Jo_Ann

Here is a basic plan. Not knowing what your own settings are (dimensions, ceiling heights, roof pitches), you will most likely need to play with a lot of your settings to get it to work. The 'L' room on the right creates a problem for the porch roof. A workaround is shown. I hope this plan opens in HDA16 the same way it looks in HDA10. Sometimes they don't. At least it should give you a starting point, and some ideas. HDA2015 will not open a HDA 2016 file, so I couldn't see what your settings are. porch roof.plan

So sorry to hear about the heart attacks! Rest up and get better! You should stroll on over to the chieftalk website and see what they have to say about windows10!

I agree with what Eric said, BUT...viewing sample plans can be very helpful (to see how they did something). Also, I've noticed that many of the samples have errors, perhaps on purpose, to motivate the user to learn how to fix them? The trial download of HD2015 runs fine on my XP, but the trial HD2016 won't even launch. If you are wanting to upgrade to HD2015, I think you might find it on Amazon.

However....If you study the different templates offered when opening a new plan, you will find that some of the wall cabinets have a crown molding on them. Some of the base cabinets have a molded edge on the countertop, too. If you already have your plan done using the default template, open a new plan (template with crown molding) and tile it vertically alongside your existing plan. Place a cabinet in that new plan. Copy/paste that cabinet (with the crown molding) into your existing plan.

Is this what you want the porch roof to look like? I noticed that you have a floor under the extended 'portico'. I thought you only wanted to extend the roof?

Look in the 'templates' folder. There is more stuff in there.

If this is an existing house, post a good pic of the front. Also post a pic of what progress you have made in HDA. So MANY variables, need to see what is going on with your own example, in order to explain a plan of attack.

So I had to experiment with this porch on a single story. It took a lot of finagling.

You can extend the 'portico' out as far as you want to. When you uncheck 'ceiling over this room', be sure to check 'use soffit for ceiling', because this will clean up the ceiling. Also, if you want to leave auto roof on, (and not delete the room), specify the room as 'open below'. That will get rid of the unwanted floor.

Describe in more detail, what is not working? Or post the plan so we can see what is going on (or not going on !) .

Is it the gable extension that you are referring to? I built an extended invisible walled room, with 'no ceiling over this room' to get the roof extention. Then I turned off 'auto build roof' and deleted the 'room'.

I wasn't sure what you meant either, so I replicated the pic you showed, with no problems. At least this shows that it can be done in HDA 16 ( or probably any title or version). As Kbird suggested, a wall break was used for the small porch gable over the stairs.

#1. Just because the walls appear to be connected, doesn't mean that they really are. Pull all walls back and let them 're-snap'. #2. You have to uncheck 'flatten terrain' if you want it to slope. #3. What I see in your pic, is a window 'well' and a door and stair 'well'. Create the wells as explained in the kb article, and then add the stairs. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00862/creating-a-window-well-for-an-egress.html

This older post might help. https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/538-stair-with-landing-and-solid-rail/?hl=%2Bstair+%2Brailing

I think you are out of options (other than the 'no ceiling over this room' option). Only HD Pro has the ceiling plane tool. I think only HDA and Pro have the sloped soffit option. A wedge shape from the library could give you the ceiling plane, but...it will stick out above your roof!

Is this what you want the foundation to look like?

First make sure you are using a masonry wall type (brick-6?). Open the window dialog box, and choose double hung or double hopper type window. Set the 'movable size' to maybe 24"? Open the casing tab, and set to 0" (delete the D, too), both interior and exterior. If you have lites showing, move to the lites tab and remove them. On the materials tab, change the interior trim and exterior trim, to whatever you have showing on the interior and exterior walls. If you are using a double hopper type window, you might want to alter the middle sash (in the sash tab)

Keith...you are entertaining! Broken walls: I opened a plan (made in HDA 10) in HDA 15, and it showed a broken wall? In HDA 10, it didn't. But, (in HDA 10) I pulled the offending wall back, and let it re-snap. When I re-opened the plan in HDA 15, the broken wall was gone. Weird oddity when opening an older plan in a newer software version. Also, I had problems with base molding showing up where it shouldn't have (not in HDA 10, but showed in HDA 15)!! I see in your pic that you fixed the overhanging bathroom wall. I was also wondering why the stairway areas (east stairwell, west stairwell) are not the same size? It seems like they should be identical? The range! In the pic you posted, I can see the countertop showing under the burners! I have the same slide-in stove in my HDA 10 library, but I never tried using it. So, I did put it in a cabinet, and guess what? The countertop showed under the burners!!! I think this might be an HD booboo. The only way I could fix it, was to delete the countertop from that cabinet, and wrap a custom countertop around the stove top.

You need to re-read that kb article.

Thanks Matt. Glad it worked for you. Mick, I used a soffit because it was quick. Although, it would have been just as quick to copy/paste the altered cabinet countertop, and resize as needed. I don't know if Suite has been given the ability to add molding to soffits, so in some instances it would be wise to copy/paste the existing countertop. Reason being, some templates (Mediterranean Infuence) have molding already on the countertops, and a soffit would not match that. You can see that in the example pic, done with the Mediterranean style cabinet. P.S. Any base cabinet will work.

When you have sorted out your floor heights... This is how I did the stairs.

Almost forgot... I'm curious why the countertop is showing through the stove burners?

Keith, There is also a broken wall on floor 2, and the front bathroom has a wall overhanging the stairs. The stairs on the right side have no stairwell.

Mick. You could do that...but what a pita. Dragging the cabinet up to non-existance is quicker.