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You can also adjust the overall light level in the 3d settings. A light source or two will look better though.

I don't think I have ever seen a manufacturer label their window in inches as you show. That could get really confusing to the rest of the building process. You can manually label windows to say anything.

If you call them, it should be a problem or bug. I'm sure they would rather not teach you how to use the program. (Statement intended for new users. Most of you already know this)

When you save it on your end, make sure you save it as "back up entire plan". Do this from the layout. Send them ALL those files. They will get the model and all the materials you used. You may have a roofing material they don't have.

Ctrl+S early and often.

You could also use SIP (structural insulated panels). No perlins needed.

For the door, you could create a very shallow depth cabinet. I don't know about showing it open though. Maybe you could use the delete surface tool (its the one that looks like an S with an X through it). You can then hit it again to make the material come back.

You need to have the invisible wall layer on. Then you can click on the wall, open its dbx and uncheck "invisible". It will then become a normal wall again.

After your create your new layer sets, make a new default based on that version. Layer sets follow the plan not the system.

I did not load the plan but I think you may need to open the dbx for the roof and tell it to have no ceiling. You will then be able to see the roof framing and sheathing that you are specifying to be t&g.

Door headers have their own layer. The default it a dashed line. Make sure you have that layer on.

You can do quad csements by making separate windows then blocking them together.

Be careful of designing a roof system that can't be done without the roofing nails showing in the ceiling. Design in some purlins or extras plywood for a nailing base.

Make sure your logo jpeg is in the same folder as the layout.

There's always polyline solids.

Try losing the rail it provides and building a user defined rail. It is outlined here http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00082/creating-stairs-with-glass-railings.html

select all your walls. Open dialog box and change it to allow room definition.

The defaults can be set to the smallest fraction it will show.

You may have to place the walls in a manner that notches in at those points. The floor will build to the outer most layer is sees. If you notch in at that point, you could create the look of the upper wall with a poly line solid.

The first thing to do is go to defaults under the plan tab and check the box that says ignore casing for opening size. It will not let you place a window closer than the width of the adjoining wall type. In your case that would be 12". If the other wall type is 12" also you can place the window as close as the width of the trim. You can create equal wall thickness by giving your 4" wall type an additional layer of 8" of nothing. Just define the material type for the extra 8" as "opening no material".

It was intended for the op, not david.

You can also use the object painter tool to change the assigned layer by clicking on it.

There must not be much of a screening process to getting on this forum.

I have a friend that hung wall paper once. Does that count?

Your nested gabble looks right but the upper section just needs to close the gap. You can do that by clicking on a roof edge, punch the #2 key and then the edge of the other roof plane. They software will close the gap for you.