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Draw a manual roof plane.

What Jo Ann said works for tile too.

I'm not clear on what you are trying to do. You can specify columns as part of the railing, or you can manually place columns (like the larger one here) wherever you want.

Did you try a forum search? There may also be relevant info in the Knowledge Base. There is no "easy way". The program is designed for conventional construction, but a pole barn is doable.

Change the floor in the garage to a value less than 0, then make sure the ceiling height is correct.

Posting your plan file (just like you did the images) will give others something to work with.

The program lacks a defined way of adding these. It's been requested many times. The simple solution is to create a detail like is shown in your first image. You can add thickness to your roof planes so they show in the correct spot. Draw the purlins with CAD lines.

A dxf file is useless. Please post your plan file, or images -- use the Snipping tool if on Windows. Why a continuous footing? I've seen plenty of houses sitting on piers, but none with continuous footings. Why not a slab on grade? Draw a slab the correct size. Use point-to-point move to place it. Draw a CAD box (closed polyline) which will snap to your other CAD line work, and convert it to a slab.

Just tried in Pro 2109 -- should be the same as 2018, and it snaps to CAD. Can you use temporary dimensions to move? And why draw a CAD line to represent your foundation, then draw a slab -- why not just draw the slab? You can convert a closed polyline to a slab too. Select the polyline, choose Convert Polyline, pick Slab.

Thanks Ron. I'm not sure what you want the foundation to look like, but see if this plan helps. You can select the wall in an exterior elevation and move the edges (bottom, sides and top) -- I've moved the middle part up so it's even with either side, and used a slab to fill in the gap. You can open the wall and reset it to its default bottom height to see. You will need to have auto rebuild foundations off for this to work. I probably did some other things, but that was early this morning ... shower.plan

This needs to be changed in Defaults.

I would let the contractor doing your concrete work calculate rebar/mesh. It can vary from what the software shows depending on local customs/codes. And draw a CAD detail showing your floor assembly.

Yes, I post that for every new user. Have you tried doing what you want -- defining the floor structure?

Have you tried?

You are using the term Gable incorrectly. What you are talking about is roof overhang, and 1/4" is too small. Just make it bigger until the unwanted walls go away. You could also change the problem walls to invisible, but the program works better with a larger overhang. A gable is the triangle shaped wall -- what's shown as wood in your image above.

What is "remove the gables from the trusses"? Tell us what you want instead of what you don't want

Have you reviewed this KB article? https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00850/drawing-a-plot-plan.html

You need to delete the Roof Baseline Polyline -- Edit>Delete Objects. Then build the roof.

Draw in your own exterior wall to replace to interior wall the program created. Read in Help about Lower Wall Type When Split By Butting Roof. You may or may not need this option.

You need to create the porch.

What would you like them to look like? What happens when you build a roof?

Open Help, search for thumbnail

Did you save a thumbnail with the plan? Not sure what you want to show in the image, but it could be anything displayed when you save the thumbnail.

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