Brocha Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I am struggling to create a Modern design. I am having difficulty with mixing roof heights and style. Wife wants a Modern home, She likes Swoopy roofs Like a modern Cottage and shed roofs like a modern Home. Basically she doesn't want a track home type of roof. To be honest, I can't seem to grasp the roof concept. I have tried using auto roofs but it is very odd looking. I tried manually but failed. Living room would be 14ft, Rest of home is 10ft. We are building an ICF home with framing against the perimeter of the interior walls. My mind is seeing all the walls at the same height Except for the Living room. Living room is facing the view. I welcome suggestions Your help is greatly appreciated. We are open to ideas. we like the idea of different height roofs, so it doesn't look so plain. Maybe a combination of Asphalt roofing and metal roofing. Papas roofs 9.3.24.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRegis Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 What version of the software are you using? My project involved a single structure with several roof sections and types, and Home Designer Pro was able to do what I needed. The house features multiple gable roof sections and some flat-roof area between them. Additionally, the main part of the structure featured a clerestory level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocha Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 Hello, I have 2023 software. Your picture is very similar to what i am trying to achieve. The living room would be 12 to 14 ft Roof. The rest of the home is 10ft. I messed up the individual room wall heights. I don't know how to correct it. We wanted sloped or vaulted ceilings. 9112024.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRegis Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 The approach I used may not be the right way to do it, but it's the only way I could figure out how to make it work... For the rooms/areas with the gable roofs (shown below), I added a second floor. For the garage (green) and two bedrooms (red and magenta), the floor heights were only 6" and I marked them as open below so the actual room ceilings could be vaulted. For the great room (blue), the floor heights were 48" to get the clerestory with windows. Initially, I just tried to change the ceiling heights of the specific rooms without adding a second floor, and I ran into two issues: The software didn't properly finish the exterior walls where the gable ends met the flat roof areas The gable roof over the front bedroom (red) didn't cleanly cover just a room ... it also extended over closets, bathroom, hallway and partway into another space. Regardless, using the approach of using second floors where different roof sections were needed, it provided a lot more control and flexibility Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRegis Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Another tip -- depending on your roof design, automatic roofs can fight you every step of the way. In my case, every roof section was manually drawn out... it's a bit tedious and fiddly at first, but it gets easier with practice and it lets you get the results you want. Luckily, the gable roofs were consistent in pitch and the overhangs. The flatroof sections were the trickiest and involved quite a bit of editing to get all the eaves proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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