Dutch Gable Roof Alignment Issues


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Hello, I'm having an issue aligning the upper roof portion of a dutch/gable roof to the lower walls.  Whenever I attempt to do this, the upper gable disappears completely.  The framing get's removed as doe the sheathing, siding etc.  

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Thank you for sharing your plan. When I opened it the dutch gable looks perfect. I checked the walls on the first floor and the wall above, they are the same exact wall type and they are NOT out of alignment at all. I do not know what to tell you, I found nothing wrong, nothing out of place-good job.

 

DJP

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7 minutes ago, DavidJPotter said:

I checked the walls on the first floor and the wall above, they are the same exact wall type and they are NOT out of alignment at all.

 

David -- try a cross section :)

 

I've found the Dutch Gable feature to be rather buggy/poorly designed.

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My mistake was simply opening the wall spec dialog and by selecting it I saw no out of alignment indicator like you did. It looked OK in an overview camera. I did not check it from the inside, my bad. I agree with Eric, in that this is improper function, so it should be refereed to Tech Support for evaluation.

 

DJP

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27 minutes ago, solver said:

Suggest sending your plan to support.

 

https://support.chiefarchitect.com/home

 

And generally, when you have a problem, post a plan showing the problem. For example, for this plan, upload a plan with settings that cause the wall to disappear.

Yes, thank you.  I submitted this to support, we'll see what happens.  

 

Here is an image for those interested in what I'm trying to accomplish.  I need to move the gable on the roof to align with the first story wall.  For some reason, the software does not allow this without creating an error.

 

 

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I was able to repair the out of alignment wall and roof plane edge but only in Home Designer Pro/Chief Premier. If your walls are aligned properly, floor to floor, the auto roof generator should get it right but did not in this case.

 

DJP

PS: if you intend to download and use the attached plan file MAKE SURE THE AUTO-ROOF GENERATOR IS OFF FIRST.

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22 minutes ago, DavidJPotter said:

I was able to repair the out of alignment wall and roof plane edge but only in Home Designer Pro/Chief Premier. If your walls are aligned properly, floor to floor, the auto roof generator should get it right but did not in this case.

 

DJP

PS: if you intend to download and use the attached plan file MAKE SURE THE AUTO-ROOF GENERATOR IS OFF FIRST.

FARMHOUSE_2.plan

Thank you, I was afraid as much.  This seems like a fairly significant bug.  

 

Unfortunately, your fix seems to have created a gap in the wall.  It looks like some framing is missing from the gable wall.  

 

Thank you for all of your help.

 

 

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Try this, uncheck ignore the second floor, uncheck auto roof return I have yet to see that work on a ungabled roof.

 

Uncheck Upper pitch for all the walls, make pitches 4"

 

Go to the second floor and gable the front and rear walls, set the pitches to 8 or higher, then lower the ceiling heights.

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On 6/6/2020 at 1:27 AM, LawB10 said:

Try this, uncheck ignore the second floor, uncheck auto roof return I have yet to see that work on a ungabled roof.

 

Uncheck Upper pitch for all the walls, make pitches 4"

 

Go to the second floor and gable the front and rear walls, set the pitches to 8 or higher, then lower the ceiling heights.

Unfortunately, I get the same result....the gable framing and walls disappear.  

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