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Thank you for this tip, it did resolve my issue.

I recently transferred my HD Pro 2020 license to a new Windows laptop.  I copied all the library files and my plan file appears to have loaded correctly.  But when rendering there are weird shadows in it which I cannot seem to resolve.  This new laptop as a 12th gen CPU and is running DirectX12.   I followed the suggestions is KB-00106 without any success.

What can I do to restore the rendering to the same as I saw on my old Windows laptop.

Hi Dave and thanks for taking the time to respond to my post.

Your idea of making a ditch with splines or lines would make a pond I think as there would be no pitch.  The water would just sit in the ditch. The ditch needs a pitch to cause the water to flow along its length.  So for terrain I still do not know how this could be done in HD.

Thanks for the tips on "Wedges" and notes in plan view.  Those could work for components of the structure.

-Paul

What is the best way to create ditches and swales in HD? 

I have used terrain lines which work well for some things but these tools have only one elevation that I can see. 

A ditch has an elevation at one end and another at the other so that there is a pitch to it to cause the water to move.

Also a surface like a garage floor or parking area should have a pitch to it.  There must be a better way than creating a bunch of small terrain lines.  Can floors of buildings or parking lots be pitched?  If so how?

Thanks Eric for your response.  How can I learn to correctly set my defaults?

I built a porch off a garage side door by specifying a porch room with gabled roof line and then making the wall invisible.   This approach seems to have worked OK but the porch room is changing the siding around in a strange way.  See below.

Suddenly there is green siding in mysterious places around the porch.

What did I do wrong?

PSB Design #2.plan

Eric,

Thanks so much for this help.  I have learned that wall alignment is critical to establishing a room.

-Paul

Thanks for agreeing to take a look at this.

I compressed and attached it.

PSB Design #2.zip

I have a plan with a deck.  I used deck railings which formed a room and my deck appears.  But by moving on of the railings slightly the deck room (and deck) dissappears.

Very frustrating for a new user like me so I am hoping someone here can clue me in.

Below the deck looks good.

But if I move the railing one foot in the upper left the whole room becomes undefined.