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I'd direct this to Chief Architect, clearly explaining what type of structure you want to design, and let them tell you the best product, if there is one. To be clear, Chief Architect, the company, has several product lines, Home Designer and Chief Architect being the two marketed to users wanting to design a house.
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I'd suggest posting in Seeking Services on ChiefTalk (same username and password). This is where the professional users are that could help. Also, you should be more descriptive. What form are your plans in now? Do you want the house decorated? Do you want interior and exterior? Where are you located? https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/15-seeking-services/
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That's not a Dome Home, just a house with 1 curved roof plane. Pro has that ability built in to it's Dormer tool, if you can make that work. Otherwise, David's solution, while tedious, will work. When someone says Dome Home, this is what I think of.
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How about duplicating your post in Tips & Techniques. Here are a couple of tips. CAD lines are useful for centering when there is nothing else to center to. You can see one at the top and one on the right of the image. Center them on the room, for example, copy and paste on the floor above. You can now center things easily in reference to the floor below. When using Pro, you could use the Roof Cuts Wall At Bottom option on the cupola walls. See the roof plane highlighted, and how is been pulled under the cupola wall. This cuts the wall and keeps the walls from showing on the inside. For the image I showed in the post above, I used 3 floors. This technique can be used if you don't have Pro.
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How do you know no one has figured it out? You never asked. Something is wrong with the video -- says it's unavailable. Here is one I just did. Used 3 floors, the center one having invisible walls and located in the attic area of the first floor.
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What contest?
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Not Home Designer by Chief Architect. Chief Premier
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None of the Chief Architect or Home Designer products do round shapes well, and you would need one of the Chief Architect products to do curved roof planes. To answer your question, I'd say no.
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No, you were clear. Just can't understand why you want to do this. Will the low slope extend across the entire left side of the house? If yes, make the front wall Full Gable, and chenge the pitch in the left side wall dialog to 1.
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Since you have Pro, you may draw the roof manually, easily getting just what you want. Look through the YouTube videos for some how to info.
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5 7/16 is (5 x 16) + 7 or 87/16
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Can you post images of what you are trying to model? Specifically how the shed roof interacts with the main roof on the end.
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5.5625 x 30 = 166.875 Subtract 1/8" because you don't need the space after the final board. So your total is 166-7/8" - 1/8" = 166-3/4"
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The .20 is the part of a board and space. You have 5-7/16" boards with a 1/8" gap = 5.5625" 5.5625 x 30 = 166.875 168 - 166.875 = 1.125 Increasing your gap by 1/32 will make up the difference.
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Google has the answer. https://www.mathsisfun.com/converting-decimals-fractions.html
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Look to SketchUp and the 3D Warehouse. I'll suggest getting the structure perfect before adding things like cars, trees, furniture in every room, pictures on the wall, etc.
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Make sure the ceiling heights, pitch etc are correct. Also thickness of the roof framing -- lots of variables that might change the look. The simple way would be to turn off Roof Over This Room for the shed roofed part. Build the roof, which should build centered over the bedroom, then draw in a manual roof plane over the bath and closet.
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Not sure you will be able to do either of these in Suite. As for a materials list, with a small addition -- 2 walls and a roof, it would be easy enough to do it manually.
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Here is a detail straight from Chief Premier.
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I'm a visual learner and got started watching every YouTube video I could find. Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube