What's new in Home Design Studio 19.0.8
Jan 30, 2018
- The framing 3D style is now available in Elevation Editor.
- Performance improvements.
New in Home Design Studio 19.0.6 (Apr 26, 2017)
- Significantly improved render preparation performance for most designs.
- Improved results when searching for plants.
- Fixed an issue where search would not work on OS X versions prior to 10.11.
- Removed several unnecessary render update requests.
- Added support for opening legacy versions of Home Design files with PSH and PHD extensions.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when changing door width when two or more doors are selected.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using the elevation list.
- Improved reliability when drawing stairs, pathways, and other objects.
New in Home Design Studio 19.0.5 (Mar 15, 2017)
- Fixed an issue where extraneous room floor/ceiling entries could appear in the elevation list.
- Soffit depth of auto roofing now takes into account wall thickness.
- Printing designs to fit page now utilizes more of the available paper space.
- Margins are now respected when printing. These can be set by using the Page Setup option found under the File menu.
- Overall performance improvements.
- Greatly improved performance when drawing the major/minor grid.
- Grid dots are now easier to see on high-resolution displays.
- Grid dots now print correctly if the grid is visible.
- Fixed an issue where framing components may not appear correctly in 3D when performing an undo or redo.
- Assume you are viewing your design in 3D ClearView mode. Performing an undo or redo will no longer cause your rendering mode to switch.
- Changing the ClearView translucency or camera angle while in 3D windowed mode now updates the 3D view correctly.
- The inspector view is now updated correctly after drawing a deck object.
- Soffit depth of auto roofing now takes into account wall thickness.
- Printing designs to fit page now utilizes more of the available paper space.
- Margins are now respected when printing. These can be set by using the Page Setup option found under the File menu.
- RealModel no longer prints an extra blank page when printing wall materials or colors.
- The initial drawing methods for decks are now selected / displayed correctly.
- Materials on fences, ground fills, edging, and pathways are now displayed correctly in Estimator.
- Custom fence gates and posts are now displayed correctly in Estimator.
- Improved elevation list generation by discarding similar items with extremely close elevations.
- Using the Find 3D Material tool will scroll the selected material into view.
- Corrected the undo/redo verbiage when placing doors, windows, and accessories in Elevation Editor.
- It is now possible to specify 0” trim widths for windows.
- The “View Working Floor Only” option is now saved on a per-document basis.
- Adding and deleting wall points while in 3D framing mode no longer causes the slab to disappear.
- Fixed an issue where applying materials or paints to roof panels containing skylights would not work in some cases.
- Fixed crashes that could occur when using the elevation list.
- Fixed a potential crash when applying a material or paint to a room’s floor or ceiling when SmartWand is activated.
- Fixed a crash when choosing certain curved-style custom skylights.
- Fixed a potential crash when working with roof cutout objects.
New in Home Design Studio 19.0.4 (Jan 27, 2017)
- Addresses an issue that prevented users from printing and saving in Estimator.
New in Home Design Studio 19.0.3 (Jan 13, 2017)
- Assume you selected the door tool and then the custom door style. After placing the door on a wall, it will now appear correctly in 3D.
- Fixed issues where custom windows and doors would appear in 2D but not in 3D.
- The 3D scene is now updated when applying a filter (e.g. hiding all roof panels).
- Placing certain objects such as sinks and ceiling fans now works correctly if the object properties view is not active.
- When creating new edging objects, the selected edging style is now applied correctly. Previously, the new edging would always appear as wooden posts with variable heights.
- Entering 0 as the ‘A-slope’ of a dormer wall now works correctly.
- Applying paint to certain parts of windows and doors now works correctly.
- Fixed an issue where wall holes would appear in random places when viewing a complex design in 3D.
- Wall attachment dimensions are now redrawn correctly when dragging the wall attachment along its segment.
- Corner cabinets are now drawn correctly while placing them along a wall.
- Improved reliability when working with roof panels cabinets, and 3D cutaway objects.
- Improved reliability when working with skylight, dormer, and dormer cutout objects.
- Improved reliability when working with windows and doors with custom trim casings.
- Improved memory usage when working with walls, rooms, custom trim, and automatic roofing.
- Using the elevation list in conjunction with floors with long names will no longer result in a crash.
- Dragging content to an inactive design window will no longer result in a successful drag-and-drop operation.
- Greatly improved output quality when exporting to PDF. For optimal fidelity, we recommend using OS X 10.11 or higher.
- Designs containing SketchUp objects now load much faster.
- Styled (broken) detail lines now draw correctly when you are translating them from one location to another.
New in Home Design Studio 19.0.2 (Dec 1, 2016)
- New features:
- The SketchUp importer now imports Version 2017 design files.
- Added render style, render options, and lighting options toolbar items to the Elevation Editor toolbar.
- Wireframe style modes are now available in the Elevation Editor design mode.
- Fixed bugs:
- Corrected an issue where tool-tips may not appear correctly for tools displayed in grid mode.
- The Set Viewpoint commands located under the 3D menu now work correctly. Previously they would always appear as disabled.
- When entering rotated text, it is now possible to tab between the angle text field and the text entry view.
- When working with fonts, only the applicable font options are now displayed on the Font Panel.
- Significant performance improvements when drawing 2D symbols.
- Significant performance improvements when drawing text and dimensions.
- The right panel is automatically widened if more space is required to display a particular properties view.
- Fixed several crashes that were caused by switching design modes and switching to tools such as windows and switches. These crashes were particularly noticeable on OS X 10.9 and 10.10.
- Fixed a possible crash when using extremely long terms when searching for content.
- Fixed a rare crash when searching for content on a very limited number of systems.
- Fixed an issue where some content previews may appear cut off at the bottom when using a non-touch pointing device.
New in Home Design Studio 19.0.1 (Nov 9, 2016)
- Setting visible plans now updates the plant inventory bar.
- Using the “Fill with Plants” feature now updates the plant inventory bar.
- Fixed several issues where the properties inspector was not updated when working with plants using the plant inventory bar.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when working with multiple documents.
- The “Flip Corner Position” option for cabinets now works as intended.
- Fixed an issue where plant profiles may disappear when switching between documents.
- The plan tab is now updated correctly when selecting a plan from an overflow menu.
- Opening sample plans will no longer result in an error message stating a floor plan trace image is missing.
- Text in the plant details sheet is now selectable. This is useful for copying information or looking it up on a search engine.
- It is no longer possible to create multiple content categories with the same name at the same depth.
- Selecting items and applying materials in Elevation Editor now works if ClearView is active.
- Fixed an issue where 3D selection was not working if ClearView was active.
- Backend database performance improvements.
- In Elevation Editor mode, 2D and 3D objects are now deselected when a new tool is selected.
- Fixed a possible crash when closing a document.
- Fixed a crash when working with text fields.
- Other stability improvements.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.14 (May 25, 2016)
- Estimator totals are now calculated correctly.
- Improved display of soffit controls when working with three-, four-, and n-panel roofs.
- The ‘flip’ button on the door properties inspector is now enabled for sliding glass doors.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.13 (Dec 22, 2015)
- Home Design:
- Improved application launch speed.
- Fixed several issues where text would appear truncated on El Capitan systems.
- Clicking the maximize button on the 3D window no longer results in a white screen appearing during resize animation.
- The 3D view is now updated when switching floors when in room view mode.
- Fixed video corruption issues on ATI and NVIDIA GPUs when performing multiple final renders, exporting images, and printing images.
- Wall, ceiling, and floor registers now have content organizers.
- The degree symbol now displays properly for angles.
- Elevation Editor:
- Fixed an issue that prevented printing high-quality 3D render output.
- Estimator:
- RGB values are now displayed for painted surfaces with colors that did not originate from a paint library.
- Training Center:
- ExtremeHowTo.com pages now appear for El Capitan users.
- Fixed an issue where tutorial videos would not play on some systems.
- Fixed an issue where the interface would appear corrupted in some cases.
- Fixed an issue where videos would appear offset.
- Videos are now stopped when closing the Training Center window.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.12 (Sep 24, 2015)
- 3D:
- Fixed an intermittent issue where using the 3D eyedropper to identify paint on a 3D surface would return the incorrect paint.
- Fixed several cases where applying colors or textures to fences, floors, and other objects with SmartWand enabled would not work.
- Fixed several errors reported in the console when performing more than one 3D image print operation in a session.
- Automatic Roofs:
- It is now possible to specify zero-depth soffits.
- Cabinets:
- Added new metric size defaults for several cabinet styles.
- Bookshelves are now built correctly.
- Design Files:
- Fixed an issue where opening a design containing certain curved walls would cause the software to no longer respond.
- Opening PC files with certain edging configurations will no longer cause the program to not respond.
- Elevation Editor:
- Dimensions and text now move correctly when the design view is panned in any direction.
- Dimensions no longer appear offset from their original location after drawing them.
- Fixed an issue where the 3D rendered image would not print in many cases.
- When moving a wall attachment such as door or window, the blue selection rectangle is now drawn at 50% opacity so you can see what is underneath.
- Fixed an issue that caused the “Render Final” command to appear inactive in some cases.
- You can now edit standard and rotated text objects by double-clicking on them.
- Estimator:
- Fixed several memory leaks and performance issues.
- Landscaping:
- It is now possible to specify a negative spacing value for edging. This allows for adjacent edging pieces to blend together.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.11 (Jul 21, 2015)
- The correct 2D dimension style is now selected in dimension properties window.
- Fixed an issue where leader dimensions would display incorrect text.
- Corrected an issue where leader dimension descriptions for floors would appear incorrectly.
- The Page Setup option is now available in Full 3D and Elevation Editor modes.
- When printing the 3D view, the image is now sized to fit a single sheet of paper while maintaining its aspect ratio.
- Fixed an intermittent crash when applying textures and colors using SmartWand.
- Added a new option under the 3D menu that allows you to ignore the lot when placing a color or material. This is useful for applying materials to items visible through cutouts in the topography.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.10 (Apr 2, 2015)
- Fixed a document management issue for Snow Leopard and Lion users.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.9 (Mar 25, 2015)
- Fixed several issues causing QuickStart to crash in some specific cases.
- Fixed an issue where opening files with certain wall configurations would cause the software to hang.
- Fixed a crash when opening a version 11 or 12 file containing Global Sun Position data.
- The Global Sun Position feature now sets the lot and overhead sun angles correctly.
- HVAC, electrical, and plumbing components no longer appear in 3D view when filtered out in the 3D display options.
- Enabling the objects 3D filter no longer causes the top planes of cabinets to disappear.
- Removed “Animate Background” from the 3D filter options since the backgrounds are no longer animated.
- Importing materials, plants, and backgrounds is now easier and more streamlined.
- Improved QuickStart usability on Yosemite systems.
- Fixed an issue where imported background images would appear cropped in 3D view.
- It is now possible to open other designs not in your recent list from the Welcome window.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.7 (Nov 6, 2014)
- Fixed an issue where the welcome window would display unexpectedly.
- Made several improvements to the sample plan chooser window.
- Made several improvements to the 3D lighting window.
- Fixed an issue where tool windows would only display once while running under Yosemite.
- Fixed several issues where text would appear clipped while running under Yosemite.
- The inspector window and, if applicable, palette window now display when using the material finder tool.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.6 (Sep 24, 2014)
- This release contains several significant updates, including:
- Enabled retina support.
- Significant rendering speed and memory usage improvements for plans containing plants.
- Below is a detailed change list:
- [All]:
- Enabled retina support. Text and other UI elements should appear much sharper and cleaner.
- [2D]:
- When using a PDF as a floor plan trace image, the transparent areas of the PDF now appear as transparent and not black.
- Door and window callouts are now displayed when they are enabled but auto-dimensions are disabled.
- [3D]:
- Dramatically improved rendering speed and memory usage for plans containing plants from the custom and user libraries.
- Improved speed when loading custom textures into the rendering engine.
- Fixed a crash caused by using certain materials in the Custom Materials library.
- [General]:
- Added verbiage clarification changes on the Export save panels.
- Fixed issue where an incorrect warning is displayed when creating dimension wall spacing objects.
- Fixed an issue where new and existing geometry could not be selected after deleting a layer.
- Improved performance when displaying items in the User Material Library.
- Fixed an issue where readout format measurement settings on the preferences window would not save the first time.
- Plugged several memory leaks.
- [Framing]:
- Setting the insulated framing option now works correctly for walls.
- [All PowerTools]:
- Added new high-resolution application icons.
- [Estimator]:
- The names of custom textures applied via a palette now appear in the material descriptions.
- The names of user library textures applied via a palette now appear in the material descriptions.
- The names of paints applied directly or via a palette now appear in the material descriptions.
- Plugged several printing memory leaks.
- [PhotoView]:
- Improved speed and memory usage when using multiple PhotoView objects that share the same image.
- The 3D view is now refreshed after changing the PhotoView image via the inspector.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.5 (Jul 16, 2014)
- Fixed several issues when exporting rendered images.
- Improved precision of the dimensions and areas displayed in room labels.
- Fixed several crashes users experienced in QuickStart.
- Fixed a rare issue when opening sample plans and help center designs.
- Preview images now appear correctly when importing material and accessory images.
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.4 (Jun 3, 2014)
New in Home Design Studio 17.5.3 (May 29, 2014)
- Door opening indicator lines now appear in 2D and printing.
- Improved quality of printed lines and patterns.
- Wall perimeter dimensions are no longer cut off when printing.
- Door swings are no longer cut off when printing.
- Improved output when printing a design to fit on a single page.
- Fixed several memory leaks.
- The numeric separator character now displays properly in the units preference popup buttons.
- The door facings library now appears in the cabinet door inspectors.
New in Home Design Studio 15.0.5 (Jun 13, 2012)
- Fixes several document and 3D issues for Lion users.
New in Home Design Studio 15.0.3 (Oct 24, 2011)
New in Home Design Studio 15.0.2 (Apr 9, 2011)
- New content will help you add even more personal decorating touches.
- Added 366 new Acme Brick materials.
- Added 150 new siding materials.
- Added a new material library from Belgard Pavers.
- Added 130 new Karastan Rugs to the Furnishings library.
- Added several new objects to various other furnishings libraries.
- What's fixed:
- Topography polygons are now closed correctly when exporting to DXF/DWG.
- Fixed an issue where some customers could not play the tutorial videos on newer Mac hardware.
- The elevation bar now updates correctly when switching measurement units.
New in Home Design Studio 11.0.2 (Mar 12, 2008)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when opening a file created by a newer version of Punch! Home Design software from the Finder.
- Fixed an issue where all textured surfaces would appear white when using the camera tool.
- Fixed an issue where all textured surfaces would appear white when using the plan viewpoint tool.
- Improved reliability when opening designs with corrupt or otherwise invalid objects.
- Improved texture mapping in many cases.
- You can now remove a Floor Plan trace image even if it failed to load.
- Lengths now appear correctly in the status bar when resizing the virtual ruler.
- Fixed multiple issues where the inspector would show objects as having different dimensions when in fact they had the same dimensions.
- The "Floor Cutout Properties" and "Deck Cutout Properties" labels now appear correctly on the inspector.
- The deck cutout tool inspector now shows the correct height.
- Fixed an issue where the current tab and toolset was not updated when performing an undo/redo.
- Inspector values are now updated when switching the plan units (e.g. Imperial->Metric).
- The active floor popup button is now updated when performing an undo/redo.
- Deck cutout heights are no longer 1" lower than the deck elevation.
- An undo action is now stored when importing a 3D object from the file menu.
- The current document no longer disappears when importing a corrupted 3D object.
- VRML file extensions are now hidden when "Hide Extension" is checked in the save panel.
- Dimensions and circular arcs are now placed correctly when only a single click is used.
- Diameter dimensions are now drawn correctly when scaling and translating.
- Pathway areas are now calculated correctly.
- Fixed an issue where clicking a PowerTool's icon in the PowerTool Launcher would not select the entry.
- Fixed an issue where wireframe and ClearView showed up simultaneously when tracking with the 2D viewpoint indicator.
- Minor visual improvements to artwork.
- Cabinet Assistant no longer tries to adjust the background lighting. This is only useful for scene rendering.
- Visually improved printed polylines defining areas on RealModel wall templates that need to be cut out.
- Window and door cutouts in RealModel are now filled with solid white instead of a diagonal pattern.
- Fixed roof template number orientation in RealModel.
- Fixed a small verbiage problem in Topography Designer.
- Removed "float above topography" option from Topography Designer as it is not needed.
- "Rendering Options..." now appears disabled when LiveView is not open in Topography Designer.
- Object elevations now show up correctly in Topography Designer