Jo_Ann

Is this what you want? The top of the pony wall bottom is flush with the side roof planes, and the floor is recessed 16" from that. I think you can see by looking at the (green dashed) roof plane lines, that an 8' by 10' room is not going to fill that roof void. The room will have to be longer, to accommodate the roof.

If you like the way this roof looks, then copy the settings exactly as shown.

You have your 2nd floor designated as "attic". Change that and rebuild roof. Also, did you intend to set the wall roof tabs as "upper pitch"??

I think what you are saying, is that using soffits for the trey ceiling will not build your framing correctly, to show a lower wall/ceiling on the exterior family room wall. Maybe this approach will get what you want?

Surely you know that you can't raise ceilings with 'auto rebuild roof' turned on, because the roof will rebuild to accomodate the taller ceilings? If you raise the buffet-hutch to the default height of 94.6", the knobs won't be up in the air.

On the top tool bar: Edit>Default Settings>Floors and Rooms>Current Floor. Set your ceiling height. Do this for each floor. If it doesn't auto reset, then ... On the top toolbar: Edit>Reset Defaults. Put a check mark in All Floors, Ceiling Heights, and Floor Heights.

Open one of those windows and post a pic of the dialog settings box.

Try this work-around. The invisible wall placement is strategic. You will also have to realign the attic wall above it. Looks like you have a lot of upper cabinet fixing to do. Did you notice that your hall country buffet has knobs above it in the air?

Open the invisible wall with the unwanted crown molding, and change it to a room divider wall. Both problems go away.

You should have started a new thread for your question. Suite does not allow you to add molding to soffits or wall cabinets. However, you might be able to work around this. The plan template you chose to begin with, evidently does not offer a wall cabinet with crown molding. But other plan templates, DO. Open a 'new' plan (try the 'Traditional' template) and vertically tile it beside your current plan. Place a wall cabinet in the 'Traditional' plan. COPY this cabinet. Make your current plan the active plan, go to the top tool bar and edit/paste the copied cabinet into your plan. You can then alter the cabinet door to the style you want, either through it's dialog box door tab, or from the library cabinet doors.

Try this.

Which of the programs are you using, and what version?

You have added an exterior wall covering. Select the exterior wall, then press the "tab" key on your keyboard. Open, and delete the wall covering.

The one crucial piece of information that you didn't upload, is, the PLAN file.

Beautiful remodel. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you did a good job with using the software program, too.

Posting your plan will get a quick answer instead of all the guessing.

Look under the 'View' tab on the tool bar.

'use soffit surface for ceiling' is usually used on porch ceilings. Unchecking 'flat ceiling' allows the ceiling to follow the roof.

You really need to re-read the directions. And you can't have an overhang depth that doesn't cover the roof edge (it allows attic walls to pop up). 'Auto rebuild roof' is still turned ON. Where are the shingles?

Why do you keep selecting 'use soffit surface for ceiling' ? UNCHECK THAT. Then open the dormer and lower the walls to 54".

You forgot to re-blend the gable roof with the hip roof. This needs to be done 1st, and it needs to be as close as you can get it. NEXT: As shown in the 2d pic, draw a wall right where the gable wall/hip wall break is. Move the gable wall slightly outward. This move now gives you an eave wall that will allow you to alter the pitch on the offending roof plane. Start playing with the pitch (your pitch will most likely be different than in the pic, because your temporary wall placement is probably not exactly the same as mine). Using the rainbow tool to temporarily lighten the roof color, or changing the color of the ridge caps in the build roof icon, will help to better see when your pitch change is perfect. NEXT: Open the gable wall to it's roof tab, and start reducing the overhang until it aligns with the hip roof overhang. Watch in 3d to make sure that the odd roof piece disappears. Before doing anything else, you should probably add your dormers. When the roof no longer needs to be rebuilt for any reason, turn OFF "auto build roof". You can now raise your ceilings to the correct height (remember to recheck "flat ceiling over this room"). Move the gable wall back to it's correct position, and delete the temporary wall. Be careful to not ever rebuild the roof!

Reset the roof pitch at the roof icon on the toolbar. This would also be a good time to set your overhangs to what they will really be. You should have the 3d window and 2d plan window vertically tiled, so that you can see what happens. Open the family room dbx and open the office room dbx, and change the ceiling height to 0. Watch the roof eave drop. Uncheck "flat ceiling over this room" in all 3 rooms (temporary). This removes the ceiling plane from blocking your view of the interior space. Re-post the plan.

Yes. You can do this with Suite. You have done well with your progress, but getting the gable wall roof (east wall, I presume?) to perfectly blend with with the half-height wall involves some trickery. Your main roof pitch seems extremely steep. Do you intend to keep that pitch? Were you planning to change the roof pitch on the half-height wing room? Do you plan to keep the ceiling heights set for building the roof on both the wing room and the rest of the 2nd floor? The reason I ask, is because the main rooms (office and family) are set to 480mm. This raises the bottom eave of the roof, up off the 2nd floor. All of this info needs to be known (and permanently set) before trickery can begin.