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Maybe you lost the room definitions some how. Open the room dbx and see if it has a definition.

Make sure the automatic dimension layer is on.

That is a great new feature and would be the best method.

I could be wrong but I think he wants the walls screened as well. Something like this.

I think he wants screen material to show up. Simplest way might be to do what Joe suggests and add screen material as a molding polyline.

You can not use a rail wall to do this. Create a wall with definitions of screen material. You can use a pony wall to have the bottom part a different wall type. A door will then show up as a hinged door. You may have to create a door to your liking with screen material. It is a lot of busy work to get it to work. You could also just notate the elevations as having a screened porch and porch door.

Creating an exterior wall shell takes about 15 seconds.

There is no floor 0 until you create it.

Would a soffit frame automatically?

Check your wall type definitions. Some of the lines are set at 35. You can set it to a smaller setting. The ceiling will show up if you go to your layer set called section view and turn on the layer called "rooms" You have a soffit on the roof so the blocking is showing where it would go. The ceiling insulation can be adjusted by going into the room preferences setting. Under structure, set the ceiling joists to 9.5" (or whatever thickness of insulation you want to show.

Your terrain is on level 0. I usually place it on level 1.

Maybe you need to check that the wall is "no locate". It may be trying to define a room.

Check the definition on your rail wall. Set the specs so it functions as a rail and not a wall. (Assuming you used a wall for the fence)

You have a foundation as level 1. It should be on level 0

Make sure your room dbx says "deck" and is marked to have a roof over it.

I usually place the posts manually so I can get them exactly where they need to be located. Invisible wall works great to define the area.

That would be a tough roof to actually build. Is this for real or are you testing the limits of design on a fictional project?

If you have engineers that don't know how to submit electronically, I would look for a new engineer.

Just create a room on the second floor with rails for walls. Define the room as living or dining or anything other than deck or porch. The brackets in the picture would have to be placed manually.

Use a roof plane with no structure (you only want the surface). You can then cut holes in the roof plane to your desired look. I usually also have a few psolids to place caps etc. This picture shows one done like that on the right side of the building. The molding will only work in limited circumstances but if there are no cut outs, its also a good way to do it.

You could use a roof plane.

I thought so too but no one seemed to happy with the simple solution so I suggested another option.

You could have a temporary work plan open with the same roof. Build your round walls on level 2 and let ca build an auto roof to that wall. Cut that roof plan (now with the round hole) and paste it into your real plan. Use point to point move to get the position right.

Keep in mind that syncing is not the same as backing up your data. If you accidentally delete a file, it will be gone from ALL your devices.

Keep the plan file the same name throughout the process. When you back up the entire plan, do it from within the layout. Label that folder with the date as part of the name. Doing this method keeps you from having to constantly update the files that are sent to the layout because the plan file will always have the same name.