Jambruins

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  1. I had tried that but it changed all my joists to 12" spacing. Once I added two more joist direction indicators (one on the left side and one on the right side of the area I wanted changed to 12" it worked perfectly. Thank you.
  2. I need to change the floor joist spacing to 12" o.c. for one room in my basement (due to the span). I know I can undo auto floor framing and do it manually but is there a way to set it up so I can keep the auto framing on?
  3. Here is the plan uploaded again. Untitled 1.zip
  4. I am trying to get my porch roof to tie into the main roof as per the attached picture. I have tried using dutch gable walls and it seems to work in some areas but it screws up other areas. Here is my file. house.plan
  5. when I turned on the "Walls, Layers" it worked. Thanks.
  6. Here is a screenshot of my wall type definition screen.
  7. I am trying to define my foundation wall with an 8" concrete wall, a 1" air gap, a 5.5" wood stud and then 1/2" gypsum. I have it defined but in my plan view it just shows the overall wall thickness. How do I get it to show a line for each wall component? A line 8" in and then two lines representing the wood stud wall?
  8. Has anyone used magicplan and got it to work? I downloaded and played around with it at my house and I can't get a floor plan anything close to my actual measurements.
  9. Here is my file. Thanks for the help. Buecken house.plan.
  10. Can anyone tell me what the weird lines are by the dormer in the attached picture? How do I remove them? If I delete the auto dormer they disappear.
  11. What is the best way to get my porch support columns/footings to be aligned with the porch newel posts? Do I have to add them manually? I know with a deck it will add the posts/footings but I can't get it to add them for a porch. If the only way is to manually add a post/footing is there a way to get the dimensions from center of newel post to center of newel post? I know I can use the tape measure but I can't snap to the newel post.
  12. Thanks for the help. I will review the help videos before I post on here next time.
  13. I know my plan doesn't look like the other plan. I am just asking how to get the front porch roof to be a shed type roof extending up on to the main roof. You can see in my picture my main house roof extends to the front of the porch (basically making one roof). I want the main house roof to end on the front wall of the house and then have the porch shed style roof extend up onto the house. I understand what you are saying about changing the wall/roof inputs to get the roof to change but that is what I am trying to figure out. I'm assuming I need to change my front house wall and some setting with it but I can't figure it out.
  14. How do I get a front porch roof to be installed over the main house roof. Something like the attached picture. I know how to do it manually but is there a way to do it with auto roofs? In my drawing the front porch wall is being treated like a hip so my main roof is going from the front of the porch to the back wall instead of from the front house wall to the back wall.
  15. Thank you for the help. I will make sure to post some pictures in the future.
  16. When I draw a landing does it create support columns automatically or do I need to manually insert columns?
  17. Why is my porch roof being generated with a 2'-6" overhang? I have the default set to 12". Attached is my file. Thank you. Crosley Addition.plan
  18. I am designing a house similar to the attached picture. There will be 5' knee walls on the 2nd floor and then rafters with a 12:12 pitch. Howerver, the owner would like a full 8' tall wall height in the middle of the 2nd story (see attached picture where three windows are). Would I do this with a dormer (floating or regular dormer) or would I create a room and use an 8' wall height?
  19. Sorry about saying it has a dormer. My original plan did have a dormer on the front but I changed it to a reverse roof. This is for a new house so we can revise things if necessary. Thanks for the help with ceiling planes and I will look at the training videos regarding truss bases. One other questions. How do you get the overhang over the door into the mudroom to extend out to match the overhang of the house roof? I know how to do it manually but is there a way to do it without turning auto roofs off?
  20. Attached is my file. How do I remove the vaulted in the dormer? The scissor trusses will span from the back of the house to front and the dormer will be built on top of the scissor trusses so I don't want to be able to see up into the dormer from the inside. Wallenhorst House new.plan
  21. I created a 2' out x 4' wide area in my exterior wall for a fireplace insert. When I insert the fireplace it shows up the wall above the insert is still open to the ceiling Is there a way to get the sheetrock wall to cover up the area between the top of the insert and the ceiling?
  22. How do I get casing around the bay window opening? I have attached a picture of my chief architect bay window and a picture of a bay window with the casing that I am looking to add. Thanks.
  23. How do I draw angled support beams for a porch roof? I need to create a beam where the red lines are to support the roof.