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It's a post in the general framing, if suite has that?! If not, upgrade to Pro or something, as this project seems to be outside of the simple things Suite can do and you're just going to frustrate yourself. Did you look for shapes? Go the library browser and search for "Closed."

I don't know if Suite has "shapes"? If it does, you can use a closed block and make it whatever size you need. I don't know if shapes will go to materials list. Maybe under you general framing DBX, you can select "post"? Make it the size you want, and the materials you want. If you want it to look like it has rebar in it, go back to shapes, or CAD circles, and make a diameter one the size you think the rebar would be. You can then place those on the top of the post so it "looks" like rebar in the post. Please, spend some time going through your reference manual, or the help menu available on each screen.

If you didn't save your plan, check your archive folder, as the program will auto save projects at certain time intervals. It should have something there.

It's ok. Spend some time reading the reference manual for more help

They're most likely gable walls, which are correct

Change the side garage wall from a gable to a hip roof default

What if you try to edit the 2nd floor and rotate that? If your main focus is for the garage area now, then the interior layout isn't critical for this exercise.

I do think you'll want a version of the program that does manual roofs to accomplish this. For now, set the garage to have "no roof above" and see what that does for the main house. Plus you're working with an almost 7 year old version of the software. To me, Suite is like trying to paint a watercolor with crayons.

What version and year of Home Designer are you using? Please fill out your signature so it will show in each post you make. A rule of thumb is to always draw your plan with the walls running north to south, and east to west. It will help with the framing, etc. without having to adjust to the weird angles. You can rotate your plot plan to fit the house location. You'll want to upgrade to Pro, as it allows for manual roofs

They could be ridge intersection markers, or temporary points. Check your display options under "roof", or delete temporary points

It's a shape, not a soffit

The shapes will not have a base molding option, while the soffit does. The open front to back box isn't "thick walled", so you'll need to do something to beef it up. See attached if that helps

To keep the crown, you could try a soffit for the top, with the "open front and back" box shape for the bottom. Put a "closed" shape on the sides and top to make it look "thicker"

What did you make that object out of?

Try to see if you can just type in a new dimension in that box. If not, it may be a locked default in the Architectural version.

Again, which version of the Home Designer software do you have, Suite, Architectural, or Pro????

My 2 cents is to start with the bonus room roof. Draw that manually so it sets your fascia height since that is actual living space. Then manually draw the roof over the house along the whole length, setting the fascia height the same as the bonus room. Then you will see which roofs need to be adjusted using line break tool and the connect roof tool and adding roofs as needed to get them all to attach. It will give you a taller attic, yet you should be able to do it without crickets once they're on the same ridge plane

This is something sent to me a long time ago. I hope it helps. % symbol items.pdf

Solver had sent me a sheet once of the different items you can put inside the % signs. I use it for my windows as %width%x%height% so it shows the unit dimensions as width x height. I'll find it and post it tomorrow

Please just post questions in the "Q&A" tab. Delete this post here please. This is where people post tips and techniques to share with other users, not to ask questions.

What version of Home Designer and year are you using? Filling out your signature will help people help you.

I don't think the mull feature is available in Home Designer Pro. There is an option to make 4 panel sliders, yet the center opening operation is not what he was looking for

In the stair section, you have landings. You can drag the corners to change the shape of them, if Suite lets you. If you are looking to do anything out of the ordinary, Suite is not the tool for you. It's very limited. Look at the product comparisons on the HD website.Again, read your reference manual so you can find some of your answers yourself

Depends on if Suite lets you build custom landings? Those will be your solution to that. For a wall underneath, you can do it 2 ways. When you build the stairs, uncheck "open underneath". Or you can draw walls under them if you want full width ones. Just make sure your trim board sticks out past the drywall so it will be underneath. Maybe some time with the reference manual will also help answer your questions too

Not a lot of people will open an attachment from someone very new to the forum. Jo_Ann is asking to see your plan, not someone else's. I know Suite is very limited in what it can do. Ideally for this detailed of a house, HD Pro may suit your needs better. Or maybe take up the offers from the responses you got on Chieftalk and be done with this. The pictures you have posted there looks like you have the dormer issue solved?