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Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 2 PM EST
No question is too big or too small! 2020 Design Live v13 is the newest version of our kitchen and bathroom design application and we want to answer your questions about all the latest features and functionalities we have added. In a live 60-minute session, the top questions you all want to know about will be addressed. We will also throw in a few tips on how to make the most of 2020 Design Live v13. It is a can’t-miss event!
In reply to: WishList
Hi Willesa,
All done – and both excellent tips. Though I do like a bright, sunny room. While I ADORE the renderings I see some gifted folks do with 2020, I do find most too dark for my taste. I want my renders to look like a design magazine – and they’re bright!
This photo for example – I had to dial down all the windows to almost black, and dim the ambient light to the point where – while usable – I do not like how dark this render is. All so the glass in those uppers weren’t blinding white with reflection.
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In reply to: Blog Roundup August 2018
I read the article about social media marketing tips and I totally agree that you should always post relevant content. I’m an artist and I have my own blog with paintings, and before I posted only my works there. But then I realized that there are a lot of artists among my audience, and I started posting tutorials and reviews. And people like that. Recently I’ve looked through many articles with drawing ideas like this one https://artistro.com/blogs/news/diy-painted-mugs-master-class and realized that it’s cool idea too.
Designers can also write about ideas on how exactly to implement the design of some part of the room or ideas of some separate elements. For example, how to organize a small space ergonomically or something like thatHello! i have been using 2020 for a few years now and I just don’t understand how the tile features is even close to being usable, and it seems to have just been getting worse. I do a far amount of bathroom and Kitchen designs, and I use some large 12×24 / 24×48 form factor with carrara or marbling veining tiles and I can never get the pattern to exist without rolling over or splicing halfway in the tile. Is there a way to adjust where the pattern starts and stops? I had kind given up and moved over to using Surfaces to “tile” an area but even that seems to no longer work, as the “origin” of the pattern is not alined to what has bene drawn. While I’m ranting on, Why is there not an easy way to to 50/50 stacks of subway? If anyone has any tips to help out, that be great because I am just very frustrated at this program that just seems very half supported at times.
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Topic: Custom Material Wizard V12.4
Hi all, I have some experience with 2020 and I’m trying to get better at it. I have been watching how-to videos including how to add custom materials, for example backsplash.
This video ( https://learning.2020spaces.com/design-us/learn/course/18/play/150/placing-custom-textures ) shows a wizard within the program that allows you to crop the image however I never receive this prompt. I know I have a newer version so that could be why. I usually have to go back and forth between MS Paint and 2020 to get it properly cropped.
Is there something I should be doing in settings or installing to get this feature?
I also have tried adding slabs but the outcome is a shrunken slab photo shown as a repeating pattern. Any tips?
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In reply to: Infinite floor and ceiling
Thanks for the tips, Kristopher,
I checked what you told me, but all walls are set to the same height and there aren’t construction lines on my design. Maybe it’s residual information from other walls and construction lines that I created an then deleted in the same file prior to the current design.
I’ll first try redoing the project in a new file to see if it happens again. If the issue persist I’ll ask the support agents.
In reply to: WishList
Thank you so much for the reply. Yes it is a big change I have only been using 2020 a month. I am used to Revit to do entire building designs.
I will try and use your tips today. Maybe I won’t get so frustrated.
On the Temporary dimensions I have attached a couple images from Revit that show what I mean. It is so simple to move any object any distance with these dimensions.
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In reply to: WishList
Jennifer, I saw your post and thought I’d offer some tips I learned over the years.
“Is it just me or does anyone else loose work when the walls delete themselves? I spend more time trying to draw walls then I do the entire kitchen design. It is so frustrating!”
I hate when I try to quickly move a cabinet or something and I grab a wall and the whole room moves instead. I found that if you keep your mouse clicked and press ESC, the walls return to it’s original position. If I didn’t do it correctly, the “ctrl z” or undo button is my friend. HOT TIP, limit your undo actions. If you undo too many times, the previous saved actions will refresh to the last auto save. That still catches me off guard.
One habit I have is to save a file “Client Name Walls” as a back up structure file, then ‘save as’ a new file and start designing. At least this way, if things get jacked, you can copy the interior elements (cabinets, ctops, etc.) into the backup structure file and ‘save as’ again.
“Why do they have to all be connected?
There are little buttons in the bottom right hand corner of the yellow status bar. If this bar is blank, right click on the yellow bar and check the Drawing Control. There is a button that looks like a chain link. Turn this OFF! It will allow you to select a single wall versus the entire group. Just make sure the wall you click, you select the red square of the selected wall or the group will still move as one.
“Why do we have to draw in clockwise direction. Need to make walls where we can draw them in any order and then select which side the placement zone will be.”
You can select which way a placement zone faces on a wall by right clicking/double clicking on the wall to open the properties window. In the “Type” tab, there’s a placement zone setting to choose inside, outside, or both.
“Have the ability to select whether we draw a wall as a chain or just a single wall. ”
If I only need one wall, you can hit enter twice or right click after entering your dimension.
“Have the ability, when you click on a wall to have temporary dimensions pop up and walls can be moved by typing in the exact number on the temporary dimension.”
I think I understand what you’re saying here. If you mean move in a direction (24″ to the left) I use the offset feature. If you don’t have this turned on, do so! You can find it in the “View” tab in the top ribbon. You can offset by clicking the square with the green left arrow to turn it on, type your offset dimension, click the wall/object so it pops up in the center of the placement wheel thing, and click the direction you want it to move. I use offset copy function A LOT for copying can lights 48″ apart.
If you mean changing the dimension of the wall, open the properties and type the dimension you need. Select the “Lengthen from beginning” or “Lengthen from end” depending on whether the wall is connected to another wall and the wall will grow in the direction you need it to.
I hope these tips help! Switching to 2020 was a big change for me as well. I’ve been using the program for 10 years, and I still get frustrated by things…
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Hello all,
I am trying to create a shaped backsplash similar to the one in the attached image. I’ve been trying to do this with a surface, but I cannot figure out how to create curved lines this way short of freehanding it. What am I missing? Surely there must be a way to create curved lines on a surface in elevation? If not, does anyone have any tips on how I might create a shaped backsplash like this? Thanks in advance!
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4 Days of 20-Minute Webinars
Dates: October 5-9, 2020
Let’s go live all week long! Join 2020 for a week of webinars dedicated to boosting your business with 2020 Design Live. Each webinar only lasts 20 minutes, and is guaranteed to provide you with tips, tricks and techniques to enhance your designs, increase your productivity and streamline your design process! It’s a can’t-miss, multiple-day event!
Topic: Printing From Drawing Layout
I am trying to print from Drawing Layout. I’d like all of the tabs to print onto one PDF, however when I try to do so, it prints separately, even when put all of the tabs in the selection area. Another issue I’m having is that they layouts are printing in Portrait, when I have the printer and the page setup both set to Landscape.
Any tips? Thanks!!
In reply to: Custom Texture Floor Planks
Hi Anvar,
Sometimes I use a photo editing program (I actually use MS Paint – I know, LOL, -but it works for me), but if you can grab a good screenshot off Google images (search for: texture seamless wood, etc) that works too.
What takes fiddling and time is making it look realistically *random*. I usually do one when I have a quick, straightforward kitchen that I’m going to bang out in no time and I can afford to spend a little extra time on making a nice floor texture. Save a HORIZ version and a VERT version and you have it in your texture file for when you want a nice floor for a BIG kitchen – where time is money and you can’t screw around. Then you have a bunch you can choose from that look good.
If you aren’t too worried about it looking really random, and just want it to flow seamlessly, open your image in the editor of your choice (like Paint!), and copy the image and FLIP IT horizontally, and join the two images – so you have a butterfly-like mirrored image. Then grab that entire butterfly and copy that, and FLIP IT vertically. Now you have a 4 square mirror. The image will now be seamless. Not too random – but seamless. If you want to spend the extra time editing the distinctive bits that make it OBVIOUS that it’s mirrored – you can. That’s the fiddly bit.
When pulling a texture into a render, I always choose the “larger” option. They tell you not to, but in my experience it will always be blurry otherwise.
As for getting the correct scale, it’s all about giving the texture the right size when you pull it in. If your texture image is five planks wide, and you know the floor has 8″ planks, then specify the width of the sample as 40″. The scale will then show them that size.
Two tips:
-bringing the texture into your design attaches that texture to your design FOREVER. So if it renders badly – you now have this unneeded hi-res texture dragging you down. Even if you replace it with a different texture – the file size of your design is now bloated. So if you haven’t used one of your textures in an actual design yet – drop a cube onto a blank design and give the cube your new texture in the correct scale. Then if it’s not looking good for some reason -you can do redo it without bogging down your design.
-also, remember that when you bring your texture image into a 2020 design and give it a scale, you can also give it a TEXTURE. If it’s glass, you can make it super shiny, if it’s brick, you can make it rough. How light behaves when it strikes your texture goes a long way to making it look real.
I’ve attached images of what I meant by the “butterfly-flip” thing, as I don’t think I worded that well.
Ariana
Tips from Real Life Interior Designers
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 2 PM EDT
A strong brand usually means a strong online presence. While interior designers are embracing the flexibility of working with clients through virtual methods, this brings up the question: “How can we protect our intellectual property?
During this webinar, we will discuss and demonstrate successful ways to protect your creative property.
•Within the design community, how do you define the line between inspiration and plagiarism?
•When setting expectations with your clients, how do you protect your designs?Join 2020 on our journey to help you protect your intellectual property.
Topic: CKBD Exam
