jrubis Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Having a problem with a room over a garage that has a full dormer wall. I just cant get it to work. Either I end up the roof being deformed because the walls on the second story are full height or HD not recognizing the space as a room, HD giving me a error on the knee walls not interesting the roofline or triangle gaps in the wall on the house. I started by building the garage walls and defining the wall the holds the garage doors as a Full Dormer Wall, then I built the second story and attempted to add the knee walls. The roofs are being generated by auto roofs. My first pic is what the exterior should look like, minus the return sticking through the roof. Thats another problem. Any help / suggestions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 It appears that you merely need to reshape the edges if the full return so that those edges do not poke through the roof edges, just fix it manually. No one promised you a rose garden. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrubis Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Never said they did...That would probably work if I could select them to edit them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Posting the plan file will make it much easier for us to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrubis Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Thanks Eric. Please see attached plan. HomePlan3D_M.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 You have some floor height issues, I think. Fixing these will go a long way in correcting the other problems. The gable wall above the garage doors needs to have No Room Definition unchecked. That will make the space above the garage a room. Take a look at what I've done, and post back with any questions. HomePlan3D_M (eric).zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Never said they did...That would probably work if I could select them to edit them... You can and you should, the whole point of having Pro is so you can manually edit roof planes. It takes some study and practice but is worth the effort. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Here is a You Tube video of me working on your file and what I found: https://youtu.be/OvQNKERyF50 DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrubis Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Dave and Eric thanks for taking the time to look into my problem(s). Its really appreciated. After looking at the project file Eric provided and watching Dave's video some of the mistakes were pretty clear. What I was attempting to do was have the room over the garage at the same level as the 2nd floor of the main house, but have the garage floor lower than the 1st floor of the main house. It was my intent to have the finished ceiling heights of the house at 9' and 8'. The ceiling in the garage should be 9' plus the difference between its floor and the floor of the main home. I was also fighting how the height of the garage and the room above it effected the porch roof and its overhang. If the height of the garage wasn't at a certain level, the overhang on the porch became excessive. I sunk the garage floor in an attempt to do this, maybe I should have raised the main house instead? What are the correct settings for the garage floor if my intent is that its foundation be a slab built on top of a foundation wall but with no room below it? I am a bit confused by that. Currently I have: "Floor Under this room" unchecked, "Floor supplied by the foundation room below" checked "Monolithic Slab Foundation" unchecked. Thanks again for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 This is how I would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrubis Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 OK. With the exception of the stem wall height, those are the settings I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 For some reason, changing the Floor to -12 would not stick until I changed the stem wall. The Floor kept going back to 16". Your foundation also needs rebuilding. If you look in a Doll House view, the wall between the garage and entry has some problems at the bottom. Guessing it's because of the stairwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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