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Google DWG to DXF convert.

No Home Designer/Chief Architect product has this feature.

Not with Suite. You will need to use a thin soffit against the wall, and apply your material to it. Architectural and Pro have tools to make this much simpler.

Use a Pony Wall, or apply a Wall Covering.

I'll try to do a better job of answering. tub = no sink = no cabinet = yes

Have you checked the bonus catalogs? https://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/library None of the Home Designer products have the tools to make symbols. You can use SketchUp or other similar tools to create things. Also, see the 3D Warehouse and other sites for symbols you may import.

Open Help, search for fill style.

Fill Style

SketchUp

Sloped soffit.

Please post a simple plan demonstrating this. 4 walls to form the house, and your exterior wall.

Use a Skylight

The software is not designed to work that way. Drawing walls to form rooms is fast and easy. As David said, learn the software as use it as intended.

You never hold the space bar down to do anything. The space bar is tapped to exit the current mode only. You are doing it wrong -- obvious conclusion, I know. For dimensioning, try turning off all auto dimensions and rely on Temporary Dimensions. Look at your dimension defaults to make sure the settings are as you expect -- dimension to wall surface vs to framing, for example. This depends on which view you are in. The tools (icons) available are dependent on being in plan, elevation etc.

1) Please fill out your Signature -- see below. 2) As for learning, start with the YouTube videos linked below. Here is one to start with. Try to understand how the program works, and less on how to do specific things. Start simple. Draw 4 walls to form a room, build a foundation. Don't try to make all the settings perfect, just become familiar with how the program operates. Make one wall a gable, etc. Experiment and see how the program reacts. There is a step by step tutorial in the users guide that many start with. New users often expect there are on/off answers to every question, and that's rarely the case. Mostly answers are dependent on multiple settings and where (what view) you are in the program. Posting images of your screen (windows snipping tool), and your plan file -- when you have one, will help others understand and provide the best response. -------------- It helps if we know what title (Suite, Pro etc) and version (2014, 2015 etc) you are using. You can add this info to your signature by clicking on your user name at the top right of the page, click Account Settings, then Signature on the left. Doing so makes it always available, and this info is often key to providing a good suggestion Resources for self help: The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube

Part of the problem are the invisible walls by the fireplace. They are No Room Definition, which prevents the porch from becoming a room. There is another problem that I don't understand, but will recommend a way to fix it. When you select the exterior room on your plan, it looks like this. It should look like this. It may just be the way you built the model, but I've not seen this and don't know the cause. I would start a new plan. Use Edit>Edit Area to move each floor to the new plan. I tried this and it corrected the exterior room error. Try to get the structure correct before adding things like the fireplace. As you add it, keep checking that rooms are still defined etc.

Make sure it's not open in Pro.

The software wants you to draw walls (railings) first, forming a room. You set the room to a specific type as desired (Porch), make changes if needed to the structure settings, and optionally build a roof. Why have you done things differently? If you post your plan file, someone may take a look. No one can tell from an image.

I'd send to support.

It didn't disappear. You posted on ChiefTalk https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/15006-crown-moldings-wont-move/#comment-127043 But here on HomeTalk is where you should be.

I understand what you are trying to do by building walls on a dimensioned foundation, but that's not how the program wants to work. Try to leave auto rebuild foundation on as long as possible, and you cannot do that with your method. Here is an alternate way. On floor 1, draw CAD lines outlining your foundation. Draw walls over the lines. The wall outside main layer will snap to the lines, so you may need to move the location of these lines in so that the wall aligns correctly. Use Concentric Resize to do this. Now when you build the foundation, it will be in the correct position under the walls. Before you build the foundation, change the floor location in the rooms that vary from the default. For that back room, make the floor -24 (or whatever is correct) and the foundation will build correctly. Use walls on the first floor to outline the stairwell -- make it Open Below, turn off the roof, and drop the ceiling to 0 or even a negative number. This way the foundation walls will build below.

Start a new plan and select a template. Place a cabinet. Start another plan using a different template. Place a cabinet. The cabinets should be different.

Did you do a forum search for nana?