How to edit wall length in plan view

[bradAK]

I'm a beginner at this software; just started on it tonight. I have Home Designer 8.0. I entered in my exterior walls and now I need to fine tune my wall dimensions. When I open the Wall Specification dialogue box and type in my exact wall length and then hit enter, my new wall length does not come through on my drawing. It seems to be snapping to a grid and I can't get it to work. I've tried dragging the end of wall symbol and it either snaps back to the original (and incorrect) length, or if I drag the wall symbol further, then it is too short or long (i.e. snapping to much). I've gone into Plan Defaults but that doesn't seem to help.

Any ideas for a newby?? Thx.