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They can be found under "Help" in your running program, they also can be found at the Home Designer Website under "User Center" and also under "Support - Knowledge Base" where searchable help articles, training videos and other useful resources can be found and used. DJP

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Commonly garage rooms are lower than the main home due to the fact that the threshold of the garage door is usually at grade and by code home floors must be at least 6" above grade. Also most garage floors are slanted with the lowest end just under the garage door. Chief Premier and Home Designer software does not by settings create a slanted floor so I commonly set the garage floor at its lowest to accommodate that tradition (as you have in your image). So it is likely that the door into the main home would be elevated relative to the garage floor by default. The double-doors shown on the right of your image must lead to a room off the garage for HVAC or just storage, its floor should be set to the same height as the garage for easy access. In short, you were not "wrong" there but you should be overt about such settings as I explained above in the future. DJP

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The assigned material has NOTHING to do with whether or not a plinth block is visible in plan view. In this software such visible objects in camera views are symbols that are designed to be visible in camera views but in Plan View what you are seeing is 2D CAD blocks that represent those symbols only in Plan View. All symbols in this software are thus programmed and constructed (2D CAD blocks for plan views and 3D symbols for camera views). Plinth Blocks are symbols that are manually added where you need them and they show in plan view and camera views ONLY if their layer is checked ON in plan and camera views. If their layer is off in plan view then they will NOT be visible and if checked on in camera views only then will they be visible in camera views. DJP

Using the Material Eye Dropper or Material painter tools is ONE way to accomplish a material assignment. The most usual way is by way of Default Settings - Roof - Materials Tab - Gutters. The fact is that there are numerous ways to set the Gutter Material within the software and it is a good idea to find out about them all and then evaluate for yourself which one is the quickest, best way for any instance of need. DJP

"Automatic" software cannot be preprogrammed to handle any and all possibilities, so when short-falls occur, the end-user must step in and correct what the software got wrong or incomplete. Walls have wall polylines that can be adjusted-edited in camera views (usually an elevation camera is best for such editing). Most software short-falls are caused by improper settings or paradoxical settings that cause unwanted results, so it is incumbent upon the end-user to spend some time learning all the settings and when and when not to use them and in what order to use or not use them. On my YouTube Chanel are many videos of me adjusting-editing wall polylines but the best method is by way of proper settings and procedures. DJP

Debbie, I opened your file and there were NO Plinth Blocks in the plan (Layer "Millwork") when I placed a plinth block, it showed clearly in plan view. DJP

This ability exists in Chief Architect Premier. DJP

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This is a possible solution, take a look please, DJP

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Teaching and using Home Designer and Chief Premier software since 1994. Your above statement is not truein the sense that unless the materials and their related texture (image) files are manually embedded into the plan file when sharing it with another user. The plan file contains the "LOCATIONS" of material texture files on YOUR COMPUTER ONLY. So if you share a plan file with another user without also sharing each associated material texture file with them (by using the "File - Back-Up Entire plan" command to share your plan file with others). Just saying for clarity. DJP

Without the plan to inspect the offending wall's dialog box, I would carefully inspect that wall's settings and if all else fails, you can manually frame that wall. The most likely culprit is settings usually. DJP

It appears to me that they ARE showing, what am I missing, please? DJP

HD Suite costs about $100.00 to own. The training available found under "Help" and at the Home Designer website is completely FREE. I do teaching and training (have for many years) but I charge $75.00 per hour for that help. Each video found at the Home Designer website is marked as to which product it applies to but you at least need to able to carefully look to see what help video is for what product. Home Designer Suite is well worth the money but is a lot less able in terms of features and tools compared to all other products Chief Architect offers for sale. You cannot obtain a product by guessing, so just increase your skill by study followed by practice. That IS what I did many years ago, I have never had a teacher, tutor other than myself and my determination to arrive. DJP

A lot of people who do a lot of renders also use Photoshop or the like to adjust their images, such fine adjustments are easier to make in such applications. DJP

With PBR there are NO specific settings that "fit all occasions", period. Each scene may or may not have a backdrop that effects lighting effects in the scene. Certain material combinations can affect how reflected light appears on other objects. The first thing I usually adjust is the lighting intensity and adjust sunlight direction and intensity until I get just the look I intend. As I said, certain colors in backdrops and room materials can adversely affect outcomes. You just have to confront what you are looking at and then make adjustments until you obtain the outcome you desire, it is an Art and NOT a Science. DJP

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You can also go to the Acme Brick site where they have an app to create Brick textures from their catalog in various patterns, the Boral Brick and stone company also has such an app online. Between the two there are hundreds and hundreds of potential choices to create, download, and install in HD software as "custom Materials'. DJP

All of these libraries contain stone and brick selections and they are all FREE: Click here DJP

All objects in the software have Dialog Boxes. Check the terrain feature dialog box for height and depth settings to see if that helps you at all. DJP