LawB10

I think it would help more if you upload the plan itself, not a copy of it. If it's to big, you make zip file to make it smaller and then upload the plan. To get the 24" walls, you click on each wall and change the thickness to 24" it thickens inward. The second floor walls will align to the outer edge not the inner edge. Also name the rooms what they going to be. I built the plan based on the uploaded picture, I have no idea what the roof looks like or what the rooms are. Unless you have mastered manual roof building, DO NOT turn off auto roofing building, until you are satisfied with the roof.

First, Delete the first floor so that 2nd floor becomes the 1st floor and the third floor becomes the second floor. For the Living room gable, use the break wall tool, make a 12" or so break and ungable that little piece and lower the pitch.

Looking at the picture it seems like you make the 1st floor walls 24" and ceiling height 16' then lower the second floor ceiling height to 7' and make the second floor "Open Below" with no ceiling.

That's easy do this!!!! Change the 2nd floor ceiling height to 0" (F), change the railing to a wall, use the break wall tool and change that little piece to siding with a 14" pitch. Delete the 2nd floor invisible wall and all other unneeded walls, Gable the 1st floor wall and move it to the left. Lower the other room to 84" or lower, then turn off auto rebuild roofs and reset the ceiling heights. Use the full camera to see how it looks.

Keep in mind, what can be done in the real world, can or cannot be done with software. The walls on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors need to be the same thickness and same type, you can change the material later. If not, you will have wall alignment problems, the foundation walls are 17 1/2" 1st floor 13 1/2", 2nd floor 9 3/4" and the 3rd floor 6" those walls should be the same thickness. For the 1st floor default, the floor absolute elevation should be 0 you have it at -1 1/2. Uncheck " floor supplied by foundation room" and check "floor under this room". The defaults for the foundation are Walls with footings and a height of 37 1/2" which should make the ceiling height 30 or so inches. It's ceiling height is 2 1/2", for that to be a finished basement, the ceiling height will have to be higher. Turn auto rebuild roofs on, uncheck "ignore the 3rd floor" and set the ceiling height to 48" and on the 2nd floor set it between 48 and 84 " Once the roof is how you want to be, turn off auto rebuild roofs and reset the the ceiling heights to their defaults. The rooms on the 1st and 2nd floor that are open below, the whole room don't have to be open below, once you build the stairs and click the auto stairwell tool, it will create a room that's open below, you can use the space that's left over for something else.

Start over... Go to default settings>foundations, click "Walls with Footings", keep or change wall thickness, change wall height to to the height you want. You know have a basement. Click on the terrain perimeter and uncheck automatic and flatten pad, use the elevation region tool and draw 2 regions one for the front and one for the back keep one at 0 and lower the other one to -90 or something.

If the porch is already created, then use the break wall tool for that section. Break the wall in two places or extend the porch walls out to create a room.

You will have to start from scratch,and build the plan correctly. You have the foundation default, set to walls with footings, yet all the rooms had monolithic slab checked. Do not check that, check floor under this room, the software builds one type of foundation. The first floor ceiling heights were not the same, set them to the default height you want and lower the family room floor only. There were unneeded walls, move the stairs wall back to the 2nd step, it hides it, uncheck " No room definition" for the Guest room, use interior walls for the interior and exterior walls for the exterior, the entry room has a invisible wall ???. Do not use "Extend the slope downward" that is for rooms that bump out. Make sure your walls are aligned. Turn on auto rebuild roofs, let the software do the work for you. On the 2nd floor set default ceiling heights and then lower them to 84". Leave the floor/ceiling structures alone, unless it calls for a change, changing them affects the ceiling and how the roof is built. The question I have is what is the roof suppose look like.....

Here you go..... Untitled .plan

You will have to use the break wall tool in 4 places on the front rail and then select the rails that are closest the Gable and set the pitch to 4. You will have to raise the ceiling height for the Porch.

Upload the plan please...

download the Kohler Catalog, it has all kinds of sinks.

Build a 2nd floor and lower the ceiling height....

Click File>Import a drop down list will appear...

Draw 4 walls and make one of them a glass shower wall, then paint the other 3 with tile.

You need to add more steps, click on the stairs and drag the top step up, until it creates another step..

Turn off auto rebuild foundation, change swt H the only other number that changes is floor D.

One of the easiest ways to do that is to build a 2nd floor and lower the ceiling height, do the same with the porch. Looking at the picture, the porch roof looks flat it will be easier if it is.

Suite doesn't have pony walls... Use a box shape, soffit or half wall..

Go to the site and download the Accessories > Holiday catalog..

Chuckles.....

Is this what you are trying do? If so click on the terrain perimeter and the use break line and arch tools. Untitled.zip

Post a picture of what you trying to do.

Turn off auto rebuild foundation, on the 1st floor Garage change the height of floor D.

That roof you want is the easiest to build using auto rebuild. You have to build a 2nd floor the same as the 1st floor, you have a staircase there, even if you build a stairwell what purpose would it be for as you have no 2nd floor. First build a 2nd floor (complete), then lower the ceiling height to what you want, next click on each wall and change the pitch or open the build roof from the drop down list and change the pitch there, (keep in mind this will change the pitch for whole plan not an individual room). Lastly uncheck auto rebuild roofs and reset to the ceiling heights to there defaults.