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You should be able to copy-paste that into a "Plain Text Box" on layout (Chief Premier has included Window, Door, Room, Cabinet and other schedule tools so I do not have to use anything else for schedules), see if that will work. DJP

It is the shading effect and shadows, so some walls appear darker than others. Turn off "Shadows" and see it that helps the appearance you wish, unshadowed (Edit - Default Settings - Camera - Each Camera types settings dialog") DJP

This may help: DJP and also this one:

I have several versions of Chief Premier on my PC and they all work fine and independent of each other, side by side. DJP

That appears to be a "Gable" roof, with a setting on its "Options" Tab with the fascia set to "Plumb". I would guess the angle of the roof to be about 12/12. A tutorial found inside your software located in the "Build Roof Dialog - Roof Styles" tab tells you how to program the software objects to achieve this result (a Gable Roof), take a look please. DJP

I have taught Seminar classes for Chief Architect Inc. I myself have never attended a class. I taught myself how to use Chief Premier by reading the Reference Manual a little at a time and then practicing what I studied in practice sessions after the study. If I could demonstrate to myself I really could produce or get the intended result or product was my sole source of "Quality Control" of that study and I never failed to get defined any words or symbols I came across that I had any attention on at all what so ever (if you do not fully understand the words, in the context they are being used to communicate practical actions, then you will not afterward be able to demonstrate any competence with those studied tools). DJP

If you will open your software, open a plan and then double-click on your "Build Roof" tool icon and then open the "Roof Styles" tab, there you will find articles (tutorials) on how to build such roofs (including the Dutch Gable") in your software. I recommend that you study the roof styles and then practice creating them in a simple test plan (just a rectangle of walls to practice with) to make sure you are competent in your new knowledge before creating that in your main plan. DJP

You might try some of these applications to convert "DWG files to .dxf file format:https://www.bing.com/search?q=dwg+to+dxf+converters&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN Most of the rest of us commonly use imports of scans of topography lines and then trace over those graphic lines with "Terrain Elevation Lines and Splines" to obtain a reasonable terrain plane. Terrain planes created by GPS or other direct import of such data often then create such a complex terrain plane that it is hard for most people's PC or Mac to handle the resulting 3D face count of the resulting terrain plane so produced. You can get reasonable results keeping it simple so the result is then worth having and working with. DJP

Please share a copy of your ".plan" file, that way we can "look" and find out what is going on instead of just guessing. DJP

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What I suggest is that you can easily make the cabinets an inch or so deeper and then shove the rear of the open front cabinets into the wall behind using the "Control Key - Drag" method to move them a little into the wall that then covers up the cabinets rear side visually. In order to use the newer libraries, you would certainly have to upgrade as the new libraries cannot be added to legacy software. DJP

I hope you have HD Pro 2020, if you do not, I am sorry. DJP Floor Plan.plan

From looking at your file, you probably are using Home Designer Pro 2020 but that is merely a guess. What do you have, please? DJP

I would love to help but you did not mention which software you are using (this is important in that if another opens and saves your plan file to a different version than yours, thereafter you would not be able to open and edit that same file). What software title and version do you have, please? you did not mention what sort of roof you wish to achieve (there are several types one could have), which do you want, please? DJP

I am sorry the audio did not work on this one but you can clearly see that I merely adjust the height of the wall polyline that is out of sync by direct manipulation of the wall polyline of the wall. DJP

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Only certain refrigerator symbols are pre-programmed to go into a cabinet. If you wish to use a non-pre-programmed fridge symbol and place it into a cabinet, you will have to resize the symbol (by way its dialog box) and then use the "CTRL Key-Drag" method to place the fridge inside a cabinet that has been reprogrammed by way of its dialog to have a cavity or "opening" to accept the manually placed fridge symbol. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/videos/watch/2316/adding-appliances-and-fixtures-to-cabinets.html DJP

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I have on my Windows 10 PC All versions of Chief Architect software from the year 2002 to the present (Version 7 through 21) and they all run just fine, I have versions X2 -X11 (12-21) on my Windows 10 laptop. I know nothing of the Microsoft Surface devices but any pc that runs Windows 10 or Windows 8 or 7 should run your software just fine. Your old laptop really must have been weak and old indeed. It appears that the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 has an Intel 630 video support which is rather minimal but should work. Here are the stated "Minimum Requirements" for Home Designer 2020 titles: Home Designer 2020 Version 21, released in 2019 Windows 10 / 8 / 7 (64-bit) Mac 10.13 / 10.14 (High Sierra / Mojave) Multi-core processor RAM - 4 GB RAM (minimum) / 16 GB (recommended) 5 GB available hard disk space (minimum) / 50 GB (recommended) Video Card 1 GB of dedicated video card memory (minimum) or Gen7.5/Haswell or newer Intel Integrated Graphics Chipset / 4 GB or 8 GB gaming video card (recommended) OpenGL 3.3 or higher (Windows) OpenGL 4.1 or higher (Mac) Internet Access required for installation, license authentication, deactivation, video, and library catalog access. Internet access for license validation is required once every 14 days. DJP

Unless you are a State Licensed Structural Engineer I would recommend that you not worry about the details of the foundation (in most states of the USA a licensed structural engineer is required to design plans for foundations and one would be wise to protect one's investment building it on a foundation designed by someone trained to do so). No one will ever "live" in a digital, virtual house model, the purpose of our 3D models is to create 2D plans to communicate our desires to Building Professionals who know how to do what they do. Eric has offered in his post above, some hyperlinks to resources for self-help which are searchable for specific help, avail yourself of them. Help yourself and help us help you. DJP

I programmed the attached, edited plan file so it can still be opened and worked in Architectural. DJP ArchitecturalPlan06b-2floor.zip

I did not go to school to do what I do. I did work in Property Management as a Maintenance Engineer (Maintenance Man) which led to managing Maintenance Persons, maids, painters, plumbers, HVAC Techs, and carpenters which then led to opening my own service and remodeling company. My point is that the way to learn to design, at least from my viewpoint is to do it, then evaluate what you have done in the software, show it to your wife and friends and see their reactions. You will never quickly develop your own ability until you exercise it and have it critiqued by others. So get started!! You do not need anyone else's permission to create, just create! You can study floor plans created by others as examples and inspirations. There scads of those that you can access online for free. DJP