LabChick Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 I am working with HD Suite 2021. My ceiling drops 1' in the kitchen from the family room and I have a pantry with a shelf ceiling that straddles this drop. This resulted in unpredictable ceiling and roof lines since the ceiling drop created 2 "rooms" in my pantry automatically. Consequently, I changed the room definition of the kitchen to avoid the pantry and I used the "Shape-boxes" to fill in the space between the top of the pantry and the two ceiling heights. Now I would like to put outlets on these "boxes" but I cannot seem to force them onto the boxes. Is there a way to either not use boxes and keep the kitchen delineated by the drop in the ceiling or put outlets on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 *** I see you said Suite 2021 *** Answers often depend on which title (Suite, Pro etc) and version (2018, 2019 etc) you are using. You can help everyone by adding that info to your signature (see below for how to turn them on) by clicking on your user name at the top right of the page, click Account Settings, then Signature on the left. Doing so makes it always available, and keeps others from having to hunt for it. And, turn on signature display too. ---- Many questions have been asked and answered. The Home Designer website is a good place to start your search. Here is a video about searching the forum: https://youtu.be/dDT6wbrrVRM Resources for self help: The built in Help System (always a good place to start) Getting Started Knowledge Base YouTube Home Designer - Getting Started - Setting Preferences and Defaults Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Replace the boxes with soffits. Add a very short room divider wall inside the soffit. Add the outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabChick Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Thank you! I will definitely replace some of the boxes with a soffit, but one of mine is a right prism. Is there a way to change the shape of the soffits? Or how else could I make this shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LabChick Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Excellent! Thank you! The only other question is how do I change the height of a room divider to put inside of a soffit? I don't seem to see that capability for any of the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, LabChick said: how do I change the height of a room divider to put inside of a soffit? Why do you want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 When experimenting with this last night, the wall socket was placed on the floor (as a floor outlet) instead of the soffit. The room divider wall allowed the outlet to be placed on the soffit. TODAY... the outlet places on the soffit without the added room divider wall. ????? Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabChick Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 I thought the suggestion by Jo_Ann to put a short room divider in the soffit was so that I no longer had to move my room divider around the pantry (see first photo when the room divider splits the pantry). The only way to get the ceiling correct was to stop it before the pantry and then fill in the missing 11' area with boxes/soffits. Additionally, before I moved my room divider to avoid the pantry, it also did something strange above my door (again in first photo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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