Jo_Ann

In your Reference Manual index, look for "Rooms>Interior area".

We are just users, like yourself, and have nothing to do with the Chief Architect developers. Build the slab wall with a footer, and it will cause no problems. It's easy to do. Because your basement slab is at ground level at the rear of the house, it might require a stem wall/footer that extends below the frost line. This is why I showed the slab wall extended below the poured slab basement floor in the image I posted. Like I said, it IS what it is.

That is strange. It builds in Pro 2020, but NOT in Pro 2019. The square tower on level 5 with no roof, is causing the problem. Delete level 5, and the roof builds. Go down to level 4, and raise the ceiling in the tower, and the roof will not build completely, again. Although Pro 2019 allows 5 floors, could there be a height limit???

What is error code 200? Did you decorate inside the structure and the file is too large to post? If you would post a jpeg of the floor plan, maybe someone could replicate it. You also should fill out your signature. Rookie65: Pro 2019 does allow 5 floors.

You were looking at a Chief Architect Premier video, and like Eric said, you can't assign objects to a layer of your choice in Home Designer (which was done in the Chief video). Keep it simple. As Eric said, you have to redraw the wall as an exterior 6 wall. This way it is no longer considered to be a "foundation wall", so now the framing will show (wall on the right). Sometimes the framed wall does not extend to the floor, but is built on a raised foundation wall. The wall on the left is a pony wall, which allows the height of the top framed wall to change. In a framing view, the foundation walls do not show below these non-foundation walls. So place a slab with footing, (sized and positioned correctly) to physically show a foundation wall below the bottom plate of each framed wall. In the images for example, a slab wall was placed left and right, but not placed in the middle (below the doorway). With experience, practice, and experimenting, you will learn how to improvise to get what you want. The program just doesn't do everything automatically. It is, what it is.

Yes, it is possible. You just need a lot of practice learning how to use Pro and manual roof tools. And don't assume an entire ceiling within a room is 10', when some of it might be partially sloped, and then become a 10' flat ceiling (this can affect the way the roof sits). The floor plan drawings don't really reveal everything. Practice Obi Wan, practice...(and the reference manual).

Although the directions in that tutorial are the same as in the Home Designer Knowledge base, you should NOT be looking at Chief Premier tutorials. You have a Home Designer product, so you should only be looking at tutorials for Home Designer. Even so, I gave you the answer about what needs to change.

You said salt box roof on the 2nd floor. Is this what you want? I think this has a lot to do with the "in from baseline" setting on the 1st floor hip wall's upper/lower pitch , and also the placement of the 2nd floor knee wall. In this pic, the knee wall is 5' in height.

Then your "alcove" is really a porch (room).

??? I don't see a 2nd floor .

Even if the alcove is not set as a room, I get this result by setting the minimum alcove size larger that the alcove width. I have no idea what you did to get that result.

You simply type in a reply on the existing post, and it will show in the forum. No need to start a whole new post.

For a one time use, Pro is expensive and has a high learning curve, and most of the time manual roof tools are not needed. Suite is too limited in what it can do. An upgrade to Architectural would probably work well for you. Uploading the plan file usually gets the best answers for problems, and people on the forum who try to help, are just users, like yourself.

Not enough info...Not enough info...Not enough info... And you still haven't filled out your signature.

Don't know what you did. but you should be able to select it with the rainbow tool. Open the wall, and check to see what material is being used for the top of the pony wall. Most shower glass walls do not extend to the ceiling or over the door. The pony wall will extend to the ceiling. Is that what you want?

Don't know what your pic is supposed to be showing. You need to explain more clearly what you are trying to do, and what the end result is supposed to be.

I don't even understand why DJP would post a video for you to watch, that only shows manual roof planes being used. You said you have Suite, which does not have manual roof planes. You could have looked in the Knowledge Base for "Gambrel Roof". The 1st thing you need to do, is open the roof icon and change the eave overhang to at least 2". (1/4" is not acceptable). In your posted plan, only the 2 hip walls on floor 1 need to change. On the roof tab of the wall, the 1st pitch is set to 20". The upper pitch should be set to 6". If you want a totally flat ceiling on floor 2, the "in from baseline" should be set to 64". And as Solver asked, please delete your thread in Tips & Techniques.

Open the room and check the box "use soffit surface for ceiling". Open the railing and uncheck "post to ceiling". Add your own posts using either a soffit, or a box shape from the library. Place them, then resize them. And like solver has asked, please add your signature.

Sounds like you need to do some reading in your reference manual and the software website Knowledge Base. Read about railing walls.

Use a pony wall. It's up to you to do your homework and read up in the "help" documentation about pony walls.

Try searching the forum for info about reducing the file size for uploading to the forum.

Most likely, when you drew the new walls on the 2nd floor, you did not draw over the existing attic wall. Therefore, it is still an attic wall, and is set as having a "no room definition".

Or...3D letters using the custom backsplash.

Read this help article posted on Chieftalk. You have the same cabinet settings in Pro, and it will produce a much more realistic render. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03142/replacing-a-cabinet-s-standard-shelves-with-rollout-shelves-or-drawers.html Study ALL the shelf settings to manipulate the results.

Did you read my post? I gave you the answer.