Jo_Ann

Presuming you chose the 'default' template when beginning your plan: Go to the Library (Core Catalog) > Windows > Window Units > Rectangular > Arts and Crafts window. When you place this window, the window on the right is what you get?!! Leave the original plan open, and start a new plan, choosing either 'Arts & Crafts' or 'Colonial' template. Tile the new plan next to the original plan, and draw a wall. Once again choose the library 'Arts & Crafts' window, and you should get the window shown on the left. Copy, then paste this window into the original plan. Why anyone should have to go to this extreme to get the Arts & Crafts window offered in the library, is not something that makes sense to me.

This is confusing. This plan is not the 7 Cedars plan you previously were working on? #1. I do not see 'board & batten' siding on the upper walls. I see 'shingle' siding. That said, if the exterior material listed for that wall is 'drywall', then that is what you are going to see. Ditto for the other upper walls. #2. You have NOT drawn a porch on the plan submitted, so detailed advise can not be given. However, the front porch wall needs to be an upper/lower roof pitch setting (if you use 'auto-roof'). #3. If pic #3 shown is want you are trying to explain, then it only requires some simple manual manipulation of the roof planes in that area.

You need to stop fixating on the landscape for now, and focus on the house. Too many landscape attributes will bog down your video card. By the way, the terrain building pad ( you set it at 0mm) should NOT be the same as structure floor (c) 0mm in the house (change the building pad, NOT the house floor). Carefully read the first line in the terrain building pad dbx. You need to add an elevation line (-3000mm) at the terrain retaining wall at the street. Practice drawing stairs. Study them in your reference manual, and also the knowledge base.

Draw and shape a 'Terrain Hole' to expose the stairs.

As David said, less is sometimes better. I see a lot of terrain stuff that should be deleted. Also, you say the garage region should be -3.2m, but it is set at -3.6m in your plan. Is the separate garage structure really embedded into the slope? You don't have any reference for where to send the stair unit ( a front door, or porch).

Try opening the room dialog box and then clicking 'OK'. See if that 'heals' the floor.

Just guessing.

You are saying that you plan to tear off the roof and raise the ceilings to 107 5/8", and use a new roof pitch of 8/12? Your plan is using a pitch of 6/12. Does the garage floor sit lower than the rooms directly next to it? (withing the garage rectangle). I'm trying to explain to you that these settings are important, in order to get rid of that gable.

Looks good !

Looking at the posted pictures, it is obvious that the roof is a much shallower pitch than the plan that you posted. Also, what is the real overhang depth? Obviously, the ceiling heights in your posted plan are much higher than the real ceiling height. Ceiling height (both the house and garage), roof pitch, and overhang depth, are important in configuring the roof. The eave height of the roof depends on correct ceiling heights. You need to fix these things in the plan, then re-post the plan.

Soffits are found on toolbar>cabinets. You can also use boxes, but you would still need to use a soffit as the base, because the soffit will take on the base molding.

I think the easiest no-hassle way: Individual soffits, then block them together. If you want the arch, you could use a kitchen valance (bonus catalog, kitchen accessories).

You might get answers if you also posted pics of the real house, showing the front and back roofs.

I was hoping that was what you were wanting to do. Once you get the basic regions set up, you can then modify them to suit your own particular terrain. I have found that it is easiest to use terrain regions, and let the program do the gradual sloping between the different region elevations. Using elevation lines can get really complicated and confusing. Likewise, elevation points (even MORE so).

Not really sure how to visualize what the roof is supposed to look like with just a floor plan image. You need to post 3d images of the house.

Please post jpeg images, NOT PDF's.

Whatever you misplaced in outer Mongolia, I couldn't find. Your 2d plan is also not centered on the xy center of the screen. To save yourself from ripping out hair, try this: Open a new plan and tile vertically beside original plan. Choose (tool bar) EDIT/ edit area, and marquee around the entire existing plan, and (tool bar) COPY. Reselect the NEW plan, (tool bar) PASTE, then center your curser between the side slider and lower slider bar (aka center of the screen), and Paste. All should be better now. Do a 'save as' (choose same name as old plan) and new plan is saved, and old plan is deleted. DONE.

????? Open the stair dialog box and set the numbers as shown.

However, you will find that if you compromise just a little bit, you can come really close to what you want.

Like Solver said, you need to read up on the difference between the pattern dialog and the texture dialog.

I think that you will need to be a LOT more descriptive, and will most likely need to post the plan file.