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I would think you would go to: DEFAULT SETTINGS under EDIT tab Then Select FRAMING and click EDIT. And set what ever you want for foundation, 1st, 2nd and I guess 3+ floors if you have them. Walls should not move but since you are adding 2" everything gets taller. PS normal flloor joists are 2x12 nominal (1.5"x11.25" Actual) you list 2.5"x11.875" guess that is some sort of fabricated wood beam or glue lam etc?? 3.5"x14" has tobe glue lam and to use those for floor joists will get real expensive. Also what is under these "BASEMENT" Floor joists as I always though you had a concrete slab poured in basement sitting on some drainage stones packed inside the foundation? What amI missing? Maybe some screen shots of wall cross section showing floor and ceilings would be helpful

Not sure what you are trying to achieve but to locate objects: use manual dimensions. Add a manual point to point dim for the object you want to locate. then click object and the manual dim should go GREY - click the number and change it to what you want the new dim to be and then click return object moves to satisfy the new dimension you typed in. Or the temp dimensions work the same way if they come up how you need them. if you want something 3" from wall, click on object near wall and normally a dim will come up click on the one that locates object as you want and change the number. hit return and it moves...

budget comes to mind before selecting roof material as the difference can be quite large

good deal... Glad I could help some how.

If the upper "dormer" walls are aligned with lower external walls it is not a dormer but a just second story with first floor roof overhang running down the sides. The front wall of this 2nd story room is cut by first floor roof they have option for that too. just a roof detail. you can add with pro using custom roof planes. I think if you look at the HD website and their resource center and training videos you will find one that explains how to do what you have.

another way to do it is: insert a railing type wall all around porch and it will turn into a room and you can then edit the roof features there. Then click on one of these 3 "railing walls" and select open to edit the features. go to RAIL STYLE tab. Select SPECIFY RAILING at the top and select OPEN if you do not have railing If you have railing then adjust what you need to make it as you need. Select NEWEL/POSTS and check POST TO BEAM this wil insert a beam at the ceiling height you chose for that room to support the roof. Then for start of wall syou have post options, none, hlaf or full and same for end. YOu can then select materal for it or color. go to NEWEL/BALUSTERS tab. Set width of posts, offset from edge, spacingof posts (it will round then so adjust as needed to get what yuo want) Pick type of column or go to library to get a fancy one from the library. repeat for other 2 walls and then look at what you have. By doing this you can then drop porch floor as much as you need and have roof auto build correctly (sometimes) I think this is covered in the help or online help thingys. Creating an Attached Porch or Carport (chiefarchitect.com)

when you have brick wall it automatically adds HD's idea of a brick ledge at about 5.5" wide x 3" below slab floor. SO in your example it probably aligned the outside of the studs and then added brick ledge beyond that. If all brick house it adds 11" to overall width and length - no way to adjust other than make adjust thickness in the Wall definition dialog For around where I live HD brick ledge is huge and way oversized for my area and what builders are doing. I think HDpro should allow the brick ledge size be a variable in foundation slab screen thingy.

not really as HD I do ont see HD exporting 3D. It will import STL files but I never tried it. you could use SKETCHUP and then get it into HD. Why not use Solidworks and all its 3D tools to make pretty pictures? I do this all the time to show others within our company who do not have 3d software what things look like from various angles. Our customers do the same take our models and insert into theirs so make their model. Autodesk has some expensive architectural software like REVIT and to make 3d objects for REVIT use FORMIT or some of the other titles they have. Open that wallet though.

ask en engineer what you need for that span to support ceiling joists or if 2 story floor joists. That length you are looking at steel or glulam or such. Also it could run the short span and then beam smaller but joists larger.

maybe attic walls viewing is turned off in that screen

Why not draw the walls etc. based on dims in the plan you purchased. This ensure the dims are correct and what you see is actually to scale on pdf. Call it quality control

I have some funky manufacturing library with a plain folder icon not the one with the CA logo on it. NAmed ZZZZ. Empty I wanna delete it as I have no idea how it got there it just showed up one day. No delete command. PS what is vacuum do in library command when you right click?

most appliances like DW etc should be chosen and then you click the cabinet you want to insert them in. or you can open the cabinet edit window and go to FRONT tab and add appliances there. Some appliances are not in cabinets but between them like a range or fridge or vent hoods probably others. So is your sub zero between 2 cabinets and maybe a wall cabinet mounted above with cabinet door panels inserted?

zoom in on extension lines or arrows to see what they point at.

Click below link to go to this rec vehicles library page of the catalog web pages Vehicles No.1 Recreation - Catalog Details (chiefarchitect.com) probably will ask you to log in and pay $3.99 for it.

when you align walls the STUDS need to align aka framing. aka main layer. .

In floor plan. add a room divider across the long straight wall to enclose this "BAY" area as a new room. Then click on the room area and open the room dialogue menu. first page Keep it as unspecified but enusre it is INCLUDED in living area. then go to structure. Set Ceiling height @ 97.125 if using normal framing of single bottom plate, 92 5/8" pre-cut studs and double top plate. or whatever you want it to be. then check roof over this room and go thru other options that may interest you. I am probably leaving things out but that should get you going at least. might have to manual edit roof planes

I would just manually edit the roof planes in the floor plan with the option of roof planes being visible.

go to Mircosoft aps store or whatever it is called and search "SNIPPING TOOL" to take custom screen shots and save as jpg, png etc. PRetty sure it is a MS software normally included with win 10 and 11.

OPen wall dialog for this half wall. go to RAIL STYLE tab. Scroll down to START/END POST section. make sure they are set to NONE and see if this post goes away.

IF you draw based on dims from CAD file you canbe sure it is somewhat accurate. OTherwisse any errors original person made you carry over into new project. NOt sure I would trust someone I donot know nor watched do the work. This is the engineer in me - you can trust but VERIFY

Would this be something the programmers ever add to HD PRO? Sure would like to have some barrel ceilings to sow the boss (wife) what it could look like.

that is one way. Just use simple rectangle polyline to represent the home OVERALL dims or DIM requied to be inside set backs. Play with it until happy... save that as it could be a simple plot plan. then draw house from new planfile. then when done and happy add in lot and whatever else you want.

jeeze you keep askig the same question and get the same replies yet you insist on asking the same question again, WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT POSSIBLE.

What he said above. Next time, draw house first then add in property boundaries and rotate property to suite what you want. I add North arrow so I can quickly remind myself compass points for sunrise/sunset etc House floor plan is always square to paper except for maybe a surveyors plot plan they tend to have North pointing up.