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Sandra, I think how you have done this looks good. The angled front is not a good fit here. I did this on a past project in a similar way.

Can you post your plan?

You might try to reset your toolbars. I'm not sure if that option is in 2024's preferences (it is in 2025 / 2026)

Geoff, in the roof plane, you can lock the plate height to the level you want. Manual roof tools can provide a lot of flexibility in creating unique roofs. I typically start with the automatic roof tool and then modify them as needed with the manual tools. Your plate height is probably different because of the popout entry? I noticed several of the foundation walls were not aligned with your main 1st floor which can create issues when generating the auto roof. Also, for the auto roof tool, many walls seemed to be toggled hip/gable in conflicting ways. In the attached image, I used the auto roof tool after addressing those issues. To troubleshoot, turn on the auto roof tool, then simplify your design by removing the garage, entry and others until you get those areas looking the way you like; then, add them back. You can do that by disconnecting a wall from the main house to break the room connection.

Ryan, it does not look like there is a hotkey in Home Designer assigned to the interior wall. You can see the available list of hot keys >Tools >Create Hotkey List

Doug, it seems to work fine in my views. Try taking a doll house camera as your initial view. If it's still an issue, contact our tech support group.

Doug, my guess would be a camera setting. Can you post your plan?

On your porch railing walls, uncheck the option that they are 'terrain retaining walls' (they are meant to be at the level of the terrain).

Is it under the terrain? Maybe post your plan.

Here’s an article on daylight basements. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00718/modeling-a-sloping-terrain-for-a-walk-out-basement.html It seems to work okay for your scenario.

Wall lengths for rooms is best set using the dimensions (not inside of the wall DBX). See this article to learn more. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00245/setting-exact-wall-dimension-lengths.html

You will need to use a custom countertop. See this how-to article https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00890/placing-an-apron-sink.html

Maybe try using the Joist Direction Line tool on the floor below.

Have you tried using a casing profile that shape? It might work.

Home Designer Suite, Architectural, and Professional will be retired later this summer. A new singular product will be announced soon simply called Home Designer. There will be discount pricing if you own a current Home Designer product 2020 or newer. Details will be forthcoming as the product is announced. If you are renting, and you continue through the rent-to-own period, you would own a license of Home Designer Pro 2025.

You could download a new Trial version and see if that works.

A couple of things to verify 1) automatic deck framing is turned on and, 2) the # of deck border planks. Still not working? Post your plan.

Verify your computer meets the system requirements; your video card driver is up to date. If those items are taken care of, you can also contact our tech support group for add'l assistance

If the plan is too large to post, do you have a cloud you can copy to and post a link? You can also send the file into our support group.

That's likely an automatic attic wall that is being generated due to an issue from the floor below. You can turn it off.

There’s really not a good way to do that. Someone could give you Chief Architect Premier plan, you could open it in Home Designer; but you cannot edit those items in Home Designer. Maybe get your student license extended thru your school needs.

The electrical items are under the mechanical, electrical and plumbing category. If you need more, like you post in your image, see the Chief Architect Premier library. Chief Architect also includes schedules, like an electrical schedule.

Looks like a roof or ceiling plane that is cutting the surface maybe. Can you post the plan?

On the first floor, name the ‘garage’ room type and lower the floor ~24”. For the patio room, consider using a ‘living’ room as well so it does not take on the foundation properties of a patio - if you want piers underneath. When you build the foundation, consider building it on piers. Once you build the foundation, you will then need to manually adjust the automatic foundation to the one you want. I posted the plan so you can reverse engineer it (Pro 2025). Note the foundation is mostly manually created following the automatic build. ToskinTest1-HD.plan

Here's how the plan would look with the main floor and foundation. I labeled the end walls that were set to Gable; hope this helps.