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Hi Bill. My post above is generic and posted when I see a new user. I don't have a copy of Suite 2019, so cannot give specific help right now, but I did look at your plan. Thanks for attaching it, and making it specific to your issue. As you know, you are seeing the gap between the panel you are using for the railing wall and the wall below. Here I moved the wall below so it aligns with the panel, then placed a soffit (shown in white) to cover the gap. It's seamless when left as its default drywall. If I remember, Pro has a Wall Follows Stairs setting that uses a railing wall set to Follow Stairs. Stairs generally need lots of work, even in Chief Premier.

Reference Display. It's limited to one floor, above or below. For locating items like a footing in the foundation on the 2nd floor, CAD lines drawn then copied floor to floor.

Try this. In the dormer plan, select a dormer and explode it. Copy its components -- walls and roof, then back in the original plan, Paste/Hold Position. With Pro, you can draw in a dormer wherever you want. Also, try doing the dormer while on the Attic level. Here are 3 dormers, 2 Auto Floating on the left -- one placed on level 1, the other on the Attic level, and the start of a manual one drawn on the Attic level. Just 3 walls with Roof Cuts Wall At Bottom checked.

Did you understand/try David's advice?

Suite has the Align With Wall Above/Below tool. Select the wall and if the tool is not shown, manually move the wall in the correct direction (use Reference Display).

Home Designer is really limited when modeling these type of features. You can use a Wall Covering applied wall by wall, or via the Exterior Room to do the entire house. A out of the box way using moldings is to create a single room around the entire building, defined with room divider walls and set as Open Below, no roof etc. Apply a base molding in this room, changing the height to be as required.

I tested in Pro 2019 and was able to rotate. Tried in Pro 2016 -- no rotate handle. Looks like it's a new feature.

Don't know which object you were trying to rotate so I picked one of the shapes and in elevation you get a rotate handle.

Have you checked the catalogs -- manufacturer and bonus for feet? Have you tried selecting it in an elevation view and rotating it?

They are Points. Here I've placed 3. The most recent one (the Current Point) is the black one. Delete them in reverse order with the delete key while nothing else is selected. Delete the all via CAD>Points>Delete Temporary Points. You may have Automatically Place Roof Intersection Points on. Search Help for more info on that setting.

Image?

You might point the client to http://mcmansionhell.com/101

Trusses need a ceiling -- does not need to be flat, and if there is a ceiling somewhere in the room, even with Ceiling Over This Room unchecked, they may be drawn, and will fill in like there is a ceiling.

I bet the Help system and Knowledge Base have info on trusses. You don't. Just delete the walls you don't want.

Manual roofs are not difficult, just take a bit of learning and practice. None of my business, but I could not resist creating a simpler version.

Please post your plan file -- close Pro first.

You are comparing a $5000 program with a $500 one The CAD tools have many shortcomings, such as no trim. Read about snaps (object, grid etc) and see how they work. There are videos that go over the CAD tools -- have you watched them? Have you considered SketchUp? You may not need to draw your entire house, just the parts (maybe just walls), that your addition will connect to.

Then you belong at ChiefTalk. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/

Are you using Home Designer or Chief Architect? You probably checked Walls, Main Layer Only in your layer display options.

Here is my version. Did not get very far. h 1.zip

I've modeled that same plan -- don't remember why or when. You will probably need some manual roof work to get it correct. I opened your plan in Pro 2016, where the wall covering did not show up, and in the latest Chief Architect Premier, where it did. Suggest you use a Pony Wall, or Custom Backsplash, instead of the Wall Covering.

I don't remember anyone having that problem, here or on ChiefTalk. Chief creates multi-page layouts, so the entire set of construction documents is in a single PDF, not just a single page layout like is in Home Designer. I'd contact Chief support directly. You could also try different PDF print drivers.