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I'd ask Tech Support.

No clue what I'm looking at or what you need to do, but I'll guess. The railing has created a room definition so I'm seeing a floor structure. Post a 3D picture and or the plan for best help.

Yes, and I'd hate to try modeling that with Pro -- don't know how you are doing it with Suite.

Do you have Roof Cuts Wall At Bottom?

Have you tried deleting it? Post the plan?

If you pull the roof away in a 3D view, the hole may be selected.

Not sure why you can no longer select the openings, which are clearly still there. You could create your own. See https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00396/building-a-manual-dormer-in-home-designer-pro.html

First, set the defaults correctly Edit>Default Settings>Floor You will need to do this for each floor, so while in plan view, select a floor, then change its defaults. Then Edit>Reset To Defaults Select All Floors and the additional items you want to reset. This may do what you need. If not, post back.

My advice. Don't worry about the details of the foundation right now. Don't do a terrain or try to get the garage positioned on the lot. Start by setting your defaults -- specifically ceiling height. The accepted way to model with this software is to begin by drawing walls. Yours is a one room structure, so once you have 4 walls creating a room, set it to a room type of Garage with a monolithic slab. Build a roof, add doors and windows, take a 3D view. You don't need exact dimensions -- just some practice using the software, seeing what it will do. Use the software to visualize the garage and addition, and once you have a design, then focus on the details. The drawings I posted in your other thread took about 5 minutes each, because they were just concepts. There are plenty of good videos on YouTube, spend some time watching, practice a bit, then watch some more. When you build your foundation, there is a dialog where you can change settings (and a Help button). Draw a one room structure, build a foundation and see how your foundation settings look. As for your questions, no Chief Architect product will do pitched slabs. There are workarounds, but common practice is to add a note on your construction drawings. I posted Pro 2105 documentation in this thread. Lots of good info there too.

I was just wondering about this same thing, and believe you will need to manually draw it in as a detail.

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See the 2nd image.

This one is a single floor. Vary the ceiling heights to get the roof planes to line up.

How big (footprint)? What about ceiling height? What will you use the space for? Will it need garage doors?

No time limit that I know of. The only restriction is that you cannot save your work.

Download the trial and see if it works for you. There is no AAC wall, but you can create a new wall type to represent one. No passive solar tools.

Which direction will you be extending the garage?

and home-designer-pro-2015-users-guide.zip

Here are the 3 documents I have for pro 2015. home-designer-pro-2015-users-guide-roof-tutorial.zip home-designer-pro-2015-reference-manual.zip

Really need more info. It would be helpful if you drew in interior walls, and let us know if there is a 2nd floor. What does the rear look like? Do you have the roof pitch, room heights etc set correctly in your plan? What does the inside look like? Are there spaces with high ceilings? All the details make a difference. I did this by adding a 2nd floor, and it took far more time than I imagined.

Do you have a copy of the Reference Manual? It has your answer. If not, I can upload one.

Randy, The Chief Architect forum is ChiefTalk. You might want to post over there. AutoCAD is CAD software from Autodesk -- nothing to do with Chief Architect. Reading your post, I might think you are 13 and looking for your first job. Consider doing a bit of research on how to market yourself. You may be the best Chief user there is, but no one is going to reply to a post like you have written above. Best wishes on your job search.

Like Dave said, the plans should still be there. If not, check (on Windows) Documents\Home Designer Pro 2016 Data\Archives for saved copies.

You might check David Potters YouTube videos. I know he did one on getting a plat into Home Designer. I believe he traced over a scanned copy.

How do you "zoom all the way out"? That is, what action are you doing that causes the problem? I don't believe there is a way to constrain the drawing size. My projects are normally small, 500 sq ft or less, and using the mouse to wheel in and out has always worked for me.