

If this is a new home you will need to know where you can place it on the property where it is to be built. Rooms such aas closets, pantries, bath or toilet rooms, hallways, utility rooms, storage spaces, garages, darkrooms, and other similar rooms or spaces are conidered to be nonhabitable.Designing a home is one thing. If a room is to be used for sleeping, living, cooking, or dining, the room is considered by the building code to be habitable. Other new features that are covered by this book include the control of UI button size, the ability to fully control the display of items in relation to each other, a library painter function, improved render features, the ability to snap dimensions to countertops, polyline solids, and slabs, and many other new enhancements and tools that will make your home design work more proficient and professional.In addition, the space within a home or dwelling unit can be subdivided into habitable and nonhabitable space. The book is loaded with concise explanations with step by step tutorials that will give you a hands on experience in developing a real home design project from start to finish. You will also become proficient with CA X9's new and enhanced features including the ability to create plant shelves, shorter closets, wall niches, auto L-shaped and U-shaped stairs. By the time you have finished the book tutorials you will have drawn a beautiful modern 2-story residence, complete with a walk-out basement, decks, and landscaping. The step by step tutorials are fun and easy to grasp as they guide you through the design process, from setting up your drawing, drawing walls, doors, windows, foundation, roof, to creating finished construction documents. This book is fully updated for the release of Chief Architect X9 Premium.
