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I know the house will be changing with the addition of basement stairs for example, but here is one way to simplify the roof.

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Big job Keith.

Looking at the site plan, I wonder where I'll park my second car, or where friends and family will park. Is there enough room to back out of the parking space and turn around?

I might prefer a single exterior finish, or completely different finishes per unit on both the upper and lower floors. Make all the units the same, or make each one completely different. 

In the 2 rear units, how about changing the layout so that the utility type spaces -- stairs, closets etc, are on the inside wall, and the kitchen and living areas are along the outside. Add windows on the outside walls so the spaces have light from 2 sides.

You might check all your stairs. Tread sizes (depth) varies, and I'm not sure one stair will fit its space as drawn after doing a Make Best Fit.

Consider rethinking the kitchens in the front building. They seem too large. In the 2 rear most units in that front building, the extension containing the sink appears unneeded. That space might work as an entry and half bath, for example. The kitchen could move elsewhere.

And a few odd things I noticed.

You could use soffits instead of the room within a room to eliminate the issue.

I asked for your plan so we would know things like roof pitch and ceiling heights. 

These things are key, as even small differences can make a big difference.

Something like this?

Uploading the plan will help us help you. Just attach the .plan file as you would an image. Make sure the plan is not open in Suite.

No. 

After taking a quick look at the plan, I'd suggest completing it, then working on the roof.

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These 2 show the invisible room and the roof planes. Note how the upper floor roof only extends over the front half of the room.

This is the reason for breaking the gable wall, so you can set the roof overhangs differently.

The invisible room just provides the small roof for the rear part.

Last pic shows the invisible room. It needs to be adjusted a bit to make everything align at the peak, but shows the idea.

Jeff,

I wish you had also posted a pic of the west wall invisible bumpout, so that we could see what was not matching up.  But I'm thinking maybe raise the ceiling in the invisible room.

 

 

That's what I did -- raise the ceiling in the invisible room until it was close enough to demonstrate the result.

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I'm waiting for the OP to respond. Never said what title he has.

Nothing I did could get the Gable Roof Line gable to be a different pitch.

The step was obvious, just wanted to make sure it was the one you were referring to. Sometimes it's difficult to tell what is supposed to be and what isn't.

I'm not sure what is causing this, but when I rebuild the foundation, it goes away.

I would have approached this differently. I imagine you need stemwalls and footings there in Ohio, and would have used level 0 for these. level 1 would have been your level 0, and so on. This would allow rebuilding the foundation level without affecting what is above.

Draw in your own concrete walls as needed on level 1. You could then use Pony Walls to create a step in the concrete wall to match the grade.

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Where is the stepped floor?

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I just noticed the S and E on your dimension line, which I don't remember ever seeing on my system. I don't see an option for that in settings.

Someone with more experienced is going will need to comment on this one.

Ever made a video? Really hard to help when we can't see what you are doing.

Works as for me. Post your plan file for the best response.

Sounds like a good question for tech support.

I'd try creating the folder where the other library folders are, copying the file over and see what happens.