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Make sure the Terrain is set to display in Display Options.

It looks like this is the Save Camera icon. You need to be in a Camera View for it to function.

Are you sure this is available for Home Designer? My guess is it's a Chief Architect only feature. You might contact Sales/Support for the best answer.

It's called Z Fighting. Search the forum for fighting to find out more.

Soffits are a generic tool that work for many things, and would be easy to use for your panels.

What is it supposed to do?

Suggest contacting Chief directly.

CAD Points. The black on is the Current CAD Point. See the CAD Menu. And Help for how to turn them on and off.

Suggest you download the trial of whatever product you are considering and see for yourself. Or, call Sales.

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Robert: You did not post a plan or pictures. Make it easy for someone to help. There is no need for color correction or adjustment.

Thanks.

Both. Just one of the many workarounds you learn while working with the software.

Try a doorway in the opening. Turn off casing and everything else. make it as wide and tall as the opening.

Create an open space and place the dividers manually using Partitions or Soffits.

Study up on Dimension Defaults.

This is a similar to the soffit problem. The program, internally, sees the walls as extending higher than is shown in a camera view.

Soffits are cabinets. You may be able to turn off "create automatic fillers" in cabinet defaults. This will effect all cabinets in the plan, not just soffits.

None of the Chief Architect products are designed for this, but may work for you. It also depends on what type of metal home you will build. Many different combinations -- finishing the interior of a pre engineered building, building using light or heavy gauge steel studs etc. The software was designed with typical wood framed construction in mind. I would recommend Home Designer Pro as a minimum, because if its ability to define wall types and to create and modify framing. 30 Day trials are available, and you can always upgrade by paying the difference in cost.

It's easier for others if you will post an image, instead of a PDF of an image. Also, marking up the image to identify the problem area is helpful. And, for questions like this, posting the plan is the best way to get a good suggestion, because it's almost always it depends. You can use Edit>Edit Area (All Floors) to cut out only the relevant part of the plan.

Look at the Layer Display Settings.

You can't. I would choose another type of object, a slab or soffit, for example. You need something with a Fill property.

Skylight tool

Auto built the roof.