Different Door Casing Color Inside and Outside

[jjkirk]

I am using Architectural Home Designer 9.0 and am having difficulty making my bedroom door casing be mahogany and the inside bathroom casing of the same door going into the bathroom be white.

When I change one, the other changes as well (dialog box or sample dropper).

Is it possible to have the two different colors casing on one side and the other of the same door?

It works OK with the door color, but not the casings.

Thanks in advance.

[David J. Potter]

I took a look in Architectural Version 10 and obtained the same results as you did, so it seems a programming limitation, although the materials tab settings exist in the dialog they do not function that way in use on interior doors.
I even tried placing an exterior door (where this function does work) and then copy-pasting that door so programmed into an interior wall, at which point it lost it's material programming (both sides of the door trim were the same after the copy-paste).

By the way, I also tried this in Architectural 2014 with the same unwanted results, I will report this as a "Bug" to Chief Archietect Inc Tech Support though I doubt that they will issue a fix for earlier versions.

I am sorry I found no solution for you but thank you for bringing it up here.

DJP

[jcaffee]

David, it's not a bug, but an intentional limitation of the HD product line.

jon

[David J. Potter]

Jon,

I have observed that this is so, but never the less, if they (Chief Inc.) intend to limit the feature they should take out the apparent settings in the dialog is my point, it makes it seem like a bug to have settings that do not work. No ability to do that to interior doors; then the settings should be removed from the dialog.
I reported, from that viewpoint as a bug to Tech Support today.

DJP

[JoAnn]

There is a work-around solution.
Specify one of those rooms as a balcony (uncheck "show room label").
On the room spec structure tab, make sure "roof and ceiling over this room" are both checked.
You then have to delete your current door, and place a new door.
The new door (initially an exterior door, that you will want to change) should now show interior/exterior views in the dialog box, enabling differing interior/exterior casing colors.
You can now re-add a bedroom label by using cad/text on the toolbar.
You will also have to re-add your room base molding.

HOPE THIS HELPS!