GlasgowGrip Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I have a plan built in HD, but the automatic roof does not generate the way I need it. Please see the attachment for the desired end result. The roof on the left-hand half of the house generates correctly, and I also can get the gable roof at the front of the garage. But how do I go about forcing HD to generate the gable all the way to the rear of the garage and also force the location of the gable on the right-hand side of the house toward the rear of the house? Thanks in advance! 103MiasElevations.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y-g-m-n Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 need picture of what HD is is giving you now. Search Gable Roof in the help as there is a gable line you can draw parallel to roof edge to denote where it should create gables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Thursday at 09:54 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:54 PM Tried to generate pictures of what HD is doing now, please see attached. A lot of it is correct but no idea how to get the roof lines over the rear part of the garage to behave. Maybe there is a tutorial or a video, but when I search nothing seems to cover a scenario like this. Although I'm sure I don't know the correct search terms to use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Friday at 02:03 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:03 AM Is this what you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Friday at 05:28 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 05:28 PM 15 hours ago, Jo_Ann said: Is this what you want? You're on the right track, but not quite there. The front plane of the gable on the right extends farther forward and meets the garage roof down lower and towards the front of the garage. Right-side and front elevations attached below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Friday at 07:04 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:04 PM I give up. This website will NOT allow me to upload or copy/paste an image that will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Friday at 07:05 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:05 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Friday at 07:29 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 07:29 PM @Jo_Ann: Ah hah, so what you are saying is create a "dummy room" over the garage, and set the front wall to a ceiling height of "0", yes? I will give that a whirl and see what I can get it to do. Thanks for your efforts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Friday at 08:56 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 08:56 PM @Jo_Ann So far I can't even duplicate the partial success that you had. I extended the second floor over the garage, creating an "attic room" with a ceiling height of "0", but no joy with the roof. I'm starting to think it will require features that are not available in HD Arch. Also, did you do something special to keep the hip roof over the "bumpout" in the back of the house to not extend all the way to the top ridge? I need it the way you showed it but mine is not behaving that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Friday at 09:31 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:31 PM Do you think the image I posted, (finally allowed), would show that result, if it was not possible in HDA? I don't know what the back bump-out roof is supposed to look like. Your images with a black roof show NO detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y-g-m-n Posted Saturday at 10:27 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:27 AM this is when editing roof planes using HD-PRO make it easy. Maybe upload your plan and someone can just edit your roof planes and upload it back into thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Sunday at 05:12 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 05:12 PM On 9/6/2025 at 6:27 AM, y-g-m-n said: this is when editing roof planes using HD-PRO make it easy. Maybe upload your plan and someone can just edit your roof planes and upload it back into thread I will happily upload if someone would be so kind... thanks!! Off topic - but I was ready to upgrade to a Pro license and I just found out they pulled the rug out from under me by getting rid of the perpetual licensing. I just bought the HD Arch license less than a year ago! Grrrrr.... Thanks again -Steve 103MiasCt_20250907.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Sunday at 05:54 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:54 PM My last reply took 22 minutes to post?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Sunday at 06:00 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:00 PM It is still not clear what the front is supposed to look like. Like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Sunday at 06:02 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:02 PM You need to show what the roof over the bump-out is supposed to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Monday at 05:17 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:17 PM 23 hours ago, Jo_Ann said: It is still not clear what the front is supposed to look like. Like this? Yes, you have the front correct - awesome! Were you able to make HD Architectural do that? 23 hours ago, Jo_Ann said: You need to show what the roof over the bump-out is supposed to look like. You may have the rear bumpout correct but I can't really see it in your image. I did post elevations above that tried to show the rear bumpout, but here are some closeups in case they help clarify: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Monday at 05:45 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:45 PM It was done in HD Architectural 2018. Can you post a real pic of the bump-out roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Monday at 08:03 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 08:03 PM 2 hours ago, Jo_Ann said: Can you post a real pic of the bump-out roof? I created a top view outline, see below, I hope that is helpful. The photos were taken from ground level but don't show it very well - we back up onto the woods so I would have to climb a tree to get a good view of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Monday at 09:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:57 PM Based only on what can be seen in the real pic, This might be the best you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted Monday at 09:58 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:58 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowGrip Posted Monday at 10:19 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:19 PM 13 minutes ago, Jo_Ann said: Based only on what can be seen in the real pic, This might be the best you can do. You did great! I would be thrilled if I could get it to look that good. So I will try again, but so far I can't get HD Arch 2025 to behave like that. Can you give me any more hints than what you show in the floorplan image? For example I tried the "floor 2 extended" room with ceiling height "0" and it didn't work like yours. Also, how does the extra wall across the bumpout work? Doesn't it block the interior space? And not sure I see why it would change the roof like you showed, but I can give it a try. Thanks again. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted yesterday at 01:39 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:39 AM That portion of exterior wall that blocks the bump-out can be removed. It won't affect the roof. Or, you can add a doorway. I replicated the roof in a 2021 trial version of the software, and it created the same results. So, I don't know why it is not working for you. Check your settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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