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draw your property lines and make sure it is an enclosed poly line then convert that to a terrain perimeter. OR go to terrain tab and select create terrain perimeter. The in floor plan turn on Terrain perimeter to ensure yo ucan see it then draw parallel lines inside these property lines. set their distance from the property lines as you set backs so yo get a "mini" property to create your house. no different then if you did by hand like an old timer on paper. The software does not know what a setback is. For more hel open the help screen and check the website as they pretty much cover how to do everything.

what experience do you have with home plans? The software can do what you want but it does not know what FAIRFAX rules are; you need to know them. you have to draw in the plot plan. You use the library to find material like your house. You would need to draw in your existing house. and so on... Might be better to hire a local house plans business.. Think of the software as a clean sheet of paper waiting for you to put something on it.

if that is case then they need a file cleaner aka soemthing to delete the junk not used.

I know if you open any of the Elevation views, one can rotate objects looking at them. So how you place camera matters. Select it by clicking with mouse and you get the EDIT doohickeys. Grab the triangle one and you can rotate things in that view which then carry over to the model. I did it once to make a satellite dish from a 3d shape. See screen shot below - just a random thing I did to show you. So may take looking at object and thinking of your end result. Would be nice if the program had rotate objects about XYZ axis but this works just takes practice to get your end result.

Do I see a half wall up against a normal wall? That will create issues. To "paint" the all behind just use the eyedropper to get color of the green wall hit return Then you get a spray can and set it to object mode. And spray the beige wall in one spot. and it will change color.

agree.

This is nomenclature thingy. Framers around here throw around the words Base Plate, Bottom plate Sill plate Anchor plate All made from Pressure treated wood with a thin foam like gasket to seal bottom to concrete to help prevent air flow. All mean the same thing - plate at bottom of wall that is bolted to slab. Tomato TomAHto Would be nice if software help kind had better explanation maybe a definition page? as we all use different terms if based on where you live

3d Shapes work well. you can also use soffit, slab, etc. basically anything that you can change the floor plan shape to suit and then locate bottom with reference to floor and change the height and finally material which you then change to match you tile. I

I have seen this as we do slab homes here in Southern MS. If you look at actual walls it frames it will make bottom plate the same width as wall studs. As above person said the software uses SILL plate for the top of a foundation wall like they do up north and then put floor joists on top. So I have ignored it after always changing them as it means nothing for those who use Monolithic slab foundations. Even in the garage area where it will make short stem walls to be the same elevation as the house slab it is only as wide as stud.

Try turning off auto roof and then Manual edit roof planes? The right-side hip roofs need the same pitch and to be planar if you want them to line up like bottom picture. is the right-side pitch the same as house? if not it wont work due to geometry. Also the outside edge of exterior walls need to be colinear so the rafters would be attaching to the same point and then with same pitch would be coplanar I would have to play with it to figure out.

IS anyone listening though? Wonder how qty sold year over year has been.

put what you want it to look like. So if you are not painting the sheetrock then leave it sheetrock. Otherwise pick your paint color

what is floor plan? Looks like you have a room under that part of the roof above the others that has higher ceiling height.

draw outside walls. USe HELP as it is powerful and will help you. Go to defaults and set roof variables like pitch, overhang etc. set room ceiling heights and flat or not. Select the side wall and go to roof tab and select high shed wall Then auto roof and it should make it and the it adds "ATTIC" walls on top of existing to fill space between room wall and roof.

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.