adding a screen door to an exterior door

[joeybuilder]

I found the following 11/27/11 reply by DJ Potter to a similar question and would like to know if this is still the situation with HD Pro 2014. I've searched Help, etc. and find no topic for screen doors.

"No Home Designer product or title can place two door objects "in the same space" in terms of using the "Door Tool" but like a lot of other matters in a virtual universe the difference between actual and apparent are not important, only what appears to be.

What I commonly do, is to import a door object from 3D Warehouse or make one with SketchUp and import and place the "door object" just as such, locating it near where it would be expected to go, make the "screen" material and assign it to the "glass' space of the door."

Thanks in advance to anyone with input!

[David J. Potter]

Yes, the workability of my suggestion is still valid. I am speaking specifically of placing two door objects in the same space of the same wall. This does not mean that a mock-up of a door (something that looks like a door but isn't) cannot be placed next to a 3D, default door (door tool in HD). You can make a door that is placed using the door tool in HD and you can place a symbol that looks like a door (screen door) next to a default door to emulate a screen or storm door, it just takes a little more effort to do so.

DJP

[joeybuilder]

Thanks. As I gain experience down the road, maybe I'll give it a shot. But, it would seem easy enough for HD programmers to create the single object, so commonly used, an ext door with screen or storm. Is there a suggestion box somewhere?