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You can probably use the same basic steps as this article and just modify it as needed for your design.
KB-00752: Creating a Structure that is Built on Piers-
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editing a couple of windows, doors etc at the same time
Pro only.
rotate the whole plan/house
Neither version really. You'll adjust the Terrain Perimeter and its position relative to the house (the structure shouldn't be rotated, it can cause lots of problems if you try to do that with wall/roof/etc connections).
set the north point
Pro only.
building the roof manually
Pro only.
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Think of it like this, the house is made up of lots of components (walls, doors, windows, furniture, roofs, etc). The terrain is made of up your Terrain Perimeter only. It's much easier to adjust its size/position and then customize with less margin for error than trying to rotate the house and everything that makes it up.
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What floor is active? (If you moved up to Floor A, the Attic level, there may not be anything there to see).
Go to Floor 0, Floor 1, Floor 2 etc in your plan and use Window> Fill Window Building Only until you can see the design again. (If one floor doesn't work, but the others do, you've probably got some type of object in the distance on that floor.)
KB-00998: Troubleshooting why a Structure Appears Small and Distant in a Full Overview or Dollhouse Camera View -
When you select an object, the status bar at the bottom of the program's screen tells you what layer it is on.
Since you can't move objects to a different layer in Pro like you can in Premier, you might just want to use File> Save As to create a copy of the plan with all of that stuff added in.
KB-00487: Positioning Objects Precisely Using Dimensions -
Select the Terrain Perimeter and click on Open Object, then go to the Contours panel.
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Looks like you might be using the wrong wall type on Floor 1.
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The article states that Pro, Architectural, Suite and Home Designer Interiors all have the ability to import 3D symbols, but not Essentials, so yes, upgrade if you want that feature.
KB-00888: Importing 3D Symbols-
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Basically you're just going to end up tracing over the CAD lines that represent walls with the wall tool, manually adding in doors/windows, etc. Pretty similar to this article, except your DWG/DXF is probably already been brought in at the right scale and won't need to be resized.
KB-00150: Importing and Tracing Over an Image of a Floor Plan -
Under the Library menu, click on Install Core Content.
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You may not be making large enough changes for the Show Line Weights to be obvious depending on how far you're zoomed out. Top line is at default of 18, middle line set to 50 for the Line Weight, last line set to 100.
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DXF not DWF.
See this prior thread: https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/66-convert-dwg-to-dxf/-
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Most likely a video card problem. Go through everything in this article.
KB-00897: Troubleshooting 3D Display Problems-
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Given the print size limits of the Home Designer line, I don't think you'll get much feedback here.
Since the driver is from XP but you're running on Windows 10, tech support probably won't be able to help.
Maybe try posting over on ChiefTalk but if the extra step of printing to PDF first is working for you, then I probably wouldn't stress it.-
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I was very disappointed today as I finally found time to look at a trial of Chief Architect Premier X8 and it also appears to suffer from the door and window inset and fitting limitations unless I am missing something.
Sure it resolves some annoying limitations in HDP but after all the replies to questions on this forum where its stated how easily Premier manages various tasks I had high expectations. It just seems odd to have features such as fine grained wall join control and not be able to put a door at the exact depth in a wall without fiddling with wall types and covering gaps with soffits.
Maybe post over on ChiefTalk to see if there is something you're missing.
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See this prior thread.
https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1925-non-rectangular-soffits/ -
you will do a different plan file for each layout.
ie. the design will be one plan file (if it is single floor), maybe 2 plans for elevations. Similar for sections. You will then do a layout from each plan file and save to pdf.
Pat
Halycon's advice is very WRONG and would create way more work in addition to inaccurate exterior elevations.
KB-00484: Generating a PDF File
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Im looking to build a triangular shapped cornice under a saltbox roof rafter. it seems to me i did this in the past by turning a soffit into a triangle shape. cant seem to do this now. do i have an edit behavior turned off / guidance please. thanks.
Are you perhaps thinking of creating a triangular shaped soffit like is described in this earlier thread?
https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1925-non-rectangular-soffits/#entry10970
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That's the way its supposed to behave in this software. To the best of my knowledge, there's no way to change it, but you might want to get in touch with the company's technical support folks directly to ask.
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You don't have to delete them, just turn off the display of the Dimensions layers.
NanaWall in Pro 2017
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This is how it will look if you place the nanwall symbol into a doorway opening in a wall.
Pro has a Center Object edit tool that makes centering it inside of the wall pretty easy, but I am not sure if it is available in any of the less advanced versions.