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I suggest that you turn off the display of roof baselines, on your floor plan. Then delete all the roof planes, and reset all the defaults. This should give you a fresh start.

I will try that. Thank you!

All sorted, thanks

Hello @Blueberry, This Knowledge Base article will walk you through the steps of restoring the Living Area Label: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00390/restoring-a-missing-living-area-label-in-home-designer.html I hope this helps!

My example was done using auto-rebuild roof.

I have no clue as to how that happened. I will follow your above suggestions; pulling the baseline to the wall framing layer. Thank you for your help!

Yes, that's it. Thank you!

I’m not sure how you did it but when you drew the roof planes the baselines look to be out in the air.

Such a bad idea, do they not understand how this measure alienates their current and past customers !! I've used HD Pro for over 7 years and am currently using HD Pro 2021, I will not upgrade nor will I become part of a subscription based service, it is completely to expensive !! I think ,they think, that their customers upgrade every year, which in my case is not true, as I find that minimal yearly upgrades / improvements are not all that they are cracked up to be. Sorry guys no subscription's for me !! Will be looking elsewhere, besides unfortunately AI will crush them if they are not careful !!

Geoff, if it was me, I'd delete the roofs and start over!!! If you use the roof planes you have drawn, you will need to edit each roof plane separately, pull the roof baseline into the wall main layer (Wood Framing), lock the pitch at 5/12 and make the roof baselines the same height, then use the join roof toot to connect the ridges together.

Is this closer to what you want?

Hers' a jpeg Jo_Ann. Garybills: Yes, I drew roof planes manually, auto roofs produced strange designs. How do I adjust manual roof planes to same elevation? You can see on the framing perspective jpeg, manual roof planes has added top plate framing on the front elevation. Thank you for looking at this!

Ryan, it does not look like there is a hotkey in Home Designer assigned to the interior wall. You can see the available list of hot keys >Tools >Create Hotkey List

I'm drawing up a custom home design, and the total m2 (floor area) has disappeared off the page How can I refresh so the m2 comes back on the page? Thanks Dave

@AlpineGeoffHey Geoff, did you draw the roof planes manually? It looks like your baselines are all in different locations and heights. They are normally on the outside of the main wall layer.

Post a jpg image of the roof (no pdf, please).

Pressing "W" activates the Exterior Wall command. Is there any way to activate the Interior Wall command directly from the keyboard? I find it frustrating to use a keyboard shortcut and then be forced to use the mouse to change tools.

Hello; So, as a carpenter, I can hand cut stacked hip roof rafters; but I can't draw a simple gable roof here. Help! The rear half of the main gable roof is OK, but the front half is raised up about a foot, can't figure it out. Wall plate heights should be the same all the way around. This seems to screw up the front garage roof too. Greatly appreciate any help. Thanks, Geoff Floor Plan Deck-Porch Roofs 10-5-25.zip

Need to read the HELP screens and search attics... which by definition are not allowed to have rooms etc. If you want to turn Attic into livable space you needed to create it as net floor level. Check your defaults settings for structures and rooms etc to set ceiling heights

I prefer to just manual edit the roof planes...

I have a 1-1/2 Story Home, drawn in HDP 25 and can't figure out how to join the 1st floor roof Ridge into the 2nd floor Hip? Also at the other end of the home, I'm trying to join the garage gable roof into the 2nd floor Hip on that end. Any suggestions for making this happen? I asked ChatGTP and it came back with an answer that melded Chief Architect functions with Home Designer Pro functions, which I am not able to make work. The last image is what I'm trying to mimic. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

A lot of info is still unknown, but this is my best guess. Flight on the left goes down to the laundry room. Flight on the right goes to the 2nd floor.

I upgraded to HDP 2025 last December, unaware of the upcoming change to a subscription model. I'll attribute this to serendipity. I'll run 2025 until the wheels fall off. I can't justify the $500/yr for the new "Home Designer" ("Pro" has been eliminated from the name). Considering how the industry has been shifting towards the subscription model, I can understand CA's move; however, I believe they priced "Home Designer" at 200% of market value. I suspect the next change will be to rebadge "Home Designer" to "Chief Architect Lite," as that is essentially what it is. It would streamline and focus the brand image. I don't object to that, but I do object to the price and the SaaS (Software as a Service) model, which only works if you keep paying. There isn't a comparable alternative, so some may be forced to pay. I'm curious whether the math will work out for CA in the end. I suspect 20% of users will become subscribers. With a 500% increase in average revenue per user, it just may work for CA. If not, we may see a Black Friday sale price that becomes the new permanent (lower) subscription price.