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Give this file a go its a bit rough I think it will be good enough i drew over the pdf in a app concepts with apple pencil then exported it to dxf you just need to import scale it and give the lines elevation heights elevations.dxf

I if you do trace the contours I would try tracing every second major contour and see if that works often less is best you can always add

Sorry i should have looked at your pdf those dashed lines are the problem i am trying a convert on my end just to see what happens

when importing try Selecting Convert lines with shared endpoints into polylines

PDF to cad there a app for iOS and probily android then just import the outputed cad file and import to chief then give the elevation lines there correct height

Try putting it in windows 7 compatibility mode from shortcut menu maybe

I think you will need a usb key as shown and by memory you will need drivers for the key plus you may need to put it in windows 7 compatibility mode from its short cut settings

I had a play with your file i made some changes I put a roof hole in the large roof plain front and rear gables facia heights on large roof plains i made sub facia 15" and eave facia 16" also turned on boxed eaves I put a molding for deck facia I made stair floor open below See if that is what you can use, I think the roof pitch should be stepper like 12 in 12 from looking at your photos 1996198547_WendelOPHouseAsBuilt.plan

From looking at your plan and photos it seems like you are on the right track, was there something in particular that you would like to improve on

Most of the objects tool bar items if they have a default setting just double click the tool that will open its defaults

Could you put your chief version in your signature so we don't have to try and figure out what version you are using, and you must not have your file not open in chief when zipping as it zips a corrupted file with no data

Your roof has a heel height of 12" i think that is making that small wall above the beam

With the wall not going to the ceiling, open wall structure tab select default top height As for sharing the file google drive works for me you just need to set sharing to anyone with link

My method use the material eye dropper on the material that has the wrong angle then select copy selected material on the lower tool bar then go to texture tab and change texture angle and you should be done. You might need to do the same on stringers at a different angle this will work in x13 and above please do your signature as it is often dependant on your chief version

It sounds like you have the setting to turn off exterior walls in your camera settings

I never got any errors I did see under room structure tab roof over room turned off

A screen shot to help

Cross section camera I drew a cad triangle the shape of the roof got the length of the short side and subtracted it from the default ceiling height

Change your verandah rough Ceiling height to 87 15/16" WatersMark edit.plan

See if that is what you are looking for. Peck Final CDs (Reduced 4-4-24)MB.plan

See if that give you some clues to get you moving in the right direction. I edited this post and added a file with drain Peck Final CDs (Reduced 4-4-24)MB.plan

Check out the edit area tools in the edit menu

I figured out how to share with out email https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-GZqTjLXFhuF6xUMjPHeoKWezez-_L5_/view?usp=drivesdk

Spent a bit more time on your terrain if you still need it let me know maybe private message so in can share the file on google drive as its now 24 meg zipped

Watch a training video on manual roofs then you will not be at the mercy of missing information