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I played around with this last night, doing it several different ways.

The easiest way I found is to use a Custom Countertop. It can be shaped to follow the bay, and will accept a molding (crown) if you are using one.

Just change the finish to drywall and it blends seamlessly with the wall.

Big differences in versions.

What about checking Automatic Floor/Ceiling Framing? That should cause it to build and keep it up to date.

Just follow the article. 

Draw a fence. Open it and change the panel type to the one from the library. Change the height. Change to Post to Rail, or one of the other settings to make it look correct.

Gates are in the library, but none match the fence.

Without a better understanding of what you are trying to model, making specific suggestions is difficult.

Do you have pictures you could post. An aerial view showing the roof would help.

I don't think there is using settings within the program.

You can do it using soffits.

Remove moldings from the room. Create a 1/16" thick soffit the same height as the molding and position it where you want the molding to be.

Add molding to the soffit.

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01204/modifying-fencing.html

>> How does one create a porch out of a room -- make it with walls and then make them invisible?

I rebuilt your porch when I was playing with your plan. There are multiple ways. Draw a railing around the space. Railings are walls that look like railings.

Use the Room Divider to outline the space.

Railings can be continuous through columns, so you may place railings, then position columns on top.

You can use a room divider where there is no railing, or make the railing invisible.

Once you have created a room, change the type to Porch.

I also noticed the porch slab is a step down from the interior floor level. Some places this will not meet code.

Post your current plan if you would like me to look at the wall issue.

How did you add the material?

Do you want the roof lowered too, or just the ceiling?

Pro will do much of that, but you may need to create some of the decoration in a program like SketchUp and import into Pro.

Suggest you download the trial and see for yourself. There are several people answering questions here that are good at modeling this type of structure.

Also, this is not an official support forum, just users helping each other, so you may also want to contact Home Designer sales.

Yes

I opened your plan. I'm on floor 1.

Checked Build Floor Framing in the Build Framing dialog.

Opened a Perspective Framing Overview and the floor framing was there.

If you don't see the floor framing, check display options to make sure its layer is displayed.

What happens when you do the above?

Some of the first floor rooms have a 111" ceiling, others have a 109". 

Is this by design? When I deleted the 2nd floor, reset the first floor rooms to the default height, then built a 2nd floor, everything looked good.

I noticed those walls too, Alan. I deleted them and they went away.

There are inconsistencies in the way the structure has been modeled. View the family room with a full camera, paying attention to the crown. Notice that it does not go completely around the space.

The image shows an area in the dining room as an example.

You have built the porch from parts, but it's not a room. If you gave it a room type of porch, you would get the option of a ceiling -- which it lacks, and the option of a slab, etc. 

I'd suggest that cleaning up the structure will give you a better model, and go a long ways in preventing things like the duplicated walls.

Have you adjusted the birdsmouth to your specification? Searching for birdsmouth in the help system will provide info.

See the image.

You can change the Snap Unit. Set it to 12", then draw a wall. See how it works. Set it to 1/2", see how it works.

Looking at your interior dimensions, many end in eights -- 7'-3/8". I'd try for no fractions, and use 1/2" as my smallest fraction.

#1 Could you post an image showing this?

#2 Build the foundation

Works here.

You may also need to increase the stemwall height. 110" instead of the 70" shown puts the footings about even with the rest of the house.

Enter new values from the top down.

You can emulate this by using multiple wall types. The columns are standard 8" concrete walls, the infill is a pony wall with the top being the 8" concrete wall.

What's the purpose of the balcony space? Is it a balcony, and does it need a roof over it?

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Home Designer YouTube videos. Some of these deal with landscape.

Knowledge Base.

Knowledge Base Article on Gate in wall.

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