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I don't believe so, but can you explain what you would like to do? Or what the other software does that you want to emulate?

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Don't use a dormer. Create a room and raise the ceiling.

ChiefTalk is for Chief Architect, HomeTalk is for Home Designer. You need to be on ChiefTalk. Could you post an image or 2. I don't have the model open and with the trial, unable to save. Are you asking about these? They are invisible walls and may be deleted.

Don't know -- it wasn't me. I gave you an upvote so you are back to neutral.

No idea what you want to do. Can you explain a bit more?

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Terrain builds on whatever level you are on when you Build Terrain.

Your terrain is on level 0. You work on the terrain in Plan view.

The vertical siding is board and batten not the material you are thinking of. I don't use prefinished siding so I'm not familiar with what's available.

I did offer. The test plan is just that. Open it, see if you can update the materials as you like. You will not be able to change the shape of the roof. If you are able to change things, I'll do the actual plan.

It's not clear from your images what the problem is. Could you attach the plan file?

That's all it is. You asked about changing the materials/colors on the roof.

Here are some quickly done variations. I was working in Chief and it crashed 4 or 5 times while working on your plan -- something it rarely does. I'd not emphasize the garage door. It's big and takes the focus away from the center of the house. Nothing wrong with a nice door, but I'd want it to blend in. I think with some landscaping -- don't buy 1 gallon things -- a small ornamental tree for example to fill in left of the bow window, you will be fine with a simpler design. Note that where I used a lap siding, it's 12" and not one of the more common smaller sizes. Doing something with the landing and steps would also help. Just a simple column would work.

Attach your plan file and I'll see what I can do. What the house needs more than anything is landscaping. A darker color on the siding would help it blend in to the background.

Can you post a screen capture showing a perspective? Have you changed the pitch?

Read about Drawing Groups and Draw Order Edit Tools. Probably need to attach the plan file for best suggestions.

Open the Build Roof dialog and review the settings. See the Roof Styles panel (left side of build roof dialog) for more info. Good hour long getting started webinars on YouTube -- see the links I posted above.

Roof Test A.plan

Try the Custom Backsplash tool. And I know you did not ask, but ... I can see the look you are going for, but what you show is really busy and not coherent. I can be more specific if you are interested.

Something like this? Dollhouse view, 3D>View Direction>Top View This is orthographic, but perspective also works. And Standard, Vector settings also work.

Here is my plan after adding 2 interior walls and adjusting ceiling heights. And the 2 interior walls added. i also used Roof Groups, but probably not needed.

You control wall heights by varying ceiling height and roof specs (pitch, type etc). Roofs build over rooms. I really think this roof will not easily work. The software just isn't set up to build one like this. You can upgrade to Pro. The 2021 version will be out soon. I could put the roof on for you, but only if you can tell me exactly where it goes, its structure, and only if it's not going to change. I don't want to be making adjustments as the plan evolves, and you will not be able to change it.

The roof will probably generate like this with various heights and you will need to create internal walls and vary ceiling heights to get things aligned. The program will want to generate separate roof planes and may not combine them into one, but by varying the ceiling heights you should be able to get close. An upgrade to Pro would make this easy.