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Edit: I think I may have found my answer here: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00492/building-a-clerestory-skillion-roof.html I didn't know that this was called a clerestory roof. So it turns out I do have another question. In order to make the rooflines work, I created two exterior walls that sat next to each other, which is not the right way to do it. If I make that area one shared wall instead of two butting up to each other, the roofline changes. I no longer get the overhanging roofline so that the rear roof sits higher than the front roof, creating a wall where windows can be placed. How can I make the two shed roofs sit at different heights, rather than turning into a gable roof as it is doing by default in the screenshots? I believe what I'm trying to do is create a wall that looks like the profile in my third screenshot. (The first screenshot is of the two walls next to each other, the second screenshot is with just one shared wall)

I've figured out how to make the roofs match the house, thank you for your help. I built each "box" of the house on its own, then moved them together into the final house shape. This was my process: 1. Create the four walls of the tallest shed roof section. Set the sides to full gable walls, then set the tallest wall to a shed wall. I measured the rise and run of the real house walls to get the roof pitch. 2. Create the four walls of the shorter shed roof section. As above, set sides to full gable walls, then set tallest to a shed wall. 3. Move the shorter shed roof section up to abut the taller one. The taller roof now rises above the shorter one exactly as the real house does. 4. Create the four walls of the gable roof section of the house (the "main" part of the house). Set sides to full gable walls, then move it to connect to the ones I already made. 5. Create the three new exterior walls of the garage, then change the side walls to full gable roof. The gable roof now extends over the garage in a smooth slope, exactly like the real house.

Thank you. I'm practicing with a simple rectangular structure now, and I'm getting the hang of a shed roof. To set the heights of the taller and shorter walls, do you have to set the roof pitch first? Or can you specify the heights of the walls, and let the program determine the roof pitch based on the wall heights?

This is my first time using Home Designer Pro, and I really just wanted to be able to make a model that we could use to plan our interior decorating. Our house has some unusual rooflines, and it's making it hard for me to figure out how to model it. As you can see in the photos of the house, one part of the house has a gable roof, and the other part is more like two shed roofs that don't meet. It seems like what I have to do is first get all of the walls defined with their different slanted heights so the roofs will fit on top of them, and then create vaulted ceiling planes? I've tried reading the user guide and reference manual, but there are so many terms that are unfamiliar to me because I don't have an architecture or contracting background. What are the correct steps I should be taking to set up my walls, roof, and ceiling so that they match the real house? Reservoir Rd.plan

Thanks!

Thanks Eric, I did search the forums as much as I could before asking my question. By "got lost," I mean that I tried to add a landing, and could not figure out how to do it. I'm new to Home Designer Pro, and was hoping someone could tell me how to build these stairs, as I'm not able to find the answer to my question in the forum or the user guide.

I'm using Home Designer Pro 2022 on Mac - still new to the software, doing my best to build out a house for the first time. I'm trying to build a U-shaped staircase, as shown in the screenshot. I'm drawing over a JPG of an existing floorplan. A photo of what the stairs look like in our house is attached. What I've done so far: 1. Created the second level so the stairs have somewhere to go 2. Build > Stairs > Draw Stairs 3. Drew the first stairs up, and the second stairs up 4. Resized the stairs to fill the stairwell area 5. Tried to add the landing 6. Got lost What's the proper procedure for making stairs like we have in the photo? I've read through the user manual, but can't seem to find how to make these type of stairs. Thank you!