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Thank for the replies.   I'm a regular user of CAD and 3D design apps so this software is largely intuitive.  Having said that, yes I am new to CA.

I understand what you are saying David.  Perhaps you could point me to the section of the docs or a video where the order of operations are defined or where conditional operations are discussed.

Thank you.

It open each of the 3 walls, and under the 'roof' tab, set the pitch to 0.

That should fix it.

That was it.  The Portico instructions I found specified a gabled roof.  Removed that and the pitch setting was then available for editing.

Thank you. 

Any insight into my dimension constraint question a few posts down?

I tried that and here is what I got

How can I "lock" certain dimensions so that further edits don't move wall and rooms sizes on me?

I'm sure this is a common question but I assure you that I did search using multiple keywords... no luck however.

I followed the CA info on how to add a Portico found here: http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00168/

However the Portico I want to design does not use a gabled roof. 

Attached is a photo of what I'm trying to do.  Flat "roof" with a balcony on it.

If I can get the roof created the balcony I can create.

The porch slab, columns all were created.

It's the flat roof I'm having trouble with. 

Pointers?