Eddieg Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I recently upgraded from Home Designer Suite 2021 to Architectural 2023, but I don’t have a lot of experience with Home Designer software. I am drawing a rectangular porch in front of the house, recessed under the roof, but with a small extension of the porch out in front of the entrance door. The house basically has a hip roof but we want a gable roof over the wall of porch extension. I have drawn the porch and built invisible exterior walls to define the room. We want a post and beam “rail” around it. When I draw the railing the walls disappear and no longer have the room defined and the roof disappears. I also tried drawing the posts and beams using the cabinet soffit tools. I’m sure I’m missing something simple. Any suggestions? (I hope this is clearer than mud). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 You only need to draw your Porch using railing walls, invisible or visible. The the outermost wall, you open its Specification Dialog - Roof Tab and mark it to be a Gable. That ought to do it. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieg Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Thank you David. When I draw the railing, it doesn't define the room because of the gap in the railing where we walk up the steps. If I put the rail all the way across, without an opening, then it will define the room and I have the gable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieg Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 Do you have any suggestions on how to define the room with the opening in the railing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution DavidJPotter Posted February 27, 2023 Solution Share Posted February 27, 2023 You enclose the porch with railing walls as I already suggested, then using the "Break Wall" tool you use it to divide a small section of that railing wall to detach that segment from the rest of that wall and program that detached segment as "Invisible" thus creating a closed room with an opening it the outer wall. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieg Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Thank you David! The light bulb finally came on - duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieg Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 May I ask, why is a small portion of the exterior wall showing at the base of the rail and at the very top of the ceiling height of the rail? I've evidently done something else wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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