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What is your overhand set to? HOw was it built? extending 2nd floor joists or some sort of Look-outs that extend out to catch roof weight and loads? Could make 2nd storey room on each side that has Zero Height and make roof from it. What does HELP screen say as they have Gambrel examples.

Z axis is vertical and points to sky. X axis is left-right with respect to floor plan Y axis is front to back with respect to floor plan You meant rotate in y axis. Another trick open up an elevation in orthographic (section or elevation) looking at the object you want to rotate. Click on object and the rotate triangle comes up and you can rotate on screen plane. SO in your case open elevaion looking a that is gable end. Click on this vertical structure. Grab triangle and rotate and then move it to where you want. yes it is clumsy but works.

how did you create it? Was it something automatic like framing or what? but for that you go to plan view select object and rotate by grabbing the little triangle and spinning it. It rotates and will stop at the minimum angle you set up for the Angle Snap. I think default is 7.5 degrees.

that window is on the attic wall or 2nd storey? Room definitions are where you set room ceiling heights. This dictates wall height and your framing defaults etc. but wall height is so Joists can sit up on top and sheetrock hand underneath, and you get the ceiling height you entered. You are trying to make wall taller to extend up into another level. Just adjust floor level you are working on and then add a wall which will build on top of the joists. For vaulted you do that in room definition as well and set no ceiling over room and it will make room the underside of rafters or you can enter ceiling planes.

Change the way that angles are displayed by clicking On NUMBER style in lower left corner of just about ever EDIT Screen that you open up. Change to Surveying units AKA quadrant bearing - See that it loks like what is on your plot plan. So click on something and then click edit. Then what I do is draw each line by themselves and then move them to connect. Tried it as one unit and you have to pay attention wo that is staying fixed, start end etc etc. became a PIA found it easier to draw each line then move to connect then using the Point to Point move. So end point of one line click it and move it to the other line where it connects. Then when all done or before you need to draw in the NORTH POINTER Under CAD drop down menu Look it up in HELP If you do not add N pointer it makes NOrth vertical UP on screen. Add pointer you can rotate line so that your house is square to screen and easier to draw. they did not make it easy for sure.

I think under roofinf tab there is command to put in a little arrow thingy that will force joist direction. Joist direction kind dictates roof rafter (truss directon)

That is how a slab house is made. 4" thick slab w/concrete footings under load bearing walls. All exterior walls and where the engineer decides they are needed. Then the plumber will make some to run H&C water lines and drain DWV pipes under or within slab beams Occasionally the electrician will dig to run conduit for floor outlets in HD when you make a slab foundation it will create the exterior edge footings based on the dimensions you set in foundation default page. NOw HD is not the best at making these foundations specially if you have brick veneer as it will make brickledges and the beams and ledge can get messed up at intersections of interior and exterior as well as lowering porches and patios. so it takes practice and sometimes you have to manually edit what it comes up with. Always have an engineer design the slab foundation unless you want it to crack in the future and cause all kinds of shifting issues. Note all above void if you do a post tension concrete slab

you did make a 2nd floor right? w/o roof? Drew the walls in and created a room? Edit the room defaults etc. Added the stairs?

I am thinking he is using Home Designer since this forum is on Home Designer Software website. And the name of this forum is

Not sure what you want rotated. I tend to draw the lot boundary as a polygon and change the units to surveying aka Quadrant Bearing: S8° 5' 15"E but how it draws those is based on your NORTH arrow which can be rotated. The house plans should be drawn sqaure to screen so walls are vertical/horizontal on screen. Then insert the N arrow: Use the Help screen. the set the NORth at an angle relative to the house and the property lines should be correct. All yo uneed is property line which you can enter as a polygon and set to terrain perimeter.

why does it have to be done with auto roof? To quote someone famous: GIT ER DUN. Things is with auto roof and using a plan that has been tweaked and prodded sometimes things are setup you do not realize and can cause roof issues. every wall room edit pages have a bunch of things that affect roof as do the plan Defaults and how you set up the roof each time you run auto roof. WIth big plans lots of walls etc multi story can take a while to find what is messing up roof. Why I jus run it once to draw majority of planees and then edit them as that takes no time

oh the outside wall is stone or concrete not wood framed. See where I live everything made from Wood. no concrete or stone walls. Maybe a brick or stone veneer..

too old software for me as I forget what it would let you do or not. If my project I would just edit roof planes manually.

just keep playing. your issues are experience and knowing how wall height and location affect the roof. Also when you do manual roofs by say editing an auto one. Then you can go back and Re-build roof again using automatic roof. BUT check RETAIN MANUAL DRAWN ROOF PLANES as well as RETAIN EDITED AUTOMATIC ROOF PLANES . - Then it leaves those you edited alone and does not make new roof there just ties into them. You need to see what all those options do. Watch the HD Videos PLay and learn more All I and others could do is take your plan and tweak to give you the roof you want. - but you need to be able to do that. GO to the sample plans see what they have done. Good Luck.

you could make that house in HD pro where you can manual tweak roof planes. The 2 gable thing is simple using the GABLE line before making roof. just make sure yo have a wall below for it to align with. Need to learn about no roof on second floor so first floor roof extends up and turns the second floor into the 1/2 floor which means the second floor is inside roof. YOu just need more practice. Start slow with working on one area at a time