizes different?	All Home Designer programs
541	moldings	How do I add a decorative friezeboard or crown molding to my design?	Home Designer Pro
544	roofs	What is a roof baseline?	Home Designer Pro
546	framing	How do I lower my floor joists so the top of the joist is flush with the top of the stem wall?	Home Designer Pro 6.0
548	floors	How do I make the floor or platform of my structure 1 1/2 inches thick?	Home Designer Pro
550	support	How do I attach my files to send to Technical Support using the Online Support Center?	All Home Designer programs
551	labels	Why am I getting the Line Specification dialog instead of the Elevation Line Specification dialog?	Home Designer Pro
552	labels	How can I see the square footage of a room displayed with the room name?	Home Designer Pro
554	plans	How does Home Designer reference the three axes, X, Y and Z, found within a 3D model?	All Home Designer programs
555	stairs	How to create a brick landing with stairs and handrails	All Home Designer programs
556	materials	I used the Material Painter to modify my walls, and now I can't undo the changes. What should I do?	All Home Designer programs
557	ceilings	How do I assign a material to my cathedral ceiling?	Home Designer Pro
559	printing	Whenever I attempt to print, the print dialog appears in Spanish. How do I change it to English?	All Home Designer programs
561	material lists	What is "Fir Stud Stock" and why is it on my Materials List?	Home Designer Pro
564	heights	How to have two detached buildings at different elevations display correctly	All Home Designer programs
566	terrain	How do I edit the shape and size of my Terrain Perimeter?	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
570	drivers	My hardware lock isn't working	Home Designer Pro
576	plans	How to create a plot plan	Home Designer Pro
577	moldings	How to assign moldings to a room	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
578	views	How to draw stairs down from a deck or porch	All Home Designer programs
582	plans	How to send plan files to a third party who is also using a Chief Architect program	All Home Designer programs
583	errors	Error: When opening a plan - "Missing Hills.bmp"	All Home Designer programs
585	files	How can I organize my plan files?	All Home Designer programs
589	hardware locks	I have damaged my hardware lock. How do I replace it?	Home Designer Pro
612	operating system	How to reset my mouse cursor to a precision cross	All Home Designer programs
613	windows	How to create window treatments	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
614	windows	How to place windows in a lower pony wall	Home Designer Pro
622	stairs	How to see objects placed below stairs in floor plan view	Home Designer Pro
624	objects	How to group select several objects and de-select one item in a group of selected objects	All Home Designer programs
628	labels	How to modify the label of a window	Home Designer Pro
630	windows	The Code column disappeared from the the Components dialog. How do I get it back?	Home Designer Pro
632	views	How do I create a dynamic sectional view of my structure that I can resize and change as necessary?	Home Designer Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
665	hardware locks	Home Designer Pro takes a long time open, and sometimes I get an error message saying "No appropriate hardware lock was found."	Home Designer Pro 8.0 and prior
667	walls	How to draw an octagonal structure	Home Designer Pro
683	models	How to create a log cabin	Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
707	terrain	How to create a planting bed	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
711	errors	Error: "The current version of the application could not be determined" or "An error has occurred while running the setup" when attempting to install or uninstall	All Home Designer programs, version 7 and prior
712	stairs	How to create curved walls next to and under curved stairs	All Home Designer programs* *not all tools available in all programs
718	foundations	How to create a walk-out basement on sloping terrain	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
723	libraries	How to get the 2D and 3D views to reappear in Library Browser	All Home Designer programs
726	fences	How to draw a fence around an irregularly shaped lot	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite 8.0 Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
729	pictures	How can I use Picture Painter to change the appearance of one of my digital photographs?	Picture Painter
732	materials	How to use the Color Chooser to incorporate colors from photographs or websites into your designs	All Home Designer programs
735	roofs	How to create a saltbox roof	All Home Designer programs
739	objects	How to move an object such as a cabinet or furniture without restrictions	All Home Designer programs* *not all programs have all tools referenced
743	Home Designer	Clicking "Install" is installing the wrong program	All Home Designer programs
744	chimneys	How to create a custom fireplace and chimney	Home Designer Interior Designer* Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *some 3D view tools unavailable
746	ceilings	How to create a coffered ceiling using the Soffit tool	Interior Designer* Home Designer Suite* Home Designer Deluxe* Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *not all tools are available
748	materials	How to create a screen porch	Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
750	rooms	How to design a child's room	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
752	piers	How to create a structure that is built on piers	Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
759	windows	How to create a mulled window and window box	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
760	millwork	How to customize a porch	Landscaping and Deck Designer* Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *not all tools available
774	driveways	How to create a custom driveway and sidewalks	Home Designer Pro Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Deluxe Home Designer Suite Landscape & Deck Designer
776	garages	How to create a garage shop space	Home Designer Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
778	rooms	How to create a home theater room	Home Designer Interior Designer* Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *not all 3D tools available
779	images	How to design landscaping in front of an image of my home	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
780	rooms	How to create a sun room	Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *some options and libraries not available for all products
782	errors	Error: "You must be an administrator in order to install this product" when using Windows Vista	All Home Designer version 7 programs
790	decks	How to create a deck	All Home Designer programs* not all tools available in all programs
806	terrain	How to use terrain features and regions	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
807	labels	Room label dimensions have decimal places	Home Designer Pro 9.0
812	printing	How to print to multiple pages	Home Designer 7.0 & 8.0 Landscaping & Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite 7.0 & 8.0 Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro 7.0 & 8.0
814	rooms	How to create a home office space	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
825	pictures	How to place new cabinet doors in a picture of your kitchen or bath	Picture Painter Home & Landscape
827	rooms	How to create a custom closet	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
836	cabinets	How to create barrier-free cabinets	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
839	errors	Information about error messages	All Home Designer programs version 8.0 and later
843	driveways	How to create a custom driveway surface	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
844	plans	How to plan a kitchen work area	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
847	errors	Error: "A polyline (perhaps a roof plane, countertop or slab) is supposed to be closed but has a gap between two of its lines. A line or arc has been moved to close the gap."	All Home Designer programs
848	stairs	How to use the Click Stairs tool	All Home Designer programs version 8.0 or later
849	errors	I receive an "Unexpected Parameter 'and'" error when I double click on my Home Designer plan files to open them	All Home Designer version 7.0 programs
850	terrain	How to create a plot plan using survey information	Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer
851	materials	How to use the Material Painter modes	All Home Designer programs version 8 and later
853	decks	How to create a deck around an above-ground pool or spa	Home Designer Pro Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Deluxe Home Designer Suite Home Designer Landscaping and Deck Designer
854	terrain	How to build a stepped terrace style flower bed	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
855	cabinets	How to create a breakfast bar	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
856	cabinets	How to create a window seat	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
857	libraries	The library preview images for plants are blank	All Home Designer version 8 programs
858	pictures	How to make a mirror appear reflective	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
860	rooms	How to create a garden shed	Home Designer* Landscaping and Deck Designer* Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home Designer* Home Designer Pro* *version 8.0 and newer
861	heights	What is the relationship between the height of my floors and the height of the terrain?	Home Designer Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
862	terrain	How to create a window well for an egress	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
863	materials	How to rotate the direction of a material, such as flooring	All Home Designer programs version 8 and newer
864	architectural blocks	How to create road markings	Home Designer* Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro *not all tools available
868	foundations	How to create a daylight basement	All Home Designer programs, version 7 and newer
869	roofs	How to create a cupola	All Home Designer programs
870	stairs	How to create a landing between two sets of stairs	All Home Designer programs
871	roofs	How to change the pitch of a single roof plane	All Home Designer programs
873	fences	How to place a gate in a Terrain Wall	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
877	roofs	How to create a flat roof structure	All Home Designer programs
880	terrain	How to create hedges	Landscaping & Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
881	walkthroughs	How to record a walkthrough along a path	Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro* *version 8.0 and later
883	images	How to import plant images into my plan	All Home Designer programs version 8 and newer
886	railings	How to create a custom glass shower enclosure	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
887	moldings	How to apply cabinet moldings	Interior Designer 8.0 and newer Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
888	symbols	How to import a 3D symbol from an outside source	Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home* Home Designer Pro* *version 8 and newer programs
889	millwork	How to create a custom pergola	All Home Designer programs, version 8 and newer* *not all tools available in all versions
890	sinks	How to place an apron sink	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
891	walls	How to create a belly band	Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro 7.0 and newer
892	Chief Architect	Information: You can edit this plan fully using Chief Architect	All Home Designer programs version 8.0 and later
895	errors	Error: Patch Warning - Missing or Invalid Registry/INI entry - when running program update	All Home Designer programs
896	windows	How to import an image of a window into Picture Painter Home and Landscape	Picture Painter Home and Landscape
897	errors	How to resolve most 3D camera view display problems	All Home Designer programs
900	rooms	How to model a sauna room	All Home Designer programs
901	levels	How to create a sunken living room	All Home Designer programs
902	millwork	How to apply decorative half-timbering to the exterior of my structure	All Home Designer programs
903	lines	How to turn the display on/off of the Crosshairs?	All Home Designer programs
904	garages	How to create a bonus room above a garage	All Home Designer programs
905	floors	How to model a crawl space	All Home Designer programs
908	vehicles	How to create a carport	All Home Designer programs
909	windows	How to create a transom window	All Home Designer programs
910	rooms	How to model a brick patio with partial height brick walls	All Home Designer programs
912	cabinets	How do I edit the shelves inside of my cabinet?	Home Designer Pro 8.0 and newer
913	rooms	How to model a basement game room	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
917	rooms	Can I model just a single room, or apartment in Home Designer?	All Home Designer programs
918	cabinets	How to create a custom entertainment center	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
919	railings	How to place a railing in a doorway	All Home Designer programs version 8 and later
920	roofs	How to create ridge caps	Home Designer Pro
922	lights	How to adjust the default sun light	Home Designer* Landscaping and Deck Designer* Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home Designer* Home Designer Pro* *version 8.0 and newer
924	materials	How to customize a material in the library	All Home Designer programs
926	railings	How to change railing panel types	All Home Designer programs Version 8 and newer
927	elevations	How to dimension cabinets in a wall elevation view?	Home Designer Pro
936	terrain	How to use the Plant Chooser to locate plants for my zone	Landscaping & Deck Designer* Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home Designer* Home Designer Pro* *version 8.0 and newer
944	rooms	How to create a butler's pantry	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
946	stairs	How to edit the size and shape of a stair landing	All Home Designer programs, version 8.0 and newer
983	cabinets	How to create a custom shaped countertop	Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
984	rooms	How to create an outdoor kitchen	All Home Designer programs* *not all tools available in all version
986	walls	How to accurately position walls	All Home Designer programs
989	cabinets	How to remove a cabinet's backsplash	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
990	walls	How to create a retaining wall	Landscaping and Deck Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
992	rooms	How to create a dog kennel	Home Designer* Home Designer Suite* Landscaping & Deck Designer* Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro* *version 8.0 and newer
993	rooms	How to create a wine cellar	Home Designer* Interior Designer* Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro* *version 8.0 and newer
994	cameras	How to switch from a camera view back to floor plan view?	All Home Designer programs
995	cameras	When I take a floor camera view from a room below an Open Below area, I see sky instead of my upper floor.	All Home Designer programs
996	fences	How to place a fence on a terrain wall	Landscaping and Deck Designer* Home Designer Suite* Architectural Home Designer* Home Designer Pro* *version 8 and newer
997	floors	How can I duplicate a floor plan on another level?	Home Designer Pro
998	cameras	Why is the Full Overview or Dollhouse camera view of my structure so small?	All Home Designer programs
999	roofs	How to create different roof styles on separate structures in the same plan	All Home Designer programs
1000	materials lists	How to create a materials list for an event	All Home Designer version 8.0 and newer programs* *not all tools referenced available in all versions
1002	dimensions	How to use the dimension tools	All Home Designer programs* *not all tools referenced apply to all software versions
1005	files	How do I import a PDF file	All Home Designer programs
1007	lights	How to control light sources	Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
1008	walls	How to create rounded wall corners	All Home Designer programs
1009	cabinets	How to use dynamic defaults to change all of the cabinet face items in a plan	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
1010	rooms	How to create a covered patio	All Home Designer programs
1011	walls	How to apply wainscoting	All Home Designer programs
1017	printing	How to print a plan on a standard letter-sized paper	All Home Designer programs
1018	dimensions	How to create dimensions in inches only	Home Designer Pro
1020	roofs	How to create a structure with multiple shed roofs	All Home Designer programs
1022	cabinets	How to create a kitchen island	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Home Designer Deluxe Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
1024	windows	How to edit the shape of a window	Home Designer Pro
1025	libraries	Where are my Manufacturer Libraries in Home Designer version 9?	Home Designer Suite 9.0 Interior Designer 9.0 Landscaping & Deck Designer 9.0 Architectural Home Designer 9.0 Home Designer Pro 9.0
1028	security	How do I install Home Designer Pro 9 on multiple computers?	Home Designer Pro 9
1030	objects	How to edit an object and add it back to the Library	Home Designer Suite* Interior Designer* Landscaping & Deck Designer* Architectural Home Designer* Home Designer Pro* *version 9 programs
1036	roofs	How can I stop my roof from automatically rebuilding?	Landscaping and Deck Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer
1038	support	How to find your CD key and the name you used to register your software license	All Home Designer programs
1041	walls	How to use the CAD to Walls feature	Home Designer Pro
1043	roofs	How to create a cross gable	All Home Designer programs
1047	objects	How to place objects on shelves	All Home Designer programs
1056	errors	Troubleshooting Registration Issues	All Home Designer 9.0 programs
1063	lights	How to add interior lighting	Home Designer Pro Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Suite Interior Designer Home Designer *some tools not available in all programs
1071	plans	Planning kitchen work centers	Home Designer Pro Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Suite Interior Designer Home Designer
1077	rooms	How to create a countertop surface for a laundry room	Home Designer Interior Designer Home Designer Suite Architectural Home Designer Home Designer Pro
1080	labels	How to turn the display on or off of object labels in floor plan view	All Home Designer programs
1090	plans	Ways to conserve water around the home	All Home Designer programs *some tools not available in all programs
1091	cameras	Why aren't my textures displayed in camera views?	All Home Designer programs
1102	walls	How to turn off the display of attic walls in floor plan	All Home Designer programs