Robborito Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Experimenting with the auto roof tool - When wall intersections on plan are of an acute angle - these small satellite wedge style hip roof appear on the basement plan? See my attached image. They are easily deleted - however strange they should appear? Is there a radio button on the basement plan that prevent this? I can't seem to find one. I know all of this is simply done using the manual roof tool - however the auto tool is a handy thing - although has some limitations. Are there some rules I need to know - that are not that obvious? Thank you HD Pro world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Software is a mechanical device (it acts robotically), when your basement walls do not perfectly match the first floor walls, even just a little, the software sees a "hole" and covers it with roof planes. It is as simple as that. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robborito Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thank you for your input. Walls are good on both levels. The intersections are generated automatically - and tight. Is see it as the pony wall being treated as two skins. The little satellite roof - is for the lower brick outer wall of the pony wall. The cavity in the wall at the acute point is much larger thru its truncation in plan. ( Are you with me ) It appears in two locations in my screen shot - exactly the same result. Acute wall intersection angles. Large cavity's - maybe read as a void or hole...I don't know. I have tried it several times - same result. Maybe not that simple? I've worked around it - just deleting them, no big deal - but......why does it occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 might help...the KB is your Friend.... http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00206/52/Home-Designer/Roofs/Fixing-an-Issue-Where-a-Roof-is-Generating-Over-a-Foundation-Wall.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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