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I will try that this evening, thanks again.

Thank you Eric - I was trying to create the first example you provided, but like the middle one with the slope wrapped around the corner much better. How was this accomplished?

Hi everyone, I am using Home Designer Suite 2017. I am trying to create a shed roof over our front porch, the porch is on a gable end of the main roof. I am using 10:12 pitch on the gables and a 5:12 pitch on the front porch. If I set the porch ceiling height any higher than 72 inches, the roof auto build blends the gable with the shed, as shown on the attached. The ceiling height needs to be 96 inches to match the rest of the home. If I reduce the shed pitch to 4:12, I can gain a little ceiling height, so I expect that the software blends the two roof lines when the porch shed roof attaches to the gable end at a height greater than 96 inches. I did read that another user had a similar issue, but it was resolved once they upgraded to 2018 version. Would someone be willing to review my plan to see if there is anything I am doing incorrectly? Thank you, Darrell Home Designer Suite 2017 porch-test.zip

Thanks Jo Anne, LawB10 - I had already used the dropper tool to change the siding globally, just found it odd that I could set my default preferences for so many other items, including interior walls, but not exterior siding. I find it annoying that sometimes during a re-build of a roof, or if moving an exterior wall, that the siding will sometimes revert back to default, then you have to change it again. Oh well, best to leave it until the very end, when you know that no more changes will be made. Based on how much we love using the software, I am not sure if there will ever get to that point! D

Thanks David, I had seen responses similar to yours previously; but if I click on - Edit - Default Settings - Materials, "exterior wall" is not an option, only "walls (interior)/soffits" (see attached snip). If I click on Edit - Default Settings - Walls, I can choose between various types of interior and exterior walls from the pull downs, but I don't see "define wall type", see attached snip. I figure that I must be missing something, but can't seem to find it. D

My wife and I recently finished creating our dream home in Suite 2017, making numerous revisions along the way, including changing roof slopes, siding and trim colors, foundation styles, room sizes, dormers, etc. which resulted in a few things not meshing properly in the final version. Now that we know exactly how we want it to look, we thought that it would be best to re-draw the plan from scratch, by first setting all of the defaults to our own preferences. I am in the middle of doing this, but cannot seem to find where to change the color of the default exterior siding. The default is currently Gray 3, but we want Gray4 with medium brightness (result is a darker gray). The Default Setting dialogue, under "Materials" has a "Walls (Interior)/Soffits" option, but nothing for exterior walls. If I click on "Walls" in the root dialogue, I can choose between different wall styles (Siding 6 vs. Siding 4, etc.), but can't change the siding color. Am I missing something? Thank you, Darrell Suite 2017