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The deck could be stamped concrete.  The supports are big and it is an expensive way to make a deck.  On the other hand, it is not flammable and will need little maintenance.

It would not be a good structure.  Lets hope chief NEVER allows this.

Open the roof DBX.  Go to "options".  Change your boxed eaves from default to 48" and it will fill in the missing area.

Place it on the wall behind.  Open the dbx for the light and adjust the "distance from wall to the depth of your cabinet.

You used 2x4 ext. walls.  Most areas will require 2x6 (depending on where your located.

Technical illustration, I would guess.

Double check any objects you have created like brackets or trim.  They don't always flip properly.

I will have to disagree with you about this.  The forum is for sharing new discoveries, and for seeing if the same reaction exists on other users system.  It IS NOT a replacement for something as easy as this to find in the help menu.  You really barked up the wrong tree in criticizing Solver.  He often answers the same dumb questions over and over while the rest of us just ignore those trivial items.

Is this really the roof design you want to go with?

I would add a note to the plan that all fixtures require minimum of 80" ceiling height.  You can design it all to perfection but one confused carpenter can quickly make the whole idea non code compliant.

Try "edit wall intersections" tool.  You may be able to adjust it.

Save your wall definitions and import them into the plan you are working on.  You can then change any of the new plans walls into one of your wall types.

Create a fireplace wall with brick as the outside layer.  Go to an elevation view, create a material region on the wall and set it to "cut finish layer of parent object".

Rooms are defined by normal walls.  If you are using an attic wall you could open the walls DBX and check the box for telling it to "define room".

Align the walls of both floors and define the room as "open below".

Make sure you have checked "automatically regenerate deck framing". 

You can group select items and use the transform/replicate tool to move it in the Z axis to the correct position for the new floor.

It sounds like you have a need for really big files.  When you start created the real plans (for construction), maybe you could use a version without all the extra marketing stuff and it will work faster with that version.

Turning the layers off will help with rebuilding the 3d.  If all that extraneous BS is important to you, I guess you will have to live with the speed it is going.  I personally, would delete it all.  I'm starting to realize that you must be a homeowner not a professional designer.  You can get help here either way.  I can always tell an amateur created plan because it has all of these items.  Some professions use some of them but not all.  For instance, an interior designer may have a need for one room to have furniture and objects but they would not care about trees.  A landscape designer would have the trees but not the furniture.  Hopefully you get the idea.

If I understand your foundation question correctly, you control the stem wall height with item C in the DBX

I use plot lines for elevations, never live view.  If you have a 3d image you can use live view if you check "update on demand".  PDF files imported into a layout are usually a problem.  I even try to not use jpeg images.  Two plan files feeding into one layout is alright.  Another thing that will slow everything down is a 3d live image that is water color and line style overlay.  It takes a while to rebuild the image.  Another thing to check is extraneous items that have nothing to do with plans.  Toasters, wall art, even furniture.  Delete it all unless you really need it.  Check the face count of items you have placed in the plan.  Just as an example, one washing machine may have 300 face count and another one may have 2000.  All these things add up.

I use -21".  It satisfies the 6" foundation exposure requirement and makes for easy math on the risers (3 at 7").

Well, I guess that's your problem.  Try to get rid of unnecessary items.

The layer set that those views are using has the layer "casing, exterior" turned off.  If you turn it back on, it will be there.

I see that on my end also.  It is interesting that a fresh camera shot does not have the problem, only your saved views.