stonewall7

1 hour ago, solver said:

 

Use Room Divider walls to define the porch. Place post manually.

Got it. Any idea on how to fix the foundation piece that's sticking out?

ModShed2.plan

Hi all,

I'm having trouble making my post go all the way to the ceiling even with the "post to ceiling" box selected. I have opted to "Use soffit surface for ceiling" and want the post to go all the way to the soffit. Under Platform Selections I've even checked the "Balloon through ceiling above" for good measure and nothing is working. Thoughts?

Also, when I added the covered patio area it made the foundation have this odd bumpout. I created a new file and it had the same bumpout so I'm at a loss as to what to try here.

ModShed.plan

11 hours ago, solver said:

 

This worked perfectly, and I learned quite a bit along the way. Thanks for the other tips as well -- camera view, sunlight, etc. 

4 hours ago, solver said:

Do not use the Dormer tools, create the dormer manually.

 

I have a couple of videos on my YouTube channel that might help.

I watched some videos and tried a few of your suggestions, thanks. When I break the roof planes and snap it to the edge of the roofline, the walls aren't automatically generating like they do in your videos. That could just be because I have my second floor only a few inches high, though. If I delete the second floor and try that, no walls come up for the attic space, which I assume is normal. I also tried exploding the auto dormer I'd already built, but then the walls wouldn't display correctly either (weird overlap and shifting the automatically generated wall). 

I tried several different combinations of things, but the most promising one so far has been to delete the second floor, put shelf ceilings over the laundry/living area, manually draw the exterior walls and railings, and draw a roof plane. However, I can't adjust the wall height and I have an oddly tall dormer that is higher than my roof ridge on the far wall. I also have to draw a ceiling plane and, for some reason, the attic wall on the other side of the house reversed and the exterior siding is now inside.

Anything else I could try?

Hi all,

I'm trying to turn what would have been attic space into a loft area with a large shed-style dormer to give it some head room. I do not want to build a true second story (I just want the loft, I don't want the extra square footage all over the house), but after several less-than-satisfactory attempts and an inability to put a stairwell in the attic, I made a two inch high second floor. Now, I'm putting in the dormer over the loft and I really want it to be flush with the walls on either side, but because it's a dormer it won't connect. Is there a more elegant way to make the dormer connect to the walls? Or if someone just has a better idea to achieve the look I'm wanting in general, I'm all ears. I feel like I really need that "Gable Roof Line" tool in a shed roof option...

Any help or insight is appreciated!

Attic to Loft.plan

16 minutes ago, Jo_Ann said:

Using wall settings for auto rebuild roof:

 

Got it! Dream house is becoming more of a reality now. Thank you so much!!

14 hours ago, Jo_Ann said:

This was done using only auto rebuild roof.

Reset  the the center room (family room) to the default finished ceiling height.

Build a 2nd floor (use blank plan), drawing new walls over the family room (floor reference turned on).   Set the room type of the new room to "open below".  

Set the finished ceiling height  to about 60", and uncheck "flat ceiling over this room".

 

  

 

Perfect! This is exactly what I was going for, thank you so much! How do I get the roof over the deck that you have on the left side? Posting a screenshot of the one I am trying to emulate. It looks like a gull roof style but when I watched some videos and tried to adjust the pitches it did not work for me. Right now I have them gabled (picture attached), but I would like them to be the gull/shed style instead.

17 hours ago, DavidJPotter said:

You WILL NOT be able to build this room merely by settings in walls-roof tabs. This will have to be manually laid out using the proper roof pitches (your currently do not match your drawings) and then manually located in plan view and vertically. Manual roof editing is a process developed by a balance of study followed by trial and error practice to develop the hand-eye coordination necessary to get this done. I did it and countless others have too.

 

DJP

I’ve experimented a lot with breaking the roof planes and joining the edges but it always turns out a little wonky. I was hoping there was a better/simpler fix than what I was doing. I did not think to try and work with it vertically, but I will need to learn how in case I start messing with ceiling planes. Thanks for the insight!

Hi all,

I am using the house from the screenshots as inspiration for my house, but I cannot get the roof planes to join together like in the picture. Can anyone direct me to a video or tell me what I need to click to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

DREAMHOUSE3K.plan