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Coming Next Week | SoftPlan Training | Roof Design Class
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SoftPlan's Roof Design class will teach you the advanced skills you need to design beautiful roofs. This class will be held October 27th - 30th.
SoftPlan’s live online training classes allow you to learn SoftPlan from the convenience of your own office. These content-rich webinars are taught by our knowledgeable training staff and are conducted using SoftPlan 2026.
Tech Call of the Week:
Is there a way to add a note at one size on a drawing and then have it display at a consistent size on the Plan Set regardless of the scale chosen?
Solution:
If you'd like notes on a drawing to display at a consistent size on a Plan Set page regardless of the drawing's scale, Edit the drawing on a Plan Set page and enable Autoscale Notes.
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Tech Call of the Week:
I would like the front posts of the house to remain a wood color while having the rear columns be white. They are the same column. How do I make it so they don't all change colors?
Solution:
Edit the posts in the floor plan drawing and use the Post Finish setting to set them to different finishes.
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Tech Call of the Week:
I'm trying to copy 4 windows and move them to the other side of the same wall. What's the best way to do this?
Solution:
Create a Selection Set out of the windows and then use the Copy command to copy them all at once. Next, position the copied windows down the wall as needed and click to set. To learn how to create a Selection Set to group multiple items together for modification, watch the video below.
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Tech Call of the Week:
How can I show a 5' spiral staircase on my drawing?
Solution:
A spiral staircase can be added by drawing a curved stair component, then editing the curved stair and giving the Stair Radius a value a little larger than the Stair Width (if width is 3', try a radius of 3' - 4"). Next, set the Sweep angle to nearly 360 degrees (try 357). Complete it by placing a round post in the middle.
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Coming Next Week | SoftPlan Training | Intermediate Class
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SoftPlan's Intermediate class will teach you the advanced skills you need to create complete custom house plans. This class will be held September 29th - October 2nd.
SoftPlan’s live online training classes allow you to learn SoftPlan from the convenience of your own office. These content-rich webinars are taught by our knowledgeable training staff and are conducted using SoftPlan 2026.
Tech Call of the Week:
How do I change decking surface to 45 degrees?
Solution:
To change the decking direction, open the drawing in Drawing mode, right-click the edge of the deck you want the deck surface to reference, and select Edit Edge. Check the Deck Reference Side box and set the Deck Angle as needed (e.g., 45).
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Tech Call of the Week:
How do I draw a Deck Ramp?
Solution:
Select Draw > Deck > Stair > Sketch > Deck Ramp. Next, draw a line to specify the length of the Ramp, left-click, and then drag the edge outwards for the width. You can then Edit the Ramp, select the Ramp tab, and increase the Rise as needed.
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Coming next week | SoftPlan Training | Quick Start Class
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SoftPlan's introductory class will teach you the basic skills you need to create complete custom house plans. This class will be held September 15th - 18th.
SoftPlan’s live online training classes allow you to learn SoftPlan from the convenience of your own office. These content-rich webinars are taught by our knowledgeable training staff and are conducted using SoftPlan 2026.
Tech Call of the Week:
How do I equally space beams across my kitchen area?
Solution:
Draw the first beam, select Move > Copy, and click the beam. Move the copied beam across the distance to receive the beams and click again. In the Copy menu, enter the desired Count of beams to add and enable the Equally Space Between option. Select OK to equally space copies of the beam.
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Tech Call of the Week:
It seems the upstairs walls are not able to be "fit to ceiling" when the ceiling is generated using balloon framed main floor plan walls. Is there an easy way to do this or should I just accept the walls upstairs are going to keep going up into the underside of rafters?
Solution:
Correct, an upper level wall cannot fit to a lower level ceiling. You can manually rake the wall, or add the ceiling to the same drawing as the wall, using Multiple Floor Ceiling if necessary, to have the program automatically rake the wall to the ceiling.
Multiple Floor Ceiling works similarly to Multiple Floor Roof. Open the second floor plan, switch to Ceiling mode, select Draw > Multiple Floor Ceiling to overlay the main floor walls, and then draw the required ceiling. The ceiling will locate main floor walls where necessary.
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Tech Call of the Week:
How do I rotate an 18" grab bar symbol to be vertical in 3D?
Solution:
Edit the symbol, select the 3D Rotation tab, and enter a Roll Angle of 90 degrees. You can then disable the "Display Original" option so that the symbol's 2D plan representation matches its 3D orientation.
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