SNestor

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  1. @KevinMyers - 

    What I'd do is not create a room over the garage at first. Draw the 2nd floor plan and then build the roof. Do not use the "ignore 2nd floor" option. Now...once the roof planes are on and correct...go to the 2nd floor and create a room over the garage using interior walls. Make sure you have room definition. 

     

    I made this video about rooms over garages...it's in X12 but it's the same in X15...maybe it'll help;

     

     

  2. Once your foundation is built and "auto rebuild" is still turned "on"...if you want to change a specific "room" on the foundation level you will have to turn auto rebuild off.

     

    It's not really a big deal...you can always rebuild your foundation again (or manually move walls into position)...and then modify the rooms as needed..again. This is why it's a good practice to not build the foundation until you have the main level floor plan as you want it.  

     

    Below is a screen clip of a test plan I just did in X15...you will see the porch is basement depth. This is because you can only preset the basement depth...and the depth of the garage walls. Chief treats your porch "rooms" as basements. 

     

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  3. You can create these with "wall material regions"...or, as Gene suggested create a new wall type - 4" to 8" or whatever you desire.

     

    That said, creating small offset walls without much length can be "glitchy" on Chief. They sometimes want to snap where you don't want them. That is why the wall material region is a good alternative...but it is a slight work-around. 

  4. 10 hours ago, winterdd said:

    I am not sure how you set up the roof but when I do dutch gables they always auto build real nice for me. 

     

    I'm guessing...but, I think the issue with the "roof return" at the porch is that the return has to extend over the top of another roof. This might be what is causing this auto tool not to work properly. The auto roof needs a wall to attach to...and the railing wall which the roof return is assigned to stops at the garage...but the roof needs to continue past the garage wall. 

  5. @mthd97 -

    If you ever manually adjust a wall top or bottom...for whatever reason, the wall disconnects from the default height or bottom...or sometimes both depending on you it was manually edited. If you open the wall dialogue and go to the structure tab and you see the box for "Default Wall Top Height"...or bottom is not unchecked and no longer grayed out...this wall will no longer move at all no matter what you do to a room or floor height change. 

     

    The bottom line is that rooms defined wall heights and the "best practice" is to not manually move your walls up/down. 

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  6. Is this what you are trying to accomplish?

    I did this by changing the "roof group" of your porch room to roof group (1). I opened the short walls of the deck and on the roof tab changed the pitch to 4/12. I then rebuilt the roof. 

    By placing the porch on roof group two it treats this area as a separate roof area...and will not attempt to combine it with the main roof. 

     

    The result isn't something I'd like...but I'm not sure I'm even doing what you want. 

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  7. If you are trying to build attic trusses for the attic in your plan...then, you will have to build a new 3rd floor. In order to have attic trusses you need a floor and ceiling...and knee walls (or full height) with an attic room on the outside of each wall. I've attached instructions from the Chief X15 manual...and a screen clip of the truss I built in your plan.

     

    The width of the webs may be too small...but you can open the truss and change all the webs to the width you want. 
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  8. On 3/8/2024 at 2:20 PM, solver said:

    What about using a 2nd floor Open Below room? Walls to control the roof go there and you may leave auto rebuild on. The highlighted wall can be deleted prior to building framing for the last time.

     

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    Eric - adding a 2nd floor of course works. But - you have to account for the floor thickness. If you don't...and you spec 24"...what you will get is the floor thickness plus the 24". 

     

    For my simple example...transform/replicate to lift the roof was/is very fast...and accurate. :)