DavidJPotter

The Nana wall symbols are so designed and originally created by a Chief Architect Premier user Named Michael. He shared his creation freely with other users and that is how he designed an otherwise complicated symbol. If you think about it how would you make such a symbol of such complexity? Michael made a decision and his symbols work perfectly used as designed. Things generally are as they are not not always as we might like them to be. DJP

"Wall Specification Dialog - Wall Covering Tab - Add New". Using that tool you can add as many interior or exterior wall coverings as you desire. Please read all or some of these help articles: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/search/?q=Wall+coverings DJP

Also look in the dormer specification dialog under "Roof type" drop-down menu DJP

Nana wall symbols are not doors per se, they are symbols and as such you need to create a doorway and then place the nana wall symbol in that opening created by the doorway. This is how they are designed to work in Home Designer and Chief Architect software (they are not doors rather they are symbols of doors) DJP

In such cases the dormer tool may not be your first choice. In such cases one would manually construct dormers, some of these help articles may be of help: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/search/?q=manual+dormers DJP

Check the room specification dialogs directly underneath where the roof generator is working incorrectly, look for settings that are causing the roof generator to fail. DJP

Home Designer Pro has no "stump" objects in its library. Posts on the other hand can be emulated using "Geometric Shapes". If you must have specifically "stumps" you might try a "search" at 3D Warehouse to see if anything there might be useful to your project. DJP

Yes with some care by the end user. David

Whatever you end up buying, do yourself a favor and take the time to really learn how to use it. Read the "Users Guide" and then study-practice using the "Reference Manual" little by little until you understand what the software is designed to do, then armed with that knowledge, enjoy creating with it. DJP

I suggest you call and talk to Chief Tech Support during their Pacific Time office hours M-F DJP

positioning is done with manual dimensions (that is the way I do it in Premier). Layer control is not something that is available in Pro, sorry but you can get your job done by turning layers on and off in Display Options. DJP

Dimensions are programmed to work perpendicular or parallel to dimensional surfaces. If your dimensional points or objects are not so, then temporarily turn off "Angle Snaps", draw your dimensions and then turn "Angle Snaps" back on when finished. DJP

That is because the basements walls are out of alignment with the first floor walls, the software is compensating for your mistakes. DJP

Framing does not "disappear" rather it can be turned on or off depending upon the "Display Options" you are using (there are several, one for plan view, and one for each different camera view) DJP

You can but that is NOT recommended, rather you move the terrain and leave the house where and as it is. DJP

Take a look at the Reference Manual sections on assigning materials, the Material eye dropper and painter are the last tools to use for that purpose and not until you have studied and practiced with those tools four operating modes. DJP

Try this object made by a Chief Architect Premier user DJP Attic Stair.zip

Unless you also turn on "Show Line Weights", they will not visually show, look it up in the Reference Manual or do a Search in Help. Such changes will show when you print but you get a relative visual change with "Show Line Weights" turned on. DJP

First off software does not "understand" anything, it is a sophisticated but purely mechanical device which you must always guide or goad to a desired result. Stairs and all other objects in HD Pro have dialog boxes where you can control certain aspects of their appearance, take a look at the stair dialog to see. Please post a copy of your plan so others may then help in detail. DJP

Provided your pre settings are correct you should not loose the house roof when adding a garage unless of course the garage is attached to the house which then alter the overall design. If you were to provide a copy of your plan file and perhaps a sketch or description of the garage's roof, then something specific could then be offered as useful help. DJP

No, not in Home Designer Pro. It's layout files are one per page and only one page (layout file) at a time can be open at one time. In Chief Architect Premier its layout page file contains 1,000 potential pages in a single layout page file, so what you are looking for exists in Premier only. DJP

Read this please: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00048/downloading-library-catalogs.html DJP

Most of the answers you seek are in your Reference Manual, please read it. In terms of the sink, though it takes a few extra steps, one can download and import sinks from 3D Warehouse or other sources, take a look. DJP

By the way, I would not call the above "quick questions". DJP

This is a variable issue: when you are speaking of ceiling height the answer needs to be clearly stated, you can measure from the unfinished floor to the unfinished ceiling or you can measure from the finished floor to finished ceiling, which you will find are different dimensions. I set defaults by "Finished Ceiling-finished floor" because that is the most important outcome to the client or for your home. The actual finished thickness of floor coverings and ceiling coverings can vary by room. By controlling overall quality settings and by "frames per second" The software tries to emulate the real world which does not follow your desired behavior of the Sun. I think if you will carefully read the Reference Manual section on Sun Angle will help you understand what can and cannot be done. All Home Designer titles and versions use a lighting protocol called " Open GL or Open Graphic Language" as such it only allows the presence of "8 light sources per view per second". Interior views are per room, exterior views are 8 light sources per view.