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This is just the way it is, and always has been. I imagine that because of the default settings, you just thought you were making a change, but were really not. By default, furniture is set to display in all these views. I cannot offer an opinion of why the furniture layer was off, other than to say I know of no way for this setting to somehow change, other than by a user command. Try a simple experiment. I'm trying to educate, not prove anyone right or wrong. Start a new plan and draw a single room. Take a Dollhouse view. While in Dollhouse view, open Layer Display Options and turn off the display of the Furniture layer. Go back to plan view and place a bed in the room. Open Layer Display Options and verify the Furniture layer is set to display. Go to the Dollhouse view. Do you see the bed? Open Layer Display Options and set the Furniture layer to display. Now do you see the bed? Back to plan view. Take an elevation inside the room positioning the camera to include the bed. When the elevation view opens, do you see the bed? Open Layer Display Options and turn on the display of the Furniture layer. Now do you see the bed?

You can change the angle of the baseline.

Distinguish how? What view or views?

If all you need is the terrain parameter, copy it and paste on whatever floor you want. It will past as a polyline that you can dimension to.

You can delete the terrain and create a new one on a different floor -- you can copy/paste the terrain objects to the new floor. You can use Reference Display to visually see it from a different floor. Why do you want to see it on the 2nd floor?

Try updating your video card software.

Did you see the image I attached above with the furniture showing in a 3D view? Open a camera view, go to Layer Display Options and turn on the layer. ALL views have their own layer set, so turning something on or off in plan has no effect on any camera view.

When something does not appear in some view, 99.9% of the time it's related to layers. Select an item, see what layer it's on, and make sure that layer is set to display in your chosen view.

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/pm2LgGK2b1w?hd=1

Put a roof on it. That should work too. What was the problem?

There are too many variables to make general recommendations, but here is one idea. I placed a doorway in the wall and pulled its bottom down creating a tall hole in the wall. The room where the landing is I made Open Below.

And you can always just go to the 2nd floor and draw in the missing walls.

Most don't know this exists.

Attach the plan and I'll take a quick look.

Just to be sure, drag the roof edge well past the wall manually.

You need a stairwell. You can draw 4 walls (usually railings) on the 2nd floor above the stair forming a room, then make the room type Open Below, or select the stairs and click the auto stairwell icon in the edit toolbar. There are some good hour long getting started webinars on the YouTube channel linked above, and the Home Designer website has the Knowledge Base and videos too.

See them from where? Can you post a screen capture that shows where the stairs are missing? What is the problem doing the windows?

Don't understand what you are asking. What do you mean by "incorporate"? Your picture seems to show windows, not a glass wall.

Search the forum and https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/ for parapet.

X11 and X10 refer to Chief Architect, not Home Designer (this forum). In any case, if there is a problem, you should send something directly to Chief as they don't seem to monitor this forum.

What's the problem? Your image shows the front of the house, not the roof, so it's difficult for someone to know what it's supposed to look like.

Suggestions in order of best to worst. Look at using a Pony Wall with the different material on the top or bottom section (not sure which will work). A Wall Covering might also work. A Custom Backsplash (or soffit, or slab) could also work. A slab you can draw in plan, making it thin and wrapping around the building. -- Have you figured out the parapet? Start a new thread on it if help is needed.

Are you kidding? Via the help menu, or the ? icon, or F1

A link on the desktop is pretty quick and does not seem clunky to me The Qt stuff is the built in help system -- essentially the reference manual in a different format.

I was thinking something like this.