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You can try to go to your wall, open the "roof" dbx, then look at the bottom where you can change what the wall type is under a roof.

Change the ceiling material to whatever it is you want it to be . . . if Suite lets you do that. You'll find it in the DBX for "Floors & Rooms".

If you aren't going to change the window size, you can open the label and put a couple of "enter" taps in before it and it will move below the window if that helps. If you change the size, the label won't change, so be careful if you use this.

You'll find some nice improvements on the deck tools in 2021.

That option was not available in HDP 2020. It came out in 2021.

When you move the wall, is it still connected to another wall to close the area up? If there's an open wall connection, it won't tally the footage.

I don't know if Suite has the ability, yet maybe you could open up your roof framing view, copy a rafter from each side and move them down along the "Z" axis to get them to the level you want. Then "transform/replicate" along the X or Y axis @ 16" oc to make them all show?

if you click on the terrain, you will see it probably has "hide terrain intersected by building" checked. Uncheck that and it should go away. What you can then do is go to the 1st floor plan, go to the terrain drop box, find "terrain hole" and draw that to the outside of the framing in the walls. It's something that's been happening over the last few releases and frankly, it becomes annoying. Yet at least there is a simple work around. You'll see it with cantilevers, etc. too.

It's happened to me before too. It just shows up sometimes in a blue color on the layout sheet. No big deal, just delete the view and carry on.

You can also go to Marvin's website and download the catalogs for HD pro https://www3.marvin.com/tools-and-documents?collection=signature&line=ultimate&category=window&product=1&resType=drawing&resId=634

Something else that may help you going forward is to change your wall definitions. Looking at the "colors" of the framing, I am guessing your walls are framed with material "2x4 @16" oc?" If you change it to "fir framing", ,you will get the same color as the lumber in your joists. Don't know if that has anything to do with your walls being off, yet that "pasty" material won't show up as studs in section views. Just a thought.

From that picture, it almost looks like your rafters are perpendicular to the gable wall and not parallel with it?

Make sure the wall framing is aligned. See if there is a difference between the wall you want on the right versus the left one. Or even try reading through your reference manual under walls. Don't type in things like "overlapping", just look for walls.

It wasn't for names, it was for wall type.

Depending on where you live, those are pre-cut studs at 104-5/8". Often used to achieve 9' ceiling heights. Again, it could be a regional thing.

I suppose you could try to model one out of a door using a glass slab. Just will need to spend some time adjusting the panel size and trim.

You could read up on "Energy Heel Trusses" in the reference manual and see if that works for what you wish to achieve?

I always use an excel spreadsheet with columns labeled. Type in the info and then copy/paste into a text block in the plan

The 2D items will just face the camera and won't cast shadows being 2D. Items that can, will, if the "cast shadows" option is checked in renderings. The "Proper way" is whichever method works best for you. There are often multiple ways to achieve the same end result, as you will find with the program.

Preferences>Render will not give you the shadows. And 2D doesn't cast shadows as there's no dimension to them for a thickness. David is correct in that 3D plants will give you shadows. I just created a couple of tree styles after purchasing the 3D edible plants catalog. Then saved them to my user catalog for future use as needed. Be creative and think a little outside the box.

You can copy the material under "plan materials", change the definition and rename it something else to differentiate it. Then go to that room and change the materials to the item you just created and the original room stays unchanged. You don't need to add it to your user library.

Well worth it for the ease and efficiency it offers. Congrats for the upgrade. Though as many have mentioned, if you plan on doing this for a living, or a lot of it, you will want to take a good look at Pro. I started with Architectural, and after a week I realized it wasn't going to do everything I needed, so I went to Pro and haven't looked back. That was in 2013.

Spend some time with your reference manual.

Under "General" for the deck, there's nothing that lets you change the angle in Suite? Again, take some time looking at your reference manual. If it isn't an option, then it's time to get yourself upgraded or you're going to drive yourself nuts with Suites limited abilities.

Fill pattern doesn't change materials. You need to set the decking to be at a 45 degree angle.