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I don't remember and do not care since I am not a state licensed Structural Engineer; the only persons who can legally design foundations. What Chief and HD do is purely conceptual. DJP

Never had anything like that happen. The first thing you can do is to check your current computer relative to the "Minimum Requirements" listed on the Home Designer website and compare it against your computer and its hardware. If then found to be "OK" then check your mouse and video card software drivers to see if they need updating. Those two areas are the most likely candidates for scrutiny when such unwanted things happen. DJP

I recommend you use custom slabs instead of landing objects, they are easier to customize than landings, that is if you do not require railings which come with Landings and do not come with Custom Slabs. DJP

Terrain was added to this software as a feature in 2,000 AD and since it has always been treated as an "add on". What this means to you, as Eric pointed out is that once you modulate the terrain as you wish you then set its locational relationship relative to the structure or structures to each other using the "Building Pad" input box to raise or lower the terrain plane relative to the zero inches of the structure's first floor. DJP

There is a lot of automatic actions in this software. Most of them operate (do what they do) mostly based upon Default settings. In your case it is that the Auto-generated Attic walls are not filling in where they are visually needed between your custom ceiling planes and the underside of the roof planes. The ONLY tool you have available in HD Pro are auto-generated or MANUALLY DRAWN attic walls. Soffits are not that customizable to fill unwanted holes like yours. The only tool you can apply that I can think of would be a attic wall or walls to close those holes manually (easier said, than done...). I tried for several minutes to do that and I failed. I now recommend that you submit your plan to Chief Architect Tech Support to see if perhaps they can come up with something that does work for your purposes. I hope that Eric or someone else gets a success for you, sorry. In Chief Premier X10, I have several options to fix the holes that do not exist in HD Pro, I was trying to fix it using just Pro tools but I found that did not work. If you like, I will fix your problem in X10 and repost the plan but you will NOT be able to alter that "fix" once you get the plan file back. Let me know, please. DJP PS: edited file attached in X10, enjoy Addition.zip

Please post a copy of your problem plan so others can look, study and report their findings. Without your plan, others can only make guesses, with your plan to look at we can be more certain of actual help. Thank you. DJP

All three gables should follow the "pitch" setting in the "Build Roof Dialog" UNLESS you entered a different pitch setting that directly effect the center gable so it would NOT follow the global setting. That is the ONLY way I can think of right off, though there are other ways to do what you did. DJP

That Pro builds virtual trusses, it is not a State Licensed Structural Engineer or Lumber Company. Only those sources can legally design trusses. Home Designer Pro and Chief Architect Premier can draw manually, trusses but as I said they are Not legal to submit for permits, only State licensed persons can design trusses. DJP

In Pro In an elevation camera you can use the "Custom Backsplash" tool, found under Cabinet Tools. Basically you draw, using the tool selected to create a closed polyline into which can be assigned the tile pattern of your choice. Another method of doing this in Pro is to as Rookie suggested, using wall breaks to isolate sections of walls around a tub or shower you can then assign to those wall segments, using the "Wall Coverings Tab" of those isolated wall segments to assign custom materials and define the height and width of those walls to display the materials of your choice. DJP

Rooms named "Deck" by default do not have a "Roof over this room". So you have to open the Decks specification dialog - Structure Tab - and check "Roof over this room" in order to have a roof auto-build. You should also look at the Build Roof Dialog - Roof Styles Tab for how to set up the walls of a porch for a shed roof as well. It is you who has to figure things out, the software is merely a mechanical device that looks for its guidance from you and only you. DJP

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You shared your plan earlier while it was actively open in HD Pro, when when done results in an unusable copy of the plan file. Close Pro and THEN upload a copy of your file, only that way will others then be able to view and edit (help you) the file. I finally found your good copy, thank you. DJP

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Such imports usually come in on the "Default CAD" layer. You should position one of the corners your import at or near the "0-X and 0-Y" position in plan view then "Lock" the layer in the plan view's "Display Options" dialog. Then you should be able to trace without interference from the import. DJP

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Take a look at Default Settings - Foundation - Monolithic Slab and then also in Default Settings - Floors and Rooms - First Floor - Structure Tab - Foundation Settings. This software follows it's Default Settings and other settings so It is up to you to learn them and guide the software to a desired result. DJP

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When you place a "spot light" symbol you should be able to control its attributes by way of its Dialog box - Light Data tab - in terms of intensity, angle of dispersion, fall off rate and focus of light, take a look, please. DJP

This software tool does what it does or does not do based upon the skill, knowledge and control of the end user. Most framing can be controlled first by the Default Settings found under the Structure Category by floor. The Wall Type one uses determines the size of wall studs. Most foundation types can have their parameter beams created automatically built based on Default Settings - Foundation. Grade beams must be placed manually, the same is true for pier and beam type foundations, they are laid out manually using the provided tools. See this webpage on the Home Designer Website for more useful data, please. DJP

From the posted image I cannot tell much about the room, how about using a "Full Camera" with its viewpoint set within the room. DJP

I believe Rookie65 fully answered your specific question. DJP

See if this helps, please. DJP

Turn ON the framing layer for Roof Rafters in plan view, select and then rotate the object, manually. DJP

The software is rather robotic and mechanical in that it ONLY follows its settings and NOTHING else. If the settings are wrong then the model is then wrong. Without more visual data or a copy of your plan file, nothing more can much be said. In Architectural you cannot control such things as framing defaults nor can those be manually edited as can be in Home Designer Pro, If something approaching perfection is required consider upgrading to Home Designer Pro which allows you greater control over the outcome of your construct. DJP

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