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  1. Did you find it? Just select and delete.
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    Patio Screen

    There are multiple ways of doing this. Here I've used a railing wall with solid panels and manually placed the screen (use a thin soffit and apply the screen material). You could use an open railing and manually place the panels and screen for a more accurate look. The KB suggests using windows, I believe, to model a screened porch.
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    Window Awning

    I'm guessing you are using Pro. Draw a roof plane wherever you want, dragging it past the wall so the program knows which way is up. Then select the top edge and pull it back to the outside of the wall.
  4. Search the library for shapes. You will find cylinders. try using one of the vertical ones, and combine with a soffit, so the cylinder is on the outside and the soffit is against the house.
  5. Can you post an image of "the vertical trim that should run down the left side of the stone"?
  6. Delete the Wall Covering and change the material in the room dialog.
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    Polyline Holes

    I don't believe any Home Designer product has the ability to create a hole area within another polyline shape as described above. The only thing similar is the ability to use a Skylight to make a hole in a roof plane.
  8. Open HELP, search for Temporary Dimensions.
  9. Turn on Temporary Dimensions
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    Changing Scale

    Could you post the PDF?
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    Changing Scale

    The program does not understand the content of an imported image or PDF. Even at the correct scale, there is nothing to accurately measure from. You will need to create a plan using the instructions David posted above, or create CAD lines that might for example, represent the face of a wall, that you could then dimension from. Giving us more information about why you are trying to do what you are asking about will help others help you.
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    Material List

    The word new is not important -- that is, you just want the name to be different so you can tell them apart in the materials. You could add existing, or anything to make the name unique. It does not need to be a copy. You can create new materials, but creating copies is easiest.
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    Changing Scale

    Why do they need to match?
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    Material List

    You can't. You can create new materials and wall definitions. Create a Drywall, New material, for example, and use it on your new walls. The material list will show it and Drywall -- just ignore Drywall.
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    Changing Scale

    What are you trying to do? What is "the default measuring tool".
  16. I believe you could just draw in your own footing too -- a bit of manual work is the trade off for using Pro. It's a big jump, but it sounds like you are using Pro in a business, and you will find so many things in Chief that help you get your job done better and faster. They have a rent to own program, and usually credit your purchase of Pro towards the outright purchase price of Chief. People sometimes offer Chief for sale on ChiefTalk, although rarely at a good price, it might be worth watching.
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    cabinet doors

    You are asking about the distance from the back of the door to the face of the cabinet? I would simply spec the hinges to be used, not this distance. Typical hinges are adjustable in multiple directions. Why do you see a need to provide this level of detail?
  18. You can make the program happy by changing your wall definition. Add an exterior layer as shown here.
  19. The problem is how you have defined the porch walls. I'm not suggesting you did something wrong, only that the program does not work as you would expect. There are other ways of creating the screened in look. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00748/creating-a-screen-porch.html If this is a new house, tell us more about how you see the porch being built. Is it more of a screened and covered deck? What type of foundation will it have? If it's an existing house, what's there now?
  20. Please post images directly -- no need to make a PDF of an image. Identifying the rogue roof plane will help. Showing a perspective overview with the problem roof planes a different color roofing makes it clear. Posting your plan file helps others to provide a solution instead of a guess.
  21. The shower needs to be a room. Enter -3" in the Floor field. You may need to delete your foundation first, then rebuild with the change.