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I would have to play with it This might work first set ceiling height in room to the low wall. Then uncheck this room has ceiling. Then go edit the 16 ft wall and go to roof tab and check High Shed wall. Then create roof using the slope required to get your desired high wall Height.

It should have elevation location dims...think they call it offset from ceiling... So place it where you want it in plan view then click on it and open up the edit dialogue screen for it and adjust vertical location to be underside of shelf you want to locate it at.

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.

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