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Pro lets you reshape a wall, and/or there are settings in the wall itself that tell it to stop at the roof below.

Look for the Inverted Wedge shape in the library. Use 2 -- one for the interior and a thin one for the exterior. Paint with matching materials. Place and size using an elevation camera view.

You can do this. Draw 2 stair sections.

Where do you find that is an option? I know it works in Pro, but do not see the ability in Architectural.

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/vVXY7Z1topM?hd=1

Have you seen this?

Something odd in your plan. I checked it in Suite, but needed to use Chief to fix it. !!!!!!!!!!!!!NEW TEST-DECK DELETE (eric).zip Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/ekIEKoIqiOA?hd=1

That was for Pro. Attach the plan file and I'll have a look. Close Suite first.

Maybe this is checked?

This is Pro 2021 using default roof settings showing a room defined as an Attic.

These are the defaults from Pro 2021. Yours seem to have been changed. Start a new plan and look at the settings. In your plan, change the setting in Defaults, then rebuild the roof.

Try changing this to whatever sheathing you need. It looks like your default has been changed from the out of box OSB.

Is the sheathing included in the roof structure? Looking from the outside and using the Delete Surface tool to remove the shingles -- what do you see?

I'd suggest reviewing the hour long getting started webinars for Home Designer found on YouTube. Sounds like you are trying to manually do what the program will automatically do for you. And pictures (screen captures) will help others see what you see. Attaching your plan file (close Pro first) is always a good idea too.

Open Help, search "plan check".

Run a Plan Check.

Had you done so, you would have an answer instead of a selection of guesses.

You might check your default settings for the Deck room type making sure they are correct. Rooms don't have Components, only objects have them. Is this what you are looking at, but see Concrete instead of the framing? Double click the line and change to the correct material.

Roofs build over rooms, so to control roof heights, move the ceiling in the room below up or down. Half height walls do not influence the roof.

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Chief has the ability to do some of this. Add on packages are available from several users that mostly automate much of this. It will depend on exactly what you are trying to achieve.

Things like dimensions will be a problem because you cannot have a Dimensions, Electrical layer for example. What most people end up with is multiple plan files, one for each layout.

Using Pro 2016 -- newest full version I have. Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/TkMHy7ypkMI?hd=1

I believe you will need to open each item, like a garden bed, and get the info there. These items don't report to a materials list.

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Tfw7Pgo0LeQ?hd=1