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I realized I can move a wall on my existing design to get the dimensions to work. But I'm still getting issues with the ceiling. ISSUES: 1. Ceiling has artifacts and 2. Skylight can't come through soffit 3. Peak of the roof is skewed because I moved the left wall over by 2" but had auto roof turned off. Here is the file that had everything laid out, but with the incorrect length and width. .designer468 house-2c-k2-living2.plan

I found the spray can later, but I never realized there were types of Spray Cans. I just saw those down at the bottom after I read your message. This might solve the problem I'm having with changing the material on just one wall. Thank you for the tip!

I don't think I deleted the second floor. I can still see it when I go up levels. The second floor is Open Below to give the vaulted ceiling effect.

UPDATE: I've tried everything to change the color on just one wall. I've created a fireplace wall and want to make it stone. The material can't be changed for that one wall. I just experimented to see if I could do it on a different file and the paint for 1 wall works fine. So there is something wrong with this attached file that it won't allow me to paint a single wall. Could I have triggered a default setting that doesnt allow single colored walls? UPDATE 2: The issue is only happening in the rooms with the raised vaulted ceiling. In the rooms with the 8' ceilings, I can paint one wall only. I'm trying to change the wall material on just one wall. I'm trying to create the effect of having reclaimed wood on one wall. I'm using Lap (weathered) Sliding as my material. I only want this on one wall. I open up the wall that I want to modify and I change the wall covering to the Lap. Nothing happens. So then I tried changing the "Materials" for the Exterior Wall Surface and the Interior Wall surface to Lap. The result was just the edge of the wall being modified (you can see the Lap on the edge of the wall). I'm also getting weird stripes on the wall. If I use the spray can, then the wall changes. Unfortunately, it changes the material for all the walls in the room. I just tried using the Spray Can but changing the type of cans. Tried C, O, R and P. Didn't work. :-( Either the entire room changed or nothing changed at all. designer468_house-2c-soffit.plan

Thank you! That did turn up much better results.

I want to place a 20' wall of folding patio doors. La Cantina is a major manufacturer: http://www.lacantinadoors.com/products/folding-doors?utm_source=ReachLocal&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=home&scid=2737781&cid=2371363&tc=17103112042538894&rl_key=d7688825928694ff1b719b3244ae212d&kw=19646159&pub_cr_id=187805729907&dynamic_proxy=1&primary_serv=www.lacantinadoors.com&rl_track_landing_pages=1&rl_retarget=1&rl_retarget_none=1447_265004_1|50_279794_1 The last post I saw on folding patio doors was dated 2015. The recommendation was as follows: I am thinking you could make it as a bifold door 12' wide x 8' tall & change the panels to glass. It will show 2 doors stacking to each side. Change the door thickness to 1-3/4" It has been 2 years since the 2015 post and folding patio doors have become very popular. I still don't see them as an option in the library. Before I spin too many cycles on this, could someone tell me if they have been able to download a folding patio door from somewhere? Or do I need to use the bifold recommendation from 2015?

That worked! I had to manually delete the upper attic wall. Once I did that, the Balloon feature on the wall below worked perfectly. That's a great feature to know. Thank you!

Yes, I'm using Wall Covering. I just realized it is set to 8". Do I have to specify the height of the wall in order to get it to cover the entire wall?

Oh my gosh Jo_Ann!! That design is perfect! I'm just kicking myself for not checking back with this post. I'll have to change my settings so that I get notifications for replies on my posts. I'm in awe that you totally nailed it, since I've spent hours creating one disaster after another. Thank you again!

THANK YOU LawB10 and Jo_Ann. I'm so sorry for the delayed reply. I don't get notifications of new posts and I didn't realize there had been more replies to my original post until today! I upgraded to the Pro version but have continued to struggle with the roof. I'm going to look at all of your comments and grab your files. Thank you again!!! I really appreciate your help! Anna

I am getting a weird bump in my interior wall where the attic wall and room wall meet. I went into the attic and made sure the walls were the same length. I've tried to align them, but the Align with Wall Below feature is never given to me. I've searched high and low. When I click or right click on the attic wall, it does not give me the option to align it with the wall below. So I've visually aligned them. Everything appears to meet, but in Camera View ... I continue to get the bump in the wall. 468 Baltusrol Remodel-2 Pro Auto.plan

When I set the paint of the wall to white, it only paints a stripe of paint on the wall. I've tried setting the color using Defaults and just in the room settings. I only get a stripe. Edit-Default Settings-Walls-Interior Walls then I set Wall covering to White I also can't figure out how to apply just a basic texture on the wall. The kind that is on most walls.

Thank you LawB10! I'm amazed at how fast you did that. Unfortunately, the dimensions weren't quite right inside and that would have thrown off my interior design. But very appreciative of your help. Thank you Solver! The Align with Wall Below helped a lot. I also realized I was making an error with Open Below. Once I fixed these two issues, the artifacts inside all went away. I think you're right. I'm not going to be able to reproduce my architect's design. I got so INCREDIBLY close. I can basically reproduce our house *only* if I keep the first floor pitch at 1.5". As soon as I try to increase it, the auto-roof program overlaps the lower roof on top of the upper roof. That actually wouldn't be a problem if I could tell it to just effect the roofing and not the ceiling ... but it keeps changing the vaulting of my ceiling. Sigh. So I'm going to keep the pitch at 1.5" while I work on the inside. Then I'll have to have a separate design for outside views. Can't say I'd recommend this program to someone doing a remodel. The auto-roof feature makes it very hard to reproduce an existing structure with complicated roof configurations. I suspect you both use Pro, which would have probably made this process easier. Thank you both for your help!

I've now spent hours trying to get this roof to work. Every time I change the pitch on the second floor, the auto roof causes a complete disaster. So then I tried to recreate the second floor from scratch and I get a new weird error where it connects two gable walls into one HUGE gable wall. I'm attaching the most functioning plan (468 Remodel-3.plan) and the architect elevations (Architect Roof Elevations.pdf). These are OLD architect elevations. The designer made 2 key changes that are not reflected on these elevations: 1) she changed the upper floor pitch to 5 and 2) she extended the front wall on the 2nd floor to be right under the front door wall on the 1st floor. But the elevations give you a good idea of what I'm trying to achieve. So I'm still having the same problems: 1) I can't change the pitch on the second floor to 5 without getting bizarre effects on the roof 2) The auto roof is also causing the lower roof to join the upper roof in a way that is not consistent with my architect's drawings 3) I get these weird artifacts () when I try to create a vaulted ceiling on raised 10' 9" walls by using a second floor that opens onto the first floor using the "Open Below" feature. The roof issues referenced in number (2) also cause the vaulted ceiling to look wrong. The room should look like this: Architect Drawings - View fom ktichen to back doors.pdf Really hoping the kitchen layout is as complicated as the roof.

Thank you Solver! You fixed the pitch problem. I'm going to redo the plan with the new pitch and see if still get the same artifacts on the vaulting. If I still have the vaulting issue, should I resubmit a whole new post ... or can I edit an existing post? I'll make sure I update my Signature, use the + feature and add the plan.

I am a home owner using Home Designer Architectural 2018 Build 19.3.0.490SX I’m really struggling with the roof and am hoping someone can help. I’ve watched the videos and played with the features. I have managed to recreate our current house with almost the same roof (which was no small feat). Now I’m trying to do the addition and I’m getting funky roof issues. So I’m going to start with what I need it to look like and then I’ll explain what I’ve done and where I have issues. ARCHITECT DRAWINGS File reference: Architect Drawings - Isometric.pdf If you look at this file, you will see that we are remodeling one rectangular part of our house. The walls will increase to 10’ 9” (from 8’) and there will be a vaulted roof. File reference: Before Remodel.png I entered the PRE-remodel floor plan into Home Designer Architect 2018 and achieved the design shown in “Before Remodel.png.” I’m not adding windows and doors until I nail the roof. File reference: Added 2nd Level.png I struggled with how to achieve the 10’9" walls with the gabled roof. First I tried to just increase the walls in that rectangular section, but the Auto Roof created a roof that was nowhere near our architect's drawings. Dormers would not work because the roof goes OVER the existing roof peak. So my only option was to build a second story, remove the ceiling on the second story to create the vaulted ceiling AND use the Room Divider with OPEN BELOW feature to remove the 2nd floor bottom so that the bottom floor would look up into the 2nd floor ceiling. PLEASE tell me if there is a better way to do this. I could not find an easier path. Here are the steps I used to get the second level: 1. Set Auto Build Roof on 2. Build new floor starting from a blank - no ceiling 3. Set Gable on front and back of 2nd floor “Added 2nd Level.png” shows the second roof and that the bottom roof is fine as long as the walls are still high. ISSUE: CAN’T CHANGE PITCH ON SECOND FLOOR File reference: NO Pitch Option on 2nd Floor.png My next step was to change the pitch of the roof on the second floor, but I can’t do it. The 1st floor roof has a pitch of 3 and the top floor has a pitch set at 5. The bottom was set to 3 in the Build-Roof settings. But now I want to just change the top roof. I select a gable wall and go to Structure, but the option to change the pitch is not available (see image). Whether I turn Auto Build Roof on or off, that pitch setting is not available to me. ISSUE: BOTTOM ROOF CHANGES WHEN I LOWER WALL File reference: Funky roof.png and Funky artifacts.png Here are the steps I took to achieve the 10’9” walls with vaulted ceilings: 1. Turn Auto Build Roof OFF 2. WANT wall height to be 10’ 9” or 129" - “H” bottom floor has a height of 97 1/8" - “L" is the Floor Structure and is automatically 12 5/8 “ - so I set “E” to be 19 2/8” 3. Because Auto Build Roof is OFF, nothing happens 4. Turn Auto Build ON and it adjusts to new wall size … but it also messes up my 1st floor roof 5. Turn OFF Auto Build Roof 6. On second floor, add a divider wall and set one half of the room to OPEN BELOW 7. Move the Divider wall all the way back to the back wall top open it all up If you look at the two images referenced above, you’ll see the issues I’ve run into. The Auto Roof caused the 1st floor roof to extend over the 2nd floor roof. The vaulting is messed up because of this. In addition, there are strange artifacts from using the Open Below feature to achieve the open vaulted look. I really want to start working on the kitchen, but I can't do anything until I solve these roof issues. I need the pitch and vaulting to look right before I add the skylights and kitchen cabinets. Otherwise, I really won't be getting an accurate 3D view of the remodel ... which is why I bought the software. Help. Thank you, Anna Architect Drawings - Isomteric.pdf