Sheriff717 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I am new to Home Designer Pro 2017 but have picked up several things from the tutorials and elsewhere, but am still having some issues on a few things. I appreciate anyone's help or advice as I'm about to start drinking.......lol and I know that won't help. A little about my plan...... We are designing a pretty simple house to build at the lake and figured I would do the plans myself this time. The house is a single level ranch style with basement/garage. It is gabled on both ends and is 74' wide and 38' deep from front to back with 1 gabled 24'Wx7'D on the back in the middle and a covered porch on the rear with a gable roof over it. I am super pleased so far with being able to lay out the kitchen and all the primary furniture to see how everything will fit. I will attempt to put a couple of plan shots if I can figure out how. Anyways...... Here it goes...... Question 1- I have finally got the roof close to where I'm wanting it but on the gabled covered porch the roof has raised over the adjoining roof on both sides. I can't figure out how to make them meet without destroying the plan...... Any suggestions? I though I might have to design in an attic wall but can't figure out how to make it work...... I would rather have the roof lines meet and have a valley. Question 2- in the main living area- the middle which is 24'W by 45'D where the gabled ends from the back deck and covered pFull overview.planorch are off set a bit, I'm wanting to get a cathedral ceiling. I can't figure out how to get the truss section to open up where I can place them opposite of the other 2 sides, but I can't worry about this one until I get Question 1 figured out. And finally question 3----- This one might be easier said to just leave it alone. I was working with the terrain layout and just gave up. Is there a way to download a topography lay out into the program and it take it from there? Just curious if anyone had ever looked into that and found something. And I might as well as #4..... I am thinking about putting in a breezeway from the garage door to the door going into the laundry room. Has anyone done this and have any suggestions? Thanks for any input..... Chris- AKA Sheriff717 Basement Foundation Plan.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff717 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Thanks Eric for the advice on the signature. It is fixed. The 2 pics you showed is exactly what I'm wanting. Can you tell me how you got the roofs to align? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 12 minutes ago, Sheriff717 said: Can you tell me how you got the roofs to align? I drew them manually, but the program will do it with auto rebuild roofs on. You will need to make the deck the same width as the living space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 How to auto-generate roofs per type is well defined in your software: "Build Roof Dialog - Roof Styles Tab". It is fairly straightforward but does require some study and practice to do with confidence and within the programming limits of the software and roof geometry. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff717 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 David, Do you have time to help me with my design and how long do you think it would take with what I have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I am available for Live Help sessions on line on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 10 AM to 7PM Central Standard Time. Call or e mail for an appointment time. Not fully understanding in detail what it is that you need help on makes it difficult to estimate but I doubt we would require more than an hour or so to straighten out your difficulties. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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