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I gave it a shot...a number of issues. Your floors were not at the correct height. Your stairs don't work...see the plan I've attached. I did fix the roof...maybe not exactly as you want. I used a ceiling plane inside the space to eliminate the structural differences between the 12/12 roof and the dormer roof. May not be what you want. Shaw garage - Steve Fixed 2.plan.zip One thing you should do is try to draw your plans as close to 0,0 as possible. Also...to fix your plan I'd set your floor height in defaults and then go to "Edit>Reset to Defaults"....reset floor and ceiling heights, roof directives in walls, wall tops and bottoms. (see attached)

Here is the plan...forgot to attach on my previous post; Chelsea - Fixed.plan.zip

Take a look at the attached plan.... I added a second floor. Used the complete break tool on the stair. Made the wall under the stair a "partition wall" so that the upper wall end is covered with drywall.

I defined the porch wall as shown below...the gable roof went away (with auto roofs turned on). You do get the concrete slab overhanging 1.5" also. You should use a railing wall to define the entire porch...I see you used an invisible wall and then placed a beam. The beam is fine for a section...but, I'd use the railing wall - post to beam - to define the space.

I downloaded your plan...I'm not seeing the problem. Your porch overhangs...and the roof looks correct.

You should post the plan file. Close Chief first...then upload the file. Thanks Also...what is a queen post open truss? Are you referring to a decorative gable end detail? If so...I have a video on that process on my YouTube page. It's an older video but the process hasn't changed;

I created a number of dormer videos that might help you.

Looks like there is a roof on your house...what specifically are you trying to do?

Gene, I'm not sure if you are needing help on how to accomplish this...or, just upset that Chief doesn't make it easy? I feel you.... Here is one way to do it...

Susan, It's not hard...made you a short video. Hope it helps. Susan @ BerthaLee - Chief Talk - Watch Video

Are you sure it’s not your template? Have you attempted to recreate this in one of chiefs templates?

Well...some of the things you describe may need "work arounds"... Not a problem to do the things they way are doing them...but, when you place newels (post/columns) manually...they don't move. They are like cad object in some ways...so, you need to watch things closely or they may move or possibly the spacing may not be correct. I do wish we could dimension to the center of a newel in a railing wall...it's been requested as a feature for many years. As such...not holding my breath.

I've done a series of videos on porches which you can find on my youtube page. Most of the videos are older versions of Chief and there have been a number of great improvements but the concepts presented are still sound. That said...I hardly ever use invisible walls to create porches. You almost always need a beam...so, using a post to beam railing wall is a good place to start. Here is a link to the porch videos on my YouTube;

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