Rookie65

I am sure it has been requested of you several times to update your signature with your program version and year so we don't have to look for it with each post. With none of the rooms labeled, it's not easy to figure out which rooms you are talking about. What is the roof look you are wanting to have? A suggestion is to auto-build the roof with all of the rooms at the 9' ceiling. Then, when you have it how you want, turn off auto-build roof and change the ceiling heights you need to 10'. A way to clean up roofs too is to draw a CAD line where walls jut out or recede to the opposite wall and break the wall there. Then change the roof type of the area, depending on how you want it to look. It's not easy to explain in words, yet try different things by experimenting and learning. 

Really? Did you think of changing the rough ceiling height?

read up on how to set what the dimensions measure to. Also, turn of "grid snaps" so it will measure to the item desired, and not to the closest grid

Use "Posts" under the framing tab 

Reading up on manual roof planes would likely be your best way to tackle this and your other post about roofs over garage doors and windows. Without knowing what your plan looks like, that's the most I can think of now. Also update your signature so we all know what program and year version you have. Then you won't have to type it on every post.

I think it might be better if you asked Chief Architect directly when they are open. They'll know for certain. 

Would depend on how wide the bifold is as to what the door panel style would be 

I think P05 is a 3 panel. You won't get 6 panels in that narrow a door for a bifold. Look at the panel door styles and find the 3 panel. It's not rocket science 

Use P05

In the basement level (floor 0)? Or did you check "unspecified?"

You'll need to upgrade to Home Designer Pro in order to draw manual roofs

I don't think you can change how they display other than draw the room to that size. If you want to leave the room as it is, and just have it display the rounded up dimensions, go to display options and just show the room label. Then add a text box with the dimensions you want it to read and put it in the room. 

They change because it's the same drawing. Try saving the plan under a different name, then send the view you want at the scale you want to the same layout sheet. It'll be a good idea to mark each drawing with the scale you've used to keep things clear for someone else who looks at them. 

I imagine you could try your "archive" folder and see what that saved? I would suggest that you save whatever you're working on before you close your laptop. You can see what your preferences are set to as far as how often it will auto save your work.

Please post questions in the "Q&A" section. This category is for people to post tips and tricks they've learned, not for asking questions. Plus there you're likely to get more responses, as people check that section more often from what I have found.

Seems to me that you're looking to make it more of a process than it needs to be. Once a file is saved, the previous history is gone. Might work better if you start the plan, then when you send it to someone else, they save it as ".plan-1" and so on in sequence. That way the previous editor will have the historical files if they save them and then they can be edited. My feeling is that another program that isn't home designer isn't going to be good at saving a home designer file?

Email is the only way I can think of. Since only one person at a time can work on a plan. 

Are you offering to pay someone to do this for you?

Yes. Delete them and re-download them. Something with the 2025 version seemed to cause some catalog issues 

Yes and yes. I have done several projects requesting it. Here is an image of the wall I have saved for it. It's a simple process to create new wall types and your reference manual is a good place to start.

You're welcome. There's more than one way to skin a cat with the program 

From the view, no. Did you rebuild the framing?

Try unchecking where the subfloor is marked as framing. Just the joists should be checked. 

Please update your signature so we know what version and year of Home Designer you are using, as that will guide people who want to help.

If you are using Chief Architect Premier, then post your question on that forum https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/

Depending on what year of Pro you have, trusses can be automatically built. Then you can take the roofs that are to be stick framed, change their framing type to "rafters", and it should rebuild them with overlay framing. It will be helpful if you update your signature to the version you have so it will be there for any future posts.

Or just click on the roofs that are still rafters and see if their framing is set to rafters or trusses before you delete