mrecjohns

Unfortunately, he problem is that the left hand image does indeed have a "in from baseline" value of 0, as shown in the image. You mentioned you thought it was greater than zero, which by the image, should be true... but it isn't what is entered, and that is why I'm making this post. When I increase the in from baseline value from 0 to 12, it increases the height of the slope transition point even more--compounding the problem. It is almost as if there is a fixed height at which the slope must change regardless of dormer height. The program basically thinks my 7' dormer wall is 9' tall and it also thinks my 5.5' dormer wall is 9' tall--why 9'? For visual reference, it is hard to tell, but you can see in both images the transition point is the same absolute height of 240". That issue happens if i enter 12 or 0 from baseline. 12 is just even higher than 0 for both images

I am using Home Designer Suite 2021 and creating a barrel wall dormer (manually/faked-in using 12/12 pitch and 3/12 upper pitch to make it look close enough). See attached image for the problem and all the parameters of interest. I have done this successfully for certain dormer ceiling heights and have been satisfied with the results (left images), but when I try to reduce the dormer ceiling height below a certain threshold, it no longer works as intended (right images). The "in from baseline" and "start at height" (~240") are way higher than the dormer ceiling height (~200"). It should be able to go all the way down to the dormer ceiling height (~200") and the "in from baseline" should be zero at ~200", not 240". It seems like a glitch where it thinks it is a 9' ceiling/wall, which I do not have anywhere in the house except for the basement stem walls. Any help available? Thanks, Matthew

I successfully figured out a solution that worked for me. Create the desired roof with a small temporary bump in (say 24" inward), enough to get the program to recognize the roof pitch change. Add the exterior wall needed to connect the exterior to enclose the bump in and keep the exterior wall flush. Now, we have a room enclosed by the exterior wall and the bump in. Select the enclosed area and uncheck "Roof Over This Room." Make the bump-in "fake" wall (parallel to real exterior wall) invisible. Push out invisible fake wall to touch (bump up against) the real exterior wall. Since overhang is not correct (by the wall thickness), add the width of wall (e.g. 8 7/16") to the normal overhang (e.g. 18").

Hello, has this question been answered? I have the same question. I'm trying to create a constant height wall/room (say, 10') with hip roof that changes pitch (say, from 8/12 to 12/12) mid length of the wall without having to create an artificial bump-in of a few inches to make the program think like I want it to. I also experimented with different ceiling heights, but the gutter did not match up due to the different pitch. Reference image from davidstvz's post on June 26, 2020. The transition on the right side of the garage is exaxtly what I'm after: constant height, straight wall transitioning pitch in the middle of the wall with a seamless gutter.