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It's easier for us if you post images directly instead of a PDF of an image. This makes it easier for others as an image shows in the forum. What's stopping you from doing what you want? How do you control that wall height? What if you wanted the front and back walls to be 4'. How would you do that? What if you were building a single story house with 10' walls, how would you do that?

Troubleshooting is much easier with the plan file itself. Close Architectural, Zip it and attach and I'll have a look.

Your roof is easy to automatically build (shown below) if you learn, and think about how the program builds roofs. It's also easy to do using the manual roof tools. I've linked some learning resources above. The Help system has info too.

Search the Knowledge Base linked above for tray ceiling.

It helps us to have a clear question to answer. How do I ......... ? The simple answer is yes, you can do all of those things. The problem is your lack of control. You can only make all toilets dashed, for example. For a single toilet, you could use a CAD mask, dashed lines on a white filled background masking the standard HD symbol. Many items (like stairs) have a Fill that may be set and adjusted, including transparency.

There are various ways of doing, or at least getting close to what you want. Remember foundations are made up of walls which create rooms just like the structure above. Sometimes the auto foundation builder works, especially for simpler foundations, sometimes you will need to make manual changes. I set a room as Slab and built the foundation in Architectural. Walls on 1st floor set as invisible. Architectural has some limitations too.

You will need to show some pictures so we see what you have and you will need to describe what you want.

Grab this wall and move it forward a foot or 2. The program has no place to put your stairs -- all it sees is a hole in the floor. Open the angled wall or walls and get the angle. Add it to the Allowed Angles. Or click the off angle wall icon and select Ignore.

Search the Knowledge Base I linked above. Try searching for porch.

Pro has manual roof tools that may be used to create the skirt roof. Using invisible walls and setting the room they create to Open Below will also work.

Just like you make it slope -- using the terrain tools Have you watched the terrain videos? Not many, and they are simplistic. Terrains take practice and seem to be more art than science.

I see no problem with doing a typical 1st floor and foundation as a basement. I did this really quickly. There are limitations in Suite, but they don't preclude building the structure this way. If you are serious about doing this design, I'd think about an upgrade to Pro.

It looks like you need to raise the floor of the balcony -- is this correct? Your goal is to have a flat uninterrupted ceiling in the room below? If you will attach the plan file, I'll have a look. Close Suite and zip the file.

Showing us an image of the problem helps us help you. Try Edit>Delete Objects

Have you considered checking the box to ignore the message?

No idea what you want to do. Give it your best effort, then post a couple of screen captures so we have something to discuss.

What happens when you start a new plan with a single room? Make a copy of your plan and delete everything but the 4 walls. Can you change things? If so, add a few random things and try to change. If it works at first, but you have problems as more objects are added, it's almost surely a problem with the computer. Given adequate resources, the software will work, and the image you show above is a classic video problem. You can try this.

Post the plan and I'll have a look. Use the File>Backup Entire Plan tool, then attach the file it creates.

So you checked the minimum requirements against your new computer? There are plenty that do not meet them, or fall at the low end. You might contact Home Designer support too. They are experienced in helping with this type of problem.

Display problems are often the result of a video card that does not meet minimum requirements, or has an out of date driver. Minimum requirements may be found on the website.

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Could you explain why you are trying to get materials for a select wall or walls?

Don't think of it as a landing -- it's just part of the structure that happens to be used as part of a landing. Here is a video that may help. https://youtu.be/9DzRnH9C4O4