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Maybe make a simple plan that just has the exterior walls and foundation and upload as zip file.

So you want the RIDGE to be one long continuous over entire width of house? OR you just want gable over garage?

ONly shows up in PLAN view are you looking in PLAN view?

you need to read about why attic walls are made. but to draw the outline then use the REFERENCE FLOOR DISPLAY feature which shows the floor above or below (you choose) in a funky red color so you know where it is. Then you can draw walls over the top and click one of them icon thingys to align it, or for your case just get close and draw the room divider around the exterior walls where the attic space resides. you need to play more and have the help screen open so when you click on a command or function or whatever the help screen keeps up with you and displays HELP info which all in all is pretty darn good at explaining software and plans. PLAY more.

omg Go to floor plan and A level. goto wall drop down and click on Room Divider. now start on outside wall and go all around attic until you come back to where you started, Now it is a ROOM so click in the attic space and open up this room and make sure EXCLUDE fro livig area checked and then go to structre page and make sure FLAT ceiling over room is not checked so it goes to undersideof rafterers. Then close and I would reopen this page again and read volume on that first page, as they have said above you need to make it room not an attic.

normally foundation is its own drawing and designed by engineer and approved by local building office Normally 3d views are to show the one paying what she will look like

stem wall is part of foundation above footers that the Walls are built upon. It is not a separate item.

Searrch in help for PONY WALL. It allows one type of wall on bottom and another on the top portion you decide what is used for top and bottom and the height of bottom. You decide how they should align and what you see in plan view. Best to align main layer as that would be the stud wall. For different width walls normally the wider is on the bottom and they put a CAP on top of lower to hide gap. easy peasy

yes molding is typical per room when you construct home as it looks "right" and you have smae types meeting at corners. NOw with you ponly wall do you have 2 differet baseboards on each side thente question is how to join? Normally they would make it like a Cased opening but only up to top of wall where you would have some sort of "Stool" plate to cover top.

the more you play the more you learn with this software as I bet there is always a couple of ways to do things. Don't forget it has Partition under cabinet which is basically Vertical Filler strip choose your width as it comes 3/4" to start. What found best was to goto a good cabinet manufacturer website and find their Spec Catalog which shows everything they make so you know what you have to do. Example is some do not paint/stain the sides and leave it bare wood so you may need an END Panel like you have. Then you check their end panels to know what sizes are typical. Think I used Craftmade and some of those RTA cabinet shops websites to find spec paes. No sense dsigning something that is SUPER CUSTOM and Super expensive.

I just went to cabinet door library section under cabinets and grabbed one. Resized and changed color to my needs and slid it in place. Easy peasy Stick them on side or back for islands.

so they added horizontal offset - Dayum such a small detail that should be in pro IMHO

I wish they had the abilty to build up profiles all they need is to add horizontal offset and maybe Mirror. Then you could take a base and mirror and then rotate and use to build up a fancy crown by placing aganst the wall up near ceiling.

I have issues once in a while with stem walls since they are "AUTOMATIC" and you do not have a way to edit them. SO I just make a little slab and slip it under wall to replace stem walls and no is the wiser

go to defualts - walls - select particular wall you want to edit. GO to wall types. click DEFINE It opens up a screen on what the wall entails and its"FILL" Color. This fill color is what shows on plan view - click the portion you want to change. Normally the stud wall (MAIN) is the one you see in plans and the sheetrock etc is just white. but get creative and make it what you want - PLAY WITH IT to learn it. Note texture is what you see in 3D

I noticed they added Brick ledge to the foundation plan for those who use monolithic slabs foundations. What I notice is it only shows up randomly, i.e. not all my brick walls get it. Now this is an older very large plan of my home. Also they need to add in some sizing defaults so I can make it what I have not what program thinks I have. Maybe a check box in the WALL DIALOGUE to say it is there or not would be cool. Maybe fix the lower garage thing to also allow SLOPES on the slabs. Specially outdoor slabs as some do not follow terrain nor are they flat most have a pitch of some form like a roof plane to llow for drainage. IT is important when you have drainage issues and trying to sort it out or your pool apron does not have proper elevation where it ties into patio. It is either above pool and correct at patio or correct at pool and now you have step down in lieu of a gentle sloping slab covered with cool deck.

what is your home design software issue?

reason why was program will not put a door in the window in plan view. NExt time place them in the wall where ever they fit and then move them to where you want. makign sure window is at elevation to clear door and any framing you may have.

Would it not add the 1 or 2 top plates when you build FRAMING? 1 or 2 based on your framing defaults where you can also adjust width & Thickness of top plate. So keep your walls, Check the framing default and then build framing and see if it does not add wall plates.

SHould have checked this web page out: Product Chooser | Home Designer (homedesignersoftware.com) See part about roofs: Architectural does not have it where Pro does. ya need to upgrade my friend sorry

FYI: I noticed you use Wall Covering to apply tile. I would have installed the tile using custom back splash so you can get the proper thickness. OR made a new wall type for this tile portion and then use Pony wall where you want the tile. As you have it the tile has no thickness. I feel Wall covering meant for wall paper or you can use for paint if you want a 2 color or more wall.

looks fine to me in my HD2024: View is Perspective Dollhouse using Physical based. Note look normal in Standard too I checked material file and it was fine other than DULL not checked. How do you have SUNLIGHT set? I played with that and noticed if I could change appearance by messing with LUX and angle. Lux had to increase by 1000 times though so it was around 100,000,000 which is crazy not normal number. ygmn_wainscottest.pdf

per home designer website: System Requirements | Home Designer (homedesignersoftware.com) Minimum Graphic Card: Video card2 4 GB of RAM DirectX 123 2 Supported video cards include (1) dedicated video cards such as NVIDIA GeForce RTX (2) Intel integrated graphics on 6th generation or newer Intel processors (i3/i5/i7). 3 DirectX 12 requires Shader Model 6.0 or newer. Learn how to identify the shader model of your graphics card. Recommended Graphic Card: Desktops: 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 Laptops: Minimum 15" screen 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800M

that looks like graphics card problem.

What do you have EMISSIVITY set at? Should be 0 otherwise it will glow like in your pictures