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Check the links above, including the Home Designer website -- keywords tile material. You will need a new material (Texture) to represent your chosen tile, typically created in an image editing program like Photoshop.

All of them, but specifically Floor Levels. It's easier on you to set up defaults before you start drawing. ---- Many questions have been asked and answered. The Home Designer website is a good place to start your search. Here is a video about searching the forum: https://youtu.be/dDT6wbrrVRM Resources for self help: The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube Home Designer - Getting Started - Setting Preferences and Defaults

Walls are typically built using pre cut studs in lengths of 92.625, 104.625 and 116.625, for 8', 9' and 10' walls. Add 4.5" for a single bottom and double top plates and you have your ceiling height. Default 1st floor ceilings are 9' so just add or subtract in multiples of 12" for standard height walls. I'll adjust the Rough Ceiling, but you might experiment with changing other fields. Whatever you do, set up your floor defaults first, then change any odd rooms individually.

I linked some Help resources in your shutter thread. Look for info on materials and tile.

It's always helpful to have the plan file to work with. Others may see exactly what you are doing and make the best suggestions. Close Suite and attach as you would an image. The way you control floor and ceiling heights is by creating a room. From above -- see how the small closet is a room and how the default settings have been changed. Another way of doing this is to use a soffit to create the small closet so it looks good in 3D.

I took a look at the article you are following and noticed it's from 2015. I'm guessing the program changed and the article was not updated.

Pictures of the actual house would help, but try breaking this wall and making the problem part invisible.

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The room over the stair should not have a floor. It sounds like it needs a lowered ceiling and be set as Open Below.

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Link above was for general info -- nothing to do with the framing problem.

Home Designer - Getting Started - Setting Preferences and Defaults

That's what I need. Try zipping it after you have removed plants, furniture, cars etc.

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You never use that method when you want accuracy -- always use dimensions. I'm sure you will find info via the links I posted above.

Start a new plan. Draw a rectangular structure and put a dutch gable roof on it. If you can do that, you can do your house. Add the master bedroom to the rectangle. The roof will change -- you will need to break the long wall and set the master bedroom part you just added back to a hip wall.

Draw them on the 1st floor. Hold Alt, or draw using the right mouse button from the deck down.

If you are using a 12' board and want a 1" overhang, then your framing, no matter what the program says is 143". Is this too much for your crews? Doing high end decks you probably use a composite board to cover your wood rim, so you would need to account for it too.

Why should it? From Help. • Specify how far the deck planking Overhangs the rim joists.

It's helpful to see what you are doing -- what your plan looks like and a 3D view or 2 showing your results. Here is what I've come up with using the Architectural 2021 trial.