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Got it - I raised up the roof plane over the walkway to get the roof planes to meet using the dimension tool in section view, then I increased the "room" height to raise the posts to the correct height. Thanks... I noticed my kitchen roof planes are not meeting at the ridge and I still have to deal with a cricket? somehow... Anyone?

I have an awkward? looking roof over the kitchen and am working on resolving this. The roof is running into the wall of the living room. Would a cricket work here or do I need to redo the roof ? Also, I am unsure of the steps I should take when I put myself into a corner like this. Should I completely eliminate the roof as it looks, possibly raise some walls to give it a different look or ? What approach would you take? Trying to get a ranch hacienda style (exposed rafter tails,posts,beams,wood soffit, courtyard and low pitch, multi-gable roof lines. The roof that covers the walkway in the courtyard needs to tie in to the roof on the North side. Right now it is a few inches lower and not tied together. What is the best approach to do this ? Any ideas are welcome. Thanks! DeLuz_2.22_rafter_tails.plan

Clicking using the perspective is much better. Thank You from Tempe, AZ

To be clearer, in plan view I hold the shift key down and click-drag over the plan but it selects everything at once. So now I have to select each roof plane separately. Is this not the correct way to do it ? SHIFT KEY , then CLICK-DRAG OVER OBJECTS. ( This is with the Roof Framing Tools Button selected)

OK -I found a video that shows I need to be in plan view, select the roof planes and when the window opens, select the rafter size , rebuild framing, hit ok and then it works, I can do this....now- is this the only way to get to this window or is there a shortcut ?

Apparently I'm missing something... I've gone to the Build Roof Dialog - Under STRUCTURE there is a window for Rafter Spacing - I changed it to 24" from 16" as well as checking Build Roof Framing. Hit OK....nothing changes. Also, I notice in the lower half of the window, Roof size which gives the list of the Roof components and dimensions which can be changed. Currently for rafter: 1 1/2" x 9 1/4". However my actual size on the plan is 6"w x 7 1/2h.

Using 2017 Home Designer Pro, I have gotten to the point of exposing the rafters, but I can't seem to adjust size or spacing. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

I downloaded the demo yesterday (7/16) and am using a 2012 MacBook Pro , OSX 10.8.5 - no problem so far.