User manual PUNCH! SOFTWARE HOME DESIGN COMPLETE V3.5.2

[. . . ] table of contents Chapter one · Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Design Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The Lot Size (Ctrl+L) option allows you to define a "virtual lot" that more closely resembles your "physical lot". You may use either feet or meters as your unit of measure. Home Design Complete creates an actual scale drawing of your floorplan. The default Plan Scale is 1/3"=1', which means that 1/ 3 inch on your design equals one foot in the real world. When you print out your floorplan, using the Print to Scale option, it will also be at the chosen scale. You may choose to work using English (feet and inches) or Metric (meters and centimeters) measurements. The Work on Floor option allows you to choose between the First Floor, Second Floor or Third Floor. Both the 2D and 3D views will be affected by this choice. As you switch between floors, you can always keep track of which one is active by the little house in the lower left corner. You can also change working floors by clicking on the little house and selecting from the menu. The Visible Floors option allows you to display either the floor currently under construction or all floors of your design. Both the 2D and 3D views will be affected by this choice. 58 Chapter 5: Menu Bars The Floor Heights option allows you to set custom ceiling heights for each floor of your design. You may define the First Floor, Second Floor and Third Floor independently of each other. The default ceiling height is 96 inches (8 feet). The Square Footage option allows you to calculate the square footage of each floor in your design. It can be accessed from the Design drop-down menu or by clicking on the icon at the bottom of your screen. When you select Screen Colors, you will have the option of changing the color for the Working Floor, Inactive Floor, or Background; plus you can Reset Colors to their default. By defining each option, you will be able to tell at a glance which floor is currently active. The Working Floor Color default is white, the Inactive Floor Color default is dark blue, and the Background Color default is blue. The colors you define will remain with the program until you assign new colors or use the Reset Colors feature which sets all custom colors back to the program-defined defaults. 59 Punch!Home Design Complete User's Guide The Options Menu The commands available through the Options Menu allow further customization of the drawing environment. [. . . ] 76, 82 Print Template Textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 82 Roof Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 Scale Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Texture Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]