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Consider drawing your dormer manually.
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No. I assume the blue wall will be your railing?
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Can't picture what you are describing. Maybe an image?
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You should post on the Chief Architect forum, ChiefTalk, if you are using Chief and not one of the Home Designer titles.
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I'd set the defaults for the shallow part, then draw in walls as needed and lower the floor in the resulting rooms.
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Don't see a need for a doorway, just remove the wall. The program builds automatic attic walls, like the gable wall using the default interior wall. You can change it to suit, or set the lower wall to Balloon Through Ceiling Above. For the pantry/kitchen walls, I'd just move the interior walls a bit to align, and not use a thicker wall. Or move the kitchen wall out a bit so it aligns. No need for thicker interior walls.
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Change the height of the wall -- Newels/Balusters
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As JoAnn said. Placed Half Wall, moved stairs against it and it automatically followed the stairs.
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I would not call 24" above grade a normal height foundation. What type of foundation will the house have (excepting the partial basement area). What is a partial basement? Is that a full height basement room, and it's partial because it is not under the entire house?
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You could use the Shapes in the Library like I suggested in my first response above. You won't get framing, but you could emulate your design.
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I'd lower the garage ceiling and the roof above to minimize the mass of that part of the house. The rest of the house needs to be finished on the exterior -- roofs, windows etc before doing the garage area.
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That's a railing wall set to Follow Stairs in the center, a normal wall on either side, and a soffit to fill in the top. If you do not have that option, you may be able to edit the wall polyline in an elevation. Select the wall. Hit the 3 key (shortcut to Break) and click on the top of the wall where you want your opening to start. Do the same where you want the opening to end. Select the edit handle between your breaks and pull the wall down. Use one of the corner edit handles to shape the slope.
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You are using the Auto Dormer tool. Manually drawn dormers give you full control and are not difficult.
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You can create Architectural Blocks, which combine multiple parts into one. In this image is a cross made from 2 soffits, one for the vertical, one for the horizontal. I selected them both, and made them into an Architectural Block. I can now move these as one. I would have assembled the steeple on the ground from various parts, blocked them together, moved the assembly directly under its location, then used Transform/Replicate to raise it into position.
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Select one, click the center tool, select what you want to center on.
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Thanks for filling out your sig. Did I answer your question about aligning?
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Your walls are not aligned. The 2nd floor wall over the front door is thinner than the 9" wall where the arches are, and will need to be manually moved into position. Go to 2nd floor and turn on Reference Display. You will see the lower wall. Same issue at the fireplace. The upper wall is thinner than the lower. This one may align using the Align With Wall Below tool.
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Here is another option for the courtyard walls using standard (not half) walls. Use a Ceiling Plane for the cap. Ceiling planes will stop a wall, so using a thick ceiling plane as your cap will control the wall height. I changed the thickness to 3" and the material to brick. Set the pitch to 0. And changing your exterior wall definition to this will clean up the corners. And one just for fun
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I copied the existing window (door), redrew the wall using the Half Wall tool, then Paste Hold Position, and the window (door) looks OK. Just tried adding a door, and it does what you say. Half walls don't like doors in them. I was thinking there was a workaround, but cannot remember. Your other option is to use normal walls, select them and drag the top down.
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Have you considered using interior lintels too? I changed the arched openings either side of the larger arch, and changed that arch to a broken arch. Also added some fake windows flanking the fireplace, shown with closed shutters to give some interest to a large blank wall. Nothing wrong with what you have, just a different take on things.
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Rebuild your foundation. It's a good idea to keep Auto Rebuild Foundation on. Use Half Walls for the courtyard walls. Skylights (roof holes) cannot span multiple roof planes. Just pull back a section on each side.
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So you want to show the ground, and will fill in where the pavers will go. The courtyard is a room because it's surrounded by walls. If you set one of the walls either side of the courtyard entrance to No Room Definition, the courtyard looses its room definition, so no floor to deal with.
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Do you want to show pavers in your model, or the ground?
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What do you want for flooring?
