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Not in the Home Designer product. You'll need to upgrade to Chief Architect for layers. This discussion has come up many times. I always just draw an as built plan, then copy it to make the changes for the remodel

You have "color" turned off in your 1st screen shot, and "on" in the 2nd. Look at the little house image in the right side tool bar.

As I mentioned earlier, these are joist direction lines causing the errors. If you drag your cursor over one of the warnings, there will be a comment showing what it is. Make your "bearing lines" visible, then you can delete them. Very simple.

What it means is that you should keep whatever version you have been using. Any update available now is only to home designer 26.

Try posting the plan

If you click on them, it'll tell you what the issue is. Often it's a framing thing, and if you display "bearing lines", you may see them to delete. Yes, I have been fortunate to have a good design business going. I have a great group of clients who keep me busy steadily.

It's gone in 2026. One of many disappointments with the new version.

Click on them to see what they are. They could be in reference to some framing directions.

Yes. look at your siding materials

Make the box transparent. Maybe spend some time going over the reference manual

The line above looks like the roof overhang. You can rename any room to what you want by going to the dbx, at the room name, leave the upper name so it defaults, then on the second lane, change it to what you want it to be

If you set it in your defaults before you start adding windows, it'll happen with them all

You can go into the DBX for the windows under labels & hit the "enter" key a time or two to move the label to sit below the window. It may work for the doors too. You can always click on the door or window and move the text with the small dot in the center of the call out too

I think one of the many drawbacks to HD 2026 is that the material editing properties have been taken away. If you go to the material, copy it to make a new one and rename it, see if you can edit the angle of it. Change it from 0 to 90, or the opposite. If it's greyed out, you can't. However, if you applied this as a soffit, and not a moulding, the pattern may be fine.

What version are you using?

Yes, there was one. The one in question looks like it has a "V" in it, which is why I suggested there was a vector view camera active somewhere in the plan. Possibly saved from when a view was sent to layout page or something. Posting the plan often helps more than playing guessing games. Anyway, good luck with it

Looks like you have a vector view camera active or saved in that are, which is giving you the line

Do it using custom countertops. Stack them on top of each other

If it's a PDF, import it to your plan, set the scale from marked dimensions, then trace it. You'll want to turn it so that your walls run straight up for the structure. In other words, turn the terrain, not the house

Library>get additional content online>millwork>Corbels and Brackets No.3 Gable. There are several styles there to pick from. Where you are using such an old version, I don't know if it's still available for sale since the change to HD 2026. You should always post questions in the "Q&A" section. "Tips & Techniques" is where you post things you have found that may help others, In "Q&A", you will also likely get more views.

They save as whatever the last settings were for the file you are using. That's why I , and probably most others, keep a "master plan" to start all new projects from. You set up a master and change all of the defaults to what you want them to be. Whether it's geographic preferences for doors, trim, etc.That way, you don't have to change everything for each new plan you start.

Or you can read up on creating your own materials for the user catalog. You can copy an image from their website and import that. Set the scale you want it to be at, and you should be good to go.

Try calling the room with the shorter stem wall a garage in room type only. Then you can name the display name whatever it needs to be. Set your garage room defaults to what you need it to be.

That's your only option, yet you could buy it for a year and not renew if you don't need it.

I guess that's one of the drawbacks of not updating a 5 year old version at some point. The new version is half price for now, if that's any consolation?