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That looks like a step, not a stair, so use a Landing instead of a Stair.
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Sounds like a good question to post on ChiefTalk now that you have X7. Suggest you post a plan with the cabinet as well -- they like that over there. And remember it's Thanksgiving, so you may not get an immediate response.
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I also noticed Room Dividers located in and around the plan -- circled in red. I might delete the ones that are not needed. And walls that do not align -- shown in green squares. There are also walls above that do not align with those below, which they typically do. I have found that attention to small details like these will result in a model with fewer problems.
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Except for some minor cleanup, looks like you got it! In the attic, there are 2 walls that are not aligned. I made a bunch of small adjustments to get the inside looking like this. Guess I need to start doing videos so others can see as it's not easy getting things across with words.
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If you are going to attach something, go to More Reply Options and do the post there.
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More Reply Options by the Post Button. At the bottom, Choose File, then Attach File. Make sure it's closed in Home Designer first.
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I've gotten into the habit of copying what I have written before doing anything. Have lost too many long reply's myself.
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The Tools>Display Options dialog just controls the display of various layers. Open a plan, then open the dialog. Find a line with a red + and a check mark to its right. Uncheck it, close the dialog, and whatever you unchecked will no longer be displayed. You can only edit something that is displayed. At some point, Tomathome drew a Gable/Roof line above that garage wall. That line tells the program to create a gable wall regardless of any other settings. He needs to delete that line, and to do so, needs to make it visible. If you don't understand, download the plan he posted above and see for yourself.
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Here is what I thought of when i first looked at your plan several weeks ago. Needs work, but the idea is there. You loose the large laundry, but gain a secondary living space.
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Post your current plan.
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Turn off Auto Rebuild Roofs Start with this Then set the 2 1st floor outside walls to full gable. Then and Now build the roof You should be good, or close.
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You don't mess with attic settings. Attics are defined by the ceiling below and the roof above. Pre cut studs for 8' walls are 92-5/8". Adding 4-1/2" for top and bottom plates (1 bottom, 2 top) gives you a 97-1/8" rough ceiling. 1/2" drywall on the ceiling and 8' of drywall leaves a 5/8 or less gap at the bottom.
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You could modify the texture file that represents the tile you are using via Photoshop or a similar program.
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All the rooms should be using default settings -- most (maybe all) of yours do not. Open a new plan, set your defaults for floor 1, then draw the walls using the standard exterior wall tool. You set the defaults via Edit>Default Settings>Floor. The only thing you need to change is ceiling height. Select each wall and change the wall type to 8" concrete, or whatever is best for your plan. You can create a new wall type if needed. Give this space a room type of Garage. Build the 2nd floor, setting defaults as needed in the structure dialog. The only thing you need to change is ceiling height. Build the 3rd floor. The only thing you need to change is ceiling height. I set it to 36", you need to set it so the roof builds at the correct elevation. Build the roof after setting walls to gable, and changing the default pitch in the build roof dialog. Your basic structure should be complete and correct. Take a cross section and doll house view to verify. Now add rooms, railings, stairs etc.
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If you will review my previous post, all the info needed to get the plan back to normal so you can change the roof as needed is there. In general, set your floor defaults for each floor. Edit>Defaults>Floor. Go to each floor and change them to match your house. Then using Edit>Reset To Defaults, choose All Floors, select everything else and OK. In the Build Roof Dialog, uncheck Ignore (Top) 2nd Floor. Set the pitch to 3. Build the roof. You should get a hip roof everywhere, with a 3" pitch. Select the walls you want to be Gable, and change them. Select the walls that need the pitch changed and change it. Build the roof. You have rooms on the first floor that do not have Roof Over This Room checked. You will see this when the roof builds. Correct this. This is the roof showing a default build. This shows after gable walls and pitch have been changed. This shows the house with how the roof might look.
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I laughed. Not at you, but with you. The second floor is 12" high. Reset it to whatever it should be. Change it in your defaults, then Edit>Reset To Default. Select Reset Roof Directives in Walls too while you are in this dialog. You have Ignore (Top) 2nd Floor checked -- uncheck it. Make sure the rooms on the first floor have Roof Over This Room checked. Gable wall directives go on the wall directly under the gable. Different roof pitches are not normally a problem.
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I looked at the picture you posted and didn't read. Very strange on the roof. Select the top left garage window and copy it. Turn on Auto Rebuild Roofs. Grab the wall with the garage door and drag it back towards the house so the garage is 8 feet or so deep. Go to the 2nd floor and delete the gable wall that was over the garage door wall. Go to 1st floor and drag the garage door wall back. The roof should be fixed. Paste>Paste Hold Position to put the window back.
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Try going to Default Settings>Rooms>Deck Room and changing the materials there. Then draw a new deck and see how it looks.
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A contractor does not need to see a plan cluttered with visuals like cars in a garage, furniture etc. I'd suggest turning off these layers.
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I deleted the roof and walls from the first floor up, then redrew as 2 floors, the second being Open Below. Then replaced the roof, and changed the siding.
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I think with Suite you will need to use soffits where you want the stone. This issue has been discussed before here -- try a search for Suite stone sofffit. There are also many good articles in the Knowledge Base. Link is in the above post.
