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I just cancelled my Netflix subscription. Thank you all for your contributions.

Thank you so much! I will move it into x16!

I would strongly suggest switching to x16 and then use the PBR raytrace option which subsequently fixes the light bleed issue. OR it might be fixed if you add a roof

When I use CPU ray trace my crown always looks like it has lighting peaking between the bottom and the top of the cabinet. It does it if I add the crown as trim or add it in the cabinet component. I am using x15 on a 2025 Macbook Pro M4.

I am not going to waste too much time on this. I really just want to make one point. Whenever I design a building I don't finish the floor plans and then try and plonk a roof on it. The roof is designed along with the floor plans to produce a wholistic design.

Ninja move. I wish I had thought of it.

Well you're certainly unpleasant. I did read, and you used DJP as an example of someone willing to give you their work for free, which is what my comment was about. I dont particularly think that the intent of you mentioning him had anything to do with paying him a compliment, but rather indicating that you wish more people would do as he had done, give you things for free. What free thing are you going to offer someone in return? It's such a peculiar mindset to have, that you might even ignore my previous post illustrating that this mindset truly hurts your fellow person and their livelihood, costing them time that they need to make a living. Here's my free advice, hire a designer that knows what they are doing. You have an undersized laundry room that is 50 feet away from the closest bedroom and requires walking by an entry and bar area to get to it Your entry closet only has part of its storage accessible by its service door Your bedroom 3 bed is centered on a view of a terminating closet wall and deck nook Water closet below staircase is likely a code violation for clearances Your hallways are a gauntlet with no natural light and far too narrow The view from the living room to the extended bedroom halls will see a partial door instead of potential niche or art display Your bed 2 looks like its using a bypass 36" door, leaving just 18" nominal access to maybe a 4 or 5 foot closet Your primary bath has a separate enclosed water closet and 3rd sink? You want your guests to go to the bathroom by your entry door? Your spans, especially in the garage, are beyond allowable common lumber spans, just adding large and unnecessary costs. There are in fact a number of design conditions that will add cost whereas an experienced designer could mitigate those costs. Talking 10's of thousands of dollars wasted here. The reason your roof is difficult because your architectural design is causing very specific issues on managing structural tie-ins while considering water runoff, such as your 2nd story deck juxtapose to what looks like a bay window music room. I would take a guess that you started from someone else's design and tried to conform it to your needs. I have no doubt that you will find someone hungry for work to work with, maybe they can take some of these notes and work through the problems. Though I think I would sincerely scrap this existing plan. It has very little flow or feng shui, and I'm not trying to show bias here, this really needs some better consideration. Houzz Design dilemmas is known for people willing to give free e advice and design by committee but you will also run into similar takes on your approach for soliciting free services. Freelance designers are typically measly 3-10% of a project cost, and you are trying to cut corners by circumventing a reputable designers typical fee structure and retainer whereas that same professional designer could've, on this project alone, turned your $1000 initial retainer investment into an immediate savings of $10K on that garage all while still giving you what you want. The approach you're taking instead is one of seeking out the hungriest designer available, and the most cost prohibitive. So within a few short paragraphs within this thread we see that you don't value many of our communities long standing experience an knowledge from many hours and years of experiences dealing with other similar posts. Of the places to cut costs on a project for a substantially sized new home, designers would not be my first corner to cut.

I did read it, and there was no mention of you copy and pasting. Just that it only took you ten minutes to do this with no design skills. So get your stories right and things might go easier for you. And don't edit it, as we've seen the post. If people have contacted you about wanting to help you, count yourself fortunate, and use them for their free information before they get wise to your motives. Since you wanted an apology from me, here it is; I'm sorry you don't get it.

I could careless how many "down votes" I get and not part of the "mean boys" club. I'm not here to gain votes, I'm here to find someone that is willing to help me. So, vote away!! And of course, I copied and pasted those roof designs!! I was giving examples of what people could send me showing me ideas or their work...that is why I said, it only took me 10-minutes to find those photos and I have no experience when it comes to roof designs. READ! But this hasn't been a waste of time, I have gotten messages from people willing to help.

Hi...Oppss...sorry I missed your message!! Thanks!!

It appears to me you really didn't read what I wrote, cause I compliment Dave's work and specifically made it known how grateful I was to find him and this POST was about finding someone of his caliber. And secondly (as I also stated), he did charge me for his time when I gave him the go-ahead to implement his ideas. Don't people read??

Are you asking for this for medeeks framing tools in SketchUp?

Have you ever stopped to think for a second that in the building industry, the market is so cutthroat that people find it necessary—and even hope—that a trip to your house might win you over? But just like you, there are others out there who shop ideas and waste people’s time, effectively making them lose revenue. You want our expertise? My expertise would tell you that I personally know and converse with contractors who have shared just how badly such a business model hurts their bottom line—and even their morale. Often, the best builder may not be the best salesman, and the best builder may not have ideas just pop into their head without diving into your project and assessing the specifics. Conversely, I’ve produced designs that are widely accepted as great, yet I can tell you that I’m not a designer who can simply spit out ideas at a glance. I have to dig in and fully immerse myself in a project before I begin to understand the direction I’ll take with a design. I suppose if everyone who needed design work came in and demanded free services, it would certainly change our industry for the better—as the widespread misuse of our collective time would force reform. Designers quite literally make money from ideas, and our ideas have often been stolen. There’s a reason for the many statutes and laws surrounding architectural practice and intellectual property. By the way, using DJP’s name (or work) in this context isn’t very kind, in my opinion. I knew DJP and worked with him. He was not a designer, and yes, he was more than generous with his time—especially toward beginner technicians and even low-income families. I hope you feel fortunate that he gave you his time instead of charging you for it, as that compensation might have further enriched his life.

I hope it works out for you.

Robert, Success! I added a finish layer to the underside of the floor assembly to patch things up like you suggested. Thanks! Jim

Actually, I did offer.

Face it, Wacky, this post, and your comments, has 550 views, 26 down votes, and no signs of anyone wanting to "help" you. So maybe try letting this horse die a peaceful death. Plus, the roofs you show with "This took me all of 10 minutes and I have no experience when it comes to designing a roof/front section." look nothing like your house and can be copied/pasted from a home plan site. Stop wasting people's time here.

I know, that's why you set the material to something invisible like insulation air gap. Then the roof decking is visible.

Howdy Chiefs, Can't figure out how to get a CPU ray trace to look like the perspective overview. Don't want shadows. Seems like I've done it before, but it's either all dark, or it fades out colors (shutters in this case). Suppose I'll have to look into GPU for future.

First thing I'd try is unchecking 'Roof Over This Room' in the lower pop-out room. Second thing I'd do (if that doesn't work) is add that layer to the floor structure specification for the balcony.

I like to comment whether YOU like it or not. "You ain't the boss of me." If you had stopped at asking for help.....maybe someone would have. But you went on some money comments and showed you are fishing for free and let's see....... QUOTE I designed my floor plan but not real happy with my roof and front of house design. The problem I have is that I can't visualize a roof design, so I'm looking for someone to give me some ideas. This is a mostly a single story house (see the floor plan) with a second story (game/gym room) over the bedrooms and baths I initially had the front of the house and garages all in-line and thought it looked like all garage, so I decided to angle it as shown. I'm open to changes to the garage. I just don't want to go with an L-Shape with the garages cause of how I enter my property, which right now is a vacant lot. If this is something you'd be interested in, please let me know your ideas and how much you might charge. I'm not sure how this would work cause I certainly don't want to pay someone for something that looks ridiculous, or I really dislike. The only way I can think of getting around this, is for you to give me your ideas, perhaps a mark-up, and if I like it, I can send you the plan and pay you for implementing your ideas with my input. No soup for you

Good morning, I have an exterior balcony (1) over a framed pop-out fireplace (2) with a manual roof plane that is affecting the balcony's soffit finish (3). Pretty sure this is because I'm building a room over a roof plane, which I believe Chief does not like judging by the forums. Any setting I can use to fix this, or should I just patch it with a 3D solid for example? Thanks again, Jim

Chris, I don't want soffits. The roof decking should be visible from below. Chief must be programmed to look for soffits even when they don't exist?

Thanks for confirming Robert.

This would require manual modelling as there are no soffit settings on a 'per wall' basis. You could either use multipl roof planes, or a single roof plane with manually modeled soffits.