Commercial False Front - Old Style General Store

[MustardSeedInt]

I am working on a semi-residential, semi-commercial space and the client wants a false front similar to an old general store. I am not sure the best way to do this. I create a secondary wall on the second floor but not sure how to do the cutouts to mimic the shape that they want. See idea below of what I am trying to do. 

 

[CarrieS]

The link your provided appears to be broken so I'm going to be guessing a bit here.

 

What version of Home Designer are you using? 

If you have one of the newer versions (2026/2027) or Home Designer Pro you might be able to achieve what you're looking for using the techniques in this article:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01958/creating-an-arched-parapet-wall.html 

 

You wont be able to do the curved roof plane that the article shows (It's a Chief Architect article) but if you're just going to have multiple elevations or a gable, using multiple roof planes would work for controlling the wall heights quickly 

 

If you need the curve you could have multiple roof planes like this article shows:
https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01187/creating-a-barrel-roof-in-home-designer.html

 

Another technique you might use is to break the wall polylines and adjust the wall edge manually, which is sometimes faster sometimes slower depending on the shape. If you use the roof planes though you can use them for creating finished edges instead of leaving raw framing exposed. 

 

Hope this helps!