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Place sink on cabinet. Use Transform/Replicate to move it in the Z axis, or just open the sink and adjust its height. Use a Custom Countertop -- you may need to remove the countertop, then manually draw a Custom Countertop.

There is a rotation handle when something is selected. Transform/Replicate will also rotate a selection.

Soffits are a real general purpose shape. What part of using them did you find "not as easy as I had hopped."? I don't know of any videos, but will try to give you some general pointers.

Thanks. Suite is really limited in its framing options, so it depends on how accurate you want to be. Here I built a second floor, part is Open Below, part is a Deck (chosen because of the exposed framing). You would need a beam across the front, and I would use a soffit for that, painted to look like wood. You could build the entire loft with soffits too, and just use a single floor structure. Tell us a bit more about how you want the model to look, and we will help you get there.

Edit Area can work several ways. 1) Edit>Edit Area (All Floors) Marquee (click and drag) a rectangle around what you want to select. 2) Draw a CAD Box (closed polyline) around what you want to move, delete etc. This may be then be shaped as needed -- made L shaped, segments changed to a curve, etc. Select this polyline, then Edit>Edit Area (All Floors). Edit Area will use your polyline as its selection, and you may modify it further before initiating an action on the selected area.

DJP is the best source for this type of info, but I'll make 2 suggestions. Edit>Edit Area is the best way to rotate an entire structure. Working with the structure square to the screen (or sheet of paper, if you prefer) is much easier than dealing with angles. This has been discussed multiple times, so a forum search should locate more. Look for plot plan.

Draw wall in garage aligned with house ridge as shown. Raise ceiling in the room with the garage door to 139 1/2". Turn off Auto Rebuild Roof. Delete wall, reset ceiling height as required.

How is this done? I may have screwed it up, as I exploded both dormers already. Right click on a roof plane, choose Display On Floor Above. This gets all your roof planes on one level making it easier to see how they relate.

Edit>Edit Area I'd choose All Floors

I'm using Chief -- nothing you can use.

I deleted the higher one.

If one is correct, delete the incorrect one. Copy the good one and reflect it about the ridge (center of the room below).

Exploding them now, and creating your own hole in the roof gives you complete freedom to easily adjust them.

1) Move main roof planes up one level. 2) Right click on a dormer and select Explode Dormer. 3) Place a skylight at the corner of the dormer. Open it and uncheck Skylight. Resize it to make a hole in the roof for your dormer walls to come through. Adjust as needed.

What are the issues? What is "right"?

Search for shapes in the library. Soffits, Custom Countertops, Slabs are also a possibility.

The trial versions do not save any data, so there is nothing to retrieve.

Size the 2 cabinets as required. Select one, and use the center tool to center it over/under the other.

You don't. It's a limitation of Home Designer and Chief Architect. Consider using a note on each floor explaining the destination of the wire.

I believe David has answered better than I would have.

You need a hole in the roof. Skylight, set it to be a hole.

How did you build the second floor? One of the parameters is ceiling height, which sets the wall height, which sets the roof height. To raise the walls, you must raise the roof. To raise the roof using automatic roof building, you must raise the ceiling height. To do it manually, select the roof plane you want to raise, click the Transform/Replicate tool, check Move, and enter a z value.

You will need to do it manually in the Home Designer titles.

Various discussions on these in the past. Making your own is not difficult. Consider a Custom Backsplash, and using Transform/Replicate to cover a wall.