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Mick made a good leap there from "I want to make the breezeway smaller" to "move the garage over". I try to suggest that when someone is unsure, say where you want to go instead of asking about a specific task. Here is another idea, all auto built. A roof like this bearing on knee walls was pretty common in older houses. I did notice you have your exterior walls marked as foundation walls and that is not needed. Just build your foundation as I've done. Auto dormers are picky about where they are placed. They cannot cross roof planes, for example. The may be placed over a wall. I usually do dormers like this manually to have complete control. Did not save it ...

Not suggesting anything wrong with your design, but here are a couple of ideas. Changed pitch from 12 to 10 on the house and garage to reduce the mass of the roof, and up from 1 to 3 on the porch at that's the minimum for typical roofing materials. Rotated the garage roof 90 degrees making the garage stand out less and the gable over the doors will shed snow/water to the side. Changed the 2nd floor front facing gable trying to make it seem more part of the house.

Check my and other responses on your ChiefTalk thread.

The Knowledge Base is full of info like this and always a good place to search before asking on the forum. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-02972/migrating-home-designer-to-a-new-computer.html Resources for self help: The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube

Correct.

You can't use those as windows, just as a generic symbol. You can possibly create an opening in the wall using a pass-through, then place your window symbol within it.

Imported from where?

Here is a recent thread on ChiefTalk. Check it out and see if anything suggested there works. If not, post a picture or 2 of your screen. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/24710-x9-blank-library-content/

That's the way the program works. You specify the room type and the program uses the defaults for that room type to set the structure. You just need to make your changes after setting the room type. Search Help for room type for more info.

Looks like a bug to me. Suggest you file a report. Until you find different, I'd make the first floor concrete walls balloon through ceiling above, then select the wall and drag the top up.

Yes. It depends on how your wall is defined.

Close Pro first.

Imagine you are building a house. You get to the roof, take a few measurements and realize something is out of square. Think of all the ways this could happen. The software is like that. Your model gets built up in layers, many of which build on the previous ones. To understand the problem many times requires looking at the model. Moral of the story -- attach the plan file.

I'm not sure -- have you checked the Bonus Catalogs?

From Help: Calculate Materials in Room To create the Materials List for a room, select the room and then select Tools> Materials List> Calculate Materials for Room. Calculate Materials in Room is also available on a selected room’s edit toolbar. See Editing Rooms. A Materials List calculated from a room is created for only the contents of that room: wall materials are not included. An object will be counted in the Materials List if its center point is located inside of the room.

Make sure the software is using it. Preferences>Video Card Status

My answer was yes, and again, if you are using the Chief Architect trial, you should be asking on the Chief forum linked above. Help with what? The trial does not let you save, so someone would need to create your design from scratch. You should post images of what you are doing with Chief, not SketchUp.

Did my response above not answer your question?

You can draw in your own lines, or review the Slab Footing tool -- you did not mention the type of foundation.

No.

The Chief Architect site is https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/ HomeTalk is for the Home Designer products. Please post screen captures, or just the original image instead of a PDF of an image. As for your question, I would say yes, the software can do it. This is a model I did with Home Designer Pro which has a subset of the roof tools in Chief Premier.

Nope. It's a bit frustrating, I know. Just reset the other settings to their defaults working from the top down.

The software thinks about the floor height for the first floor. It builds the foundation down from there, and the rest of the structure starting there and going up.

Foundations are rooms. Open it and adjust as needed.

Because you are using manual roofs, you are responsible for where everything goes. You have a rather unique design. Is this an existing structure or a new build?