Jo_Ann

Did you change the roof overhang on the wall?

If you've noticed, when the exterior room is selected, the bathroom is not included? Looking at a doll house view, the bathroom has no floor. The east window wall of the bathroom, needs to be pulled back and allowed to resnap to the living room wall.

If you post the plan file and also a jpeg image of the real house, someone might be better able to help.

Maybe one of your contractor friends can guide you through some of the basics. You haven't shown what the problem is, for anyone on the forum to help.

This alternative is similar to what Eric just showed in his video: Set the rails back to deck rails, and the room type to deck. Open the east wall of floor 1, and set it to be invisible, so that you can see what is happening. Turn on the floor reference display, and go to floor one. Use room divider walls to partition off the area that is the deck above. Open this room (floor 1), and check the wrench symbol that is beside the finished ceiling height (resets the default). Make sure that the default box for finished ceiling is checked (dbx structure tab) , or you might not have a ceiling showing. If you still have a deck support beam showing: In the 3d view, go to tools > display. Scroll down and uncheck framing deck beams. If you don't like seeing the white below the deck boards, place a dark colored thin soffit below the boards, and above the ceiling below.

You need to reread the direction specifics.

I gave you (what I believe to be) the only solution for Suite. You haven't followed the instructions.

To keep the structural framing / ceiling heights correct for the 1st floor: For the deck room, use an interior railing (NOT the deck railing). You can leave the room type as "unspecified", but check "show room label" and type in the room name as "deck". Change the floor material to "deck planking".

It looks like you have used a landing at the top of the stairs, and then maybe another landing to form a catwalk across the room? Instead, delete the landings, and use railing walls to form the top stair floor and catwalk.

Definitely something fishy going on there.

With the 3d the active window, look under 3d > camera view options, and see if "toggle textures" has a check mark. Also, on the tool bar under edit, scroll down to "preferences" > render > video card status. Post a jpg of the card status.

Showing a pic with the elevations, might help someone to understand what you are trying to model. Attaching the pool plan file could also be useful.

You aren't doing it right. You need to add TWO breaks for each step (one for the top, and 1 for the riser).

Like Eric said, get the auto built roof correct, then turn it off. Then go to each railing and set it to be invisible, open with posts, or showing a rail. The rail at the open end of the bays (that was needed to build the roof) can be removed, exposing the bays to the water below.

OR.. You could just lower the deck finished ceiling to 124".

I'm guessing that you have altered some ceiling heights?

Just goes to show...if at 1st you don't succeed, try try again (using a different method!)

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00288/message-the-symbol-you-are-trying-to-place-was-designed-to-be-placed-into-the-front-of-a-cabinet.html

Try dragging it's height down in a 3D view.

Using wall settings for auto rebuild roof:

What does the other side of the house look like?

This was done using only auto rebuild roof. Reset the the center room (family room) to the default finished ceiling height. Build a 2nd floor (use blank plan), drawing new walls over the family room (floor reference turned on). Set the room type of the new room to "open below". Set the finished ceiling height to about 60", and uncheck "flat ceiling over this room".

You are already off to a bad start. You did not partition off the garage from the house, therefore the main house 1st floor is set at-12" instead of 0".

I don't believe you got the arch from a soffit. How did you do it? Do you not know that you can draw walls through soffits, without deleting the soffits?

You need to update your signature. Open the core library and select any one of the moldings. Click on the door casing in a 3d view. Did you delete the microwave oven that is in outer space southeast of the house? It is creating havoc with the full perspective overview.