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Have you checked to see what layer they are on? If on a unique one, just turn it on and off as needed. You can Cut/Copy/Paste them too. Do a Save As on your plan, creating a copy. Delete the paths in the original plan. Copy - Paste Hold position from one plan to the other.

I'll suggest bringing in a design professional to help finalize the plan. You will be spending a significant amount of money to build this, consider spending a bit more up front. Cutting a strip out of the plan just makes the house smaller, and does not address design. One simple thing I noticed is the location of the guest bath -- just steps away from the dining table?

Wall Specification>Roof See Pitch Options - Upper Pitch

I checked in my copy of Pro 2016 and did not see a way to automatically do this. You may need to draw in your footings manually. Using 2 walls back to back should work for the footings, and you could try placing a pass through on the inner wall to match up with the window in the exterior wall.

Draw first and second sections, click in between to place landing, draw 3rd section, click between 2nd and 3rd to place landing.

You can manually set the landing to be at any height.

Create a new (thin) wall type for the back wall of the niche. Use a soffit to fill in top and bottom, and along the sides. I left the side soffits out so you could see how the interior of the wall shows.

You might attach your plan file.

Drove to the valley and back yesterday, passing Fountain Hills on Hwy 87. Thought about your lot and wished I had time to stop for a look. I imagine you want the house sitting as high as possible to maximize your view. The common way of achieving this is to minimize the roof structure. The contractor then positions the house at an elevation that does not exceed the restrictions. Dirt is pushed around and retaining walls are constructed as needed in response to the location of the house. Unless you are also trying to minimize site work -- a real challenge, or need to leave parts of the lot undisturbed, I wonder how much you need to worry about the topography.

I thought of this concept I did several years ago for someone in Phoenix. Similar plan, only with a 2nd floor instead of your lower level. The brick tower right of the door houses a U shaped stair. This might work for your plan, raising the ceiling over the stairs and using that space to hang your fixture. Also, be mindful of how a cover over the deck may block views from inside the house.

Your Google Earth image really helps. What about pivoting the entire house around and creating a single angled wall across the entire back of the house? Garages shown entering from the left.

I'll comment more later, but here is one showing the raised part moved forward, and the garages entering from the front. Suggest you decide on how the deck will be roofed as it will impact the overall plan.

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What exterior style will this house be? What material will the roof be? No one can offer anything other than guesses without this info. Why the raised entry ceiling? If this were my house with a view out the back, I'd start with a lowered ceiling in the entry and let the ceiling heights raise as you near the views. Where in AZ? The backdrop looks like Sedona. I'd try to eliminate the angled wall. Unless you will have a flat roof over most of the house, it will complicate the build, and result in wasted interior space. If you are on a corner, you might try turning the garage 90 degrees. The plan has a huge amount of "circulation" space. I'm guessing you have a need, or just planning for wheel chair access, so I understand the wide hallways, but the entry, for example, is almost the size of the master bedroom. Have you considered a design professional -- Architect or other, to help you with the plan?

Suggestion for learning manual roofs. Start simple. One room, single floor structure. Simple hip and gable roofs. Progress to T and L shape structures to learn how various roofs intersect. Watch every YouTube video on manual roofs. There are several good ones. Once you are comfortable with the basics, go to Build Roof > Roof Styles and work through those. Practice, then practice some more. Then tackle a project like you have posted.

You can download from the Home Designer website. Have you tried that?

Your "Bonus Room" is just a room on the 2nd floor -- nothing special or unusual. Your stairs are drawn on the second floor and should be on the first. Draw walls around the stairwell, cut the stairs, go to 1st floor, paste hold position to move them down. For the roof, just take it one section at a time, setting pitch and hip/gable as needed. At some point, it may be easier to turn off autobuild and go manual.

Plans do not typically include this information. Only specific details are normally shown. What information are you wanting to convey to the builder?

You would need exterior walls to act as boundaries. Draw them in the standard mode, then switch to space planning. You can freely switch back and forth -- you are not required to "Build House". Once you have a plan you like, just add walls.

Not sure what you are asking, or what you are wanting to do.

Images of existing garage

See if you can open and work with this plan. I flipped a light from the library. If so, Make a similar plan with your light, and I'll flip it for you. Vikki Flip 1.plan

I figured you would have completed the construction and be working in your new shop this winter. Suggest you read the manual and watch a few videos to get an understanding of roofs. This should auto build, but with Pro, you have the option to do some manual as well. There are multiple good videos posted on YouTube that go over roofs. Resources for self help: The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube