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To answer your question, you draw them in using a slab, soffit, or other shape, and select an appropriate material for them. What are you having trouble with? Are you able to draw a slab, for example? Do you understand how to open its specification dialog and change its parameters, and/or reshape it in plan and camera views? I'll suggest the following resources for self help. The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube

Did you notice my answer to your question on ChiefTalk? Posting an image of what you want to model usually helps too.

Is this what you are after?

I don't know a way to do this is Pro, and think David's suggestion of SketchUp is your best bet.

Do you need something to show in a 3D view, or just something to use for hole alignment? If only for alignment, draw a CAD square where the corners are the center of the hole.

Always post the .plan file. Layouts don't help. If there is a wall there, it looks like an interior wall. Read up on Lower Wall Type When Split by Butting Roof. This gives you the ability to have one wall type above the roof, and one below.

I imagine you need to pull the roof plane back from the wall. If that does not work, post the plan file and someone will have a look.

On the signature, try following the instructions posted above, again. On the shower, we need to know exactly what you want to model.

I don't believe Suite has the tools to make this look correct. I will suggest you consider how the brick in these areas will be supported.

Here is one idea. I've reduced the bathroom ceiling to 90", and made the ceiling/floor structure thinner using 2x6 material. This lets you use fewer steps to reach the floor above, and they are not so steep. Also rearranged the bath a bit, moving the washer outside. Space for water heater under the stairs with access from the exterior. You could also extend the bath along the back wall towards the outdoor shower.

I see you have 5 dormers, but only one showing. Not sure what connecting problems you are having.

Nope

I needs to be closed when you upload and/or zip it. You will need to do the upload again with the plan closed.

No way to tell without the plan. You don't. You raise the roof off the top plate so when you build the truss, it fills in.

Something wrong with your attachments. Make sure the plan is not open in Pro.

One of the keys to your design is the stair. As is, it does not work. The red line shown is less than 6' and the steps do not reach the 2nd floor. I suggest getting them and the stairwell set before working more on the 2nd floor.

Do you want to raise the garage, or lower the house? Don't understand this.

See if this helps. I set a couple of the Absolute Elevations to 0. 447Debbie garage.plan

Try changing the room type from Garage to Slab.

Sometimes it easiest/best to start over. You have a simple structure and reproducing it, making things correct as you go is better than trying to fix what you have. After so many changes of settings, trying things etc, it's difficult to get everything set back to the way it needs to be. Post your plan and I'll look at it in an older version of Pro. You can help me out by making a copy and deleting all the unnecessary items -- furniture, terrain things etc. I'l' be at a job all day -- will take a look tonight.

3D Warehouse

Like this? Simple plan done in Pro 2016. Set top plate height (ceiling height). Built roof. Raised ceiling 1'. Drew in truss. twoshed.plan

You can always upgrade at any time without loosing any work. You could also download the trials and see the differences in each product. Architectural lets you define new wall types, I believe, and may be all you need. It all depends on how accurate you want the model to be.

After taking a look at your plan, I'll suggest you put off the roof until everything else is correct. Get the basement, floor and ceiling heights, stairs etc, all correct, then focus on the roof. The roof structure is influenced by everything below. I've seen someone work with Suite, for example, to coerce the program into building a roof, then adjust something below by 1/4" and have the roof change completely. I also suggest starting over with a new plan, keeping it simple and devoid of everything except the structure. Set your defaults as best you can, and fix each issue as they come up. You really need Pro and an understanding of manual roofs for this model.

You will find Suite has many limitations when building a model using conventional construction, and maybe impossible to emulate a steel building. You really need the ability to define your own wall types at a minimum. You won't be able to model C or Z shapes, or tapered I beams. The program also has issues with structures within a structure. You might search ChiefTalk, the forum for the Chief Architect branded products for some ideas -- same username and password. Thanks for filling out your signature, and where in Central Texas? I spent 20 years in the San Marcos/Austin area. Resources for self help: The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube