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The default elevation is a Vector View. Your material needs both a pattern and a texture. Many do not. Search for Stacked Stone in the library. It has both. Apply it to a wall and see how it works.

Are you sending a Vector View to layout?

Selecting the dormer and moving it does not work? Try putting the dormer walls one level up.

https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1952-cursorpointer-display/?hl=crosshair#entry11063

Posting the plan file -- make sure it's not open in Pro, is the best way to get good suggestions. And as Law said, no need to make a PDF of an image. Just post the image itself.

I'd suggesting contacting Chief. The documentation may be wrong.

You might want to read some threads on ChiefTalk. It depends on where you live too.

What type of freelance work? If you are thinking about design and/or drafting, you should be looking at Chief Architect instead of Home Designer.

Have you tried to add that button to the toolbar?

Did you verify the tutorial was for Pro and not Chief? I just started my copy of Pro and the Fillet All Corners button is not available.

This is from Chief. Check your Edit Toolbar. Make sure the tutorial you are following is applicable to Pro.

I imagine it's because it is an interior wall. You need an exterior wall there, and tell the program to use an interior wall below. Just guessing. Post back if I guessed wrong. Read up on Lower Wall Type When Split by Butting Roof.

Something like this? Uncheck Foundation Wall on the walls. Set the stem wall height -- I guessed at 1500mm. Rebuild the foundation. I believe no walls need the Foundation Wall option checked.

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For the missing wall cladding. You need a doorway where the stairs pass through the wall. Right now, the wall is going under the stairs. Click on the wall in a camera view to see. I would copy the windows, pull the stairs and landing back, delete the existing wall and draw in a new one. Paste the windows back, add the doorway, then clean up the stair connections. For the Footing -- walls above are set as Foundation Wall. Uncheck that, and the footing will go away.

In your exterior camera view, turn on the Framing Layers. You will see the floor framing is extending out to the outside of the wall. It should stop at the studs (main layer). This image is from Chief, so it may show some options you don't have, but look at what I've circled in red.

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Slabs may be curved. Use the convert line to arc command. Did this in Chief, but should also work in Pro. You may need to check Ignore Casing on Opening Resize -- look it up in Help.

You may need to use invisible walls where the doorway is, filling in the header area with soffits.

Turn off Auto Dimensions. Go here: https://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/library&reset=true Set your product and version at the top right. Download what seems useful.

Posting images and/or the plan file (make sure it's not open in the program) will help.

Take a good look at your exterior wall definition. The floor framing is set to build to the exterior surface. Turn floor framing on in the camera view to see. Set the framing to build to the exterior of the main layer.

See https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/product-chooser.html Only Pro imports DXF files. If you have the plan, why not just draw it? Importing will only give you walls which are quick to draw.

Read up on the options in the Build Roof dialog.

Read up on the options in the Build Roof dialog. You can maintain modified roof planes, but an auto build will still create new ones. The program -- even Chief, is not set up to mix manual and auto roofs. Many use the auto roof tool as a starting point, then switch to manual.