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have you tried setting 0 at the lowest floor level and then inside each room definition for those raised rooms to raise the floor? YOu are using a monolithic CONCRETE SLAB foundation right? Software loves stem walls to Zero level even for lowered rooms and garages.

The term for your type of wall is called PONY WALL as stated above. Bottom portion one type of finish and the top is another finish. Can be interior walls too. I know PRO has this.

why mess with framing as it is kinda generic... framing crews may start studs at other end or whatever I can pretty much say the one thing they do not do is look at framing plans for where each stud should go. They will look at Framing details for what the plans state for ceiling height, beams sizes, joist sizes, headers, corners and mainly roof framing details like knee walls, collar ties, etc. But to waste any time on locating studs; something behind the sheet rock and never seen and that pretty much has no bearing on home plans seems a waste of time to me...

if OCD then try inserting a STAIR LANDING.

why bother? Ignore framing not a big deal. but I would just put a tick shelf in there if you must.

Thats fine and dandy just fix the text to say good for X17 only. When the new HD 2026 comes out then add that to text and let the world know - kinda like advertising... thanks for reading

I have some issues with your false advertising which I think you can easily fix. EXAMPLE FEATURED catalog for BLUMSAFE - what a great idea let me down load and check it out. Says compatible with HD PRO so I cam good to go. WRONG.. Does not work as for CA latest only. Can you either put in proper download file for HD products or correct where you says it works with HD.. Have others like that too. BonusMEPToggleSwitches yeah more switches - WRONG unless you have CA.

I would turn off auto foundation and run BUILD FOUNDATION in plan view while on first floor. Then go down to 0 floor and see what happened. MAke sure you have FOUNDATION layer and maybe footings turned on in LAYER DISPLAY OPTION

how did you build foundation? Should use the BUILD FOUNDATION button.

what do you want it to be? Siding right? Well many ways one I like is take the Eyedropper thingy and use it to click on siding you want applied to this dormer say the siding on first floor. after you click it turns into a spray can. Spray the siding of the dormer and it will change to what you click on with eyedropper. Use HELP command to learn more on this feature.

Have you tried POST to BEAM? not looking at anything but normally if you have posts holding up something there will be a beam above it and normally, they are located like headers. Might be 2 2x12s or a laminated type beam all depends on the post spacing. Might give you what you want and it adds the beam which has to go below rafters anyways.

maybe bring the right rectangular window closer to the arched one.

ceiling joists are different then 2nd story floor joists. Floor joists act as ceiling joists, but Ceiling joists DO NOT support floor above. So go to defaults and check what you have. If you look at your picture you can see where it shows the CEILING truss as 16 but the 2nd story floor joists are difference of 156.625 - 144 = 12.625" See below where you set them up in default Ceiling & Floor 2 framing materials on 1st floor tab.

Well When I draw them I go inside room and draw a smaller room using room divider for walls then and ensure you enclose a space to make another room. Then inside this room click it so you can edit room details Go to structure page and change ceiling height to whatever you want it to be inside the tray area. I tend to go based on heights of lumber required for span so 11.25" (2x12) higher than room you created this Fake room. Now my method creates vertical "wall" inside the tray area where you drew cathedral ceiling to get to the tray ceiling height. So fo yours you could do the same thing but might have to make another Fake room inside that one. So this other fake room represents the Flat ceiling portion. Then the "Ring" one that is under the "Cathedral" ceiling portion edit room structure page and UNCHECK flat roof and then the ceiling will go be sheetrock under rafters. Not sure what it will do on inside portion where the rafters will be well above. So maybe make ceiling planes for this slanted portion as you know the base and the "ridge" heigh from the normal room ceiling would be base height and the tray small portion ceiling height would be the ridge height. Have to play with it to see what gives you what you want.

need to select room. then click EDIT button. Thengo to STRUCTURE TAB There you will find CEILING info and button to turn off