Can't delete unwanted door and window elements

[ScottAB]

Doors and windows in my design have come in with fancy moldings and lintels that I don't want, but I can't figure out how to delete them. Changing the door type has no effect. I'm new to using the program, as is probably obvious. In the Materials tab the moldings are listed with names ending in "Windsor". How do I fix this?

Thanks,
Scott

[BunsenH]

A tab in the Door or Window Spec dialog box allows you to turn on/off interior and exterior lintels and sills.

Whatever design template (Colonial, Country, etc.) you started with is the one you are stuck with. Each object will need to be modified individually.

[ScottAB]

Thanks Bunsen. What's that tab called? I can't find one that does that. I'm using Home Designer Interiors, if that matters. Also, is there a way to change the design template once the design is started, so that new doors and windows I bring in will have that new style?

Scott

[David J. Potter]

Home Designer Pro has additional "tabs" and other tool choices that Interiors does not have, that is why it is useful to say which title and version you have when posting questions. Responders may or may not have exactly what you have and thus mention options that you do not have access to.
There is no such tab within Interiors as in HD Pro .

DJP

[ScottAB]

Sorry, I'm new to the program and I forgot to indicate which version I was using at the start. Does this mean I'm stuck with the design template I started with, and can't modify it, nor the objects created with it, once a floorplan is underway?

Thanks,
Scott

[David J. Potter]

Yes, that is a built in limitation of "Style Templates" which you should carefully practice with until you find the template that best suits your purposes.

DJP

[ScottAB]

Ugh, that's bad...just did a whole floorplan. I can't change the template midway through a design, can I?

Thanks,
Scott

[BunsenH]

Scott,

When I first got the program, I jumped right in designing a house without properly setting templates, floor height defaults, and other important preferences. When I realized my error, I tried to tweak several poor assumptions back to where they belonged. That proved to be a mess and it was easier to start over. The hours I spent learning the program for the original, incorrect design, allowed me to make a second design in a much shorter amount of time.

[ScottAB]

I think that's going to be my path as well.