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Mick, I'm getting there, thanks to your post, and the above from you was the major key to my issue. Makes perfect sense. One question though - the attached pic is where I'm at, after following all your instructions (at least I think!) You see how the bottom end is slightly covering the tops of the windows and front door? Which of the settings you outlined is what adjusts this? By the way, it appears Suite only allows a max pitch of 96 in 12, unless one of my other settings is preventing it from going above that. However it appears that for where I'm at, that will suffice. Thanks.

Hi JoAnn, Thanks for chiming in. Are you sure about this? I guess I'll find out soon enough. I'll let you know.

Mick, thank you very kindly for the detailed post! Yes patience is in fact a virtue - noted. Just FYI, I did in fact change the overhang based on your first suggestion, but it made things worse (or appear to be worse anyway) so I hit undo. That's why it's still 32". I clearly needed more info, the info that you've very kindly provided. I will now go through your post in detail and see what can and can't be done in Suite and report back. I just wanted to post this asap to let you know I'm very appreciative.

David, understood, but the condescending tone is entirely unnecessary. Based on the time you put in helping others here, and the help you've given me thus far, your post is very unexpected for me. Perhaps you were having a bad day, which we all have and can relate to. Thank you for your help up until this point, it appears Mick has given a very helpful post just below yours, so I will refer to that now.

No one else either?

Ok guys, David et al, David's video was great in helping me understand the settings in the Wall Options settings, but I'm still having trouble applying it. Per Mick's suggestion, I'm attaching the HD file in hopes someone can take a look and play around to get to the right settings. Again, I'm going for what's seen in the first attachment of the first post. At this point I just need the part that hangs over to "touch" or "wrap" the house. I can't get that to happen no matter what I try. (Note that since my original post I've changed the upper pitch 6 in 12 as that's what I now believe it to be. Thanks for any help! Gambrel Roof TestE.plan

David, thank you so much, your video was very helpful. I will work with the info you gave and post back afterwards if all is good.

Hi I'd greatly appreciate any help/input I could get. Take a look at the first attachment - I'm trying to reproduce this roof in Home Designer Suite 2016 but I'm really having trouble. I'm following the instructions for creating a Gambrel roof, but I can't get the two pitches right, and I feel I don't fully understand the "Start at Height" setting and the "In From Baseline" setting, which may or may not be my problem. See the 2nd attachment for a glass house view of what I have so far - the overhang part needs to be way closer to the house but I can't get it any closer. For reference, the 3rd attachment is Wall Spec settings for both of the walls in question. Also for reference, the 1st and 2nd floors of this house are both 8' ceilings Any advice on how to get it exactly like the picture would be greatly appreciated (not the dormers, I'm not worried about that right now).

Many thanks for that, katalyst. How silly that something as simple as moving a sink is reserved for the higher-end versions of HD. But at least that answers my question.

Perfect Thanks!

Hi, If you take a look at the attached image (Stairs 1), I'm just trying to make it so that only the first set of stairs extends to the floor. However in the options for that set of stairs, if I uncheck "Open Underneath" it extends all the stairs to floor including the set of stairs after the landing (see Stairs 2 image). How do I get only the first set to not be open underneath? Thanks.

Eric, Thanks for the reply, but hitting Tab is the same as doing Select Next Object, which is not working for me. If I select the cabinet, then either hit Tab or right-click-Select Next Object, it either just de-selects the cabinet w/o selecting the sink, or sometimes (seemingly randomly) it selects the entire kitchen.

Hi, I can't select the kitchen sink to move it once it's placed. I've tried Select Next Object from within the Base Cabinet but it won't select the sink. Any help would be greatly appreciated it. Thanks!

Many thanks for the reply David!

Hi, I'm using Home Designer Suite 2016 - I have a corner cabinet where only one side of it has a countertop with a 8" overhang (meant for placing barstools). When I adjust the "Overhang" parameter in the settings of the cabinet, it of course wants to adjust the overhang for all sides to 8". How do I just lengthen the overhang of one side of a countertop for a cabinet? Thanks!