Txcustom Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Hello all, I am attempting to draw a plan, and am struggling a bit on the roof. My goal is to make all the common areas 10' ceilings and the other rooms to be 9' ceilings. When I change the areas to 10', it also changes the roof layout. I completely understand why it does this, but I am looking for a suggestion on how I can make it look better. Pictures below show the plan and roof with 9' throughout, and the how the roof changes when I add 10' ceilings to some rooms. I do not like how the roof sticks out over the backporch area and dining area. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for me to make this look more appealing, thanks! I am using Home Designer Pro 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I am sure it has been requested of you several times to update your signature with your program version and year so we don't have to look for it with each post. With none of the rooms labeled, it's not easy to figure out which rooms you are talking about. What is the roof look you are wanting to have? A suggestion is to auto-build the roof with all of the rooms at the 9' ceiling. Then, when you have it how you want, turn off auto-build roof and change the ceiling heights you need to 10'. A way to clean up roofs too is to draw a CAD line where walls jut out or recede to the opposite wall and break the wall there. Then change the roof type of the area, depending on how you want it to look. It's not easy to explain in words, yet try different things by experimenting and learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txcustom Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 9 hours ago, Rookie65 said: I am sure it has been requested of you several times to update your signature with your program version and year so we don't have to look for it with each post. With none of the rooms labeled, it's not easy to figure out which rooms you are talking about. What is the roof look you are wanting to have? A suggestion is to auto-build the roof with all of the rooms at the 9' ceiling. Then, when you have it how you want, turn off auto-build roof and change the ceiling heights you need to 10'. A way to clean up roofs too is to draw a CAD line where walls jut out or recede to the opposite wall and break the wall there. Then change the roof type of the area, depending on how you want it to look. It's not easy to explain in words, yet try different things by experimenting and learning. The back porch is the area on the top of the plan that is 16'6" wide, and the dining area is to the left of there at 14'4" wide. The roof over that section is what I am asking about. I am not sure what style I am looking for, I am just looking for ideas on how I can make it look better. I do not like how there is an extra ridge over those rooms due to the raised ceiling heights. An idea I had was a shed roof to change the pitch over this area, but just and idea and I am unable to get it to work (I have tried everything I can think of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 There are a couple of ways that you can clean it up. Try following what I mentioned earlier. Maybe gable roofs might look better than hips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Txcustom, Didn't Eric (solver) already do a video for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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