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I'd like to add some people to my plans for scale. Is there any way to do that so they will show up on a perspective view?

Hi David, Thank you for taking the time to help. I will try this and let you know. Best regards,

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and provide your solution. I am learning much from a few folks that replied. It's interesting how you created your second floor walls. It looks like a solution that would work for my purposes. You probably don't need this information any more, but EricOnChiefArchitect send me a video explaining a way to get the ledger boards in the inside and the floor joists on top of them. Here's his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESHdGp0MhOY. Again, thanks for your reply. It looks like you've got a nice place there. I like your window design on the top floor and might use that idea. Best regards, Laurel

I'm trying to create my 1900 balloon-frame home in HomeDesigner Pro 2024 for a remodel. The second story has a 4' wall, not a knee wall. It looks very much like the attached pic but without the "saltbox" roof part of the house. I can't figure out how to draw the half wall and the roof. Any ideas? There was a similar topic posted in August of 2017, and maybe a solution, but I can't find the replies. Thank you.

I have this same question (6 years later), but I'm not seeing the answers to to CdnGuy's questions. It looks like "Solver" responded, but those posts aren't here that I see. I have an even more basic question too though. To accomplish a balloon frame structure, with rafters that create the 4' exterior wall, with ceiling joists at 8', do I define a second floor in Home Designer Pro or just go to the Wall Specification Structure Panel from the 1st floor view and choose the "Balloon Through Ceiling Above"? I'm not sure how to accomplish this "2nd floor" (or attic?) building structure with it's 6 sides. Is the attic actually a 3rd floor?. I'm 6 days into learning the program. Thank you!