Jo_Ann

I think the only way with Suite, that you will get a shed roof over that circular wall, is to "fudge" it, using carefully sized and placed wedge shapes. It doesn't look perfect, but it is presentable from a distance.

Try these settings and see if they work.

When you say, "File>Download sample plans", Are you referring to Sample Plans & Renderings on the Home Designer website, under User Center? I count 21 plans there, and some of them are even decorated.

1. Rebuild foundation, and don't alter it. 2. Turn ON Auto Rebuild Roof. 3. Under the toolbar EDIT, Reset defaults (all floors roof directives in walls). With the floor plan the ACTIVE window > TOOLBAR>Tools>Display. Uncheck dimensions auto and dimensions manual. Uncheck roof planes,roof baselines. Uncheck room labels,room interior area and dimensions and standard area. Lastly, on the toolbar under VIEW, uncheck reference Grid. The plan should now look very uncluttered. Do a 3d perspective view, and tile it vertically. Select exterior walls you know are gable walls, and set them. Pay attention to what changes in the 3D view.

Getting everything reset in the plan, and cleaning up all the clutter, will help help get you back on track with the plan. I can help.

REALLY PEOPLE?! One small shed roof problem hardly seems tp be a justified reason to upgrade to PRO for hundreds of dollars more!! BraveUserMike, simply needs to work on so many things done wrong on the plan, to get closer to the solution. I've been looking at the plan, and it is hard to decipher what needs to change. Working om it.

It's good to finally see more of what the real roof looks like. And it also includes gable walls that were never mentioned before. I think it is time for you to upload the plan file, with accurate dimensions...for anyone to be able to help some more.

The porch floor should be extending to the opposite wall. I'm not seeing that in the pic you posted.

It is OK that the porch slab continues to the west side wall. You can cover that up with a new "planter". The room divider wall has now made the porch a "room", and that is correct. Open the room dialog box, and lower the floor of the room. No one should need to tell you this. That is what the video tutorials, knowledge base articles, and reference manual is for.

The room divider wall closing off the porch is ok.

In your previous posts, you were progressing well. Now you are regressing. Some of the advice given recently, does NOT apply to the "Suite" product. The product is mostly meant to provide a visual 3D image presentation. Your real house is already existing. Use a soffit or a closed box shape (library), sized for the column, and add stucco material to it. DONE. Why would you EVER use half-walls to create a planter, which is now a "room"??? Once again, use a soffit or closed box shape to create the planter. DONE.

Well... YIKES!!

You are doing much better! A pic of the front of the real house, would help us to see what the roof is supposed to look like.

What you have posted, is way too poor for anyone to guess at what is needed for the existing house roof. As Rookie65 said, the front of the house should be parallel to the bottom of your screen. Fix your plan. It is the terrain that gets rotated and adjusted to the house. ???