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LOL Rich you and me both. This is my first draft and think I will be starting a new build this week. The important things were me finding the corners of the house with the property line not only on a bad slope, but on an 'unsquare' angle... Jerrell

I agree Drawz... excavation, footings, foundation and walls are gonna hurt. I also dont want to do 4 stories but I need to gain elevation. Once I get this 'ballparked' better, I will present to engineers and archs and see if this is even possible. Jerrell

See? Still learning. Most of my Qs are Architect related as that is the trial I am looking at purchasing. This was just a fun post I wanted to share with the guys who have helped me so far. JSnell

As some of you know, I am completely new to this and trying to learn as much as I can with both Home Designer Suite and Architect as my wife and I attempt to design a house. We are mimicking the Lake-Point Template as we also need height due to our slope. I can't figure out the nicer, flat, roof lines of that house, it always ends up messed up, but this is what I have been having fun with. I know the foundations are all messed up and I have a floating sidewalk, but I am learning... Anyway, feel free to watch, turn up the volume and have a good Friday! (this was just for fun, don't beat me up on critiquing) https://www.dropbox.com/s/mf3kthmc8omyeyu/WT5 VH_trial_0.mp4?dl=0 Jerrell

Thanks guys for the responses. I knew AC cant block the seller directly but would need to request the seller being delisted. I flagged the seller but I, alone, can't get them delisted. Also thanks for the link to offering products for sale. Will look at tmrw. That is the only downside to this drawing fun, is I look at computers all day. Makes it painful to look at them for fun. Jerrell

As a DIY'er Im trying to find an affordable license and thought I would look at eBay. Wanted you folks to see this (pretty obvious) illegitimate auction from Hungary. ☑️Chief Architect Premier X13, Late￰st Ver￰sion For Wind￰ows | eBay No way this is legit, hopefully CA can shut this down. Jerrell

Thanks to everyone who assisted. I was able to sit down and figure out what to do. I have all my elevations entered, even have blue water (lake) at the bottom and paved road at the top. Part of my problem was the TOPO had our deck and stairs in the map with a zero elevation. Once that was removed the terrain laid out nicely. Now to start building! Jerrell

Thanks Mick and Robert. Im folding up shop. I really do appreciate your help through all this. I am just too green, I can admit it. Thank you again. Jerrell

Ok I am about to give up. I entered all the coords as per Micks recommendation, it tells me it has 2million point to calculate... when I do it, it spits out a 3D image that is MILES high and then adds these green areas to the NW and SE of my property...

Thanks Mick, did you do that quickly to show how dumb I am... Heheh. I envy you guys, you truly know your craft and what you are doing. I dont know how to convert contour lines but will look that up this weekend. You answered a HUGE thing for me as I thought it would populate them automatically... so thank you for that. Really do appreciate you guys helping. Jerrell

Coincidentally, the Lake-Point slope is something VERY close to what we will be working with. I dont have the top Architect version to manipulate this unfortunately.

Thanks again Robert. I think from here on out it will be my education. Right now, I click on "Fill Window" in 3D and the screen is still blank. So I create a foundation wall then switch to '3D Perspective Full Overview', I can see the wall but its still on a flat plane. I will watch some more of these videos and see if I can figure out how to get the different elevations to pop. Ironically I am headed out there this weekend, so I have nothing but time to experiment and give myself a headache. Thank you again, Jerrell

Thanks Robert. Let me try it out in a bit. Really do appreciate it. Jerrell

Hello- I had a survey company do a Topo of our property on Lake CdA and I cannot get the Topo to import correctly. I reached out to both Danielle and Kayla and asked if they could look at my files. (I am thinking they might be corrupt). I have also reached out to the Surveyor and awaiting response from him. Is there anyone I can ask someone to just look at my files and see if they are corrupt? I cant even tell you how many hours I have tried to import these. My ultimate goal is to use my topo to start designing a house. I need to present ballpark ideas to Kootenai County and potential excavators for bids. Any help would be appreciated. If posting these files are against rules I apologize, please remove the files. Dell Precision 7760 RTX A4000 Home Designer Pro 23.3.0.81x64 21-082 SNELL TOPO1.dxf 21-082 SNELL TOPO.dwg 21-082 SNELL TOPO.pdf