Hi everyone,
I have been using this forum for quite some time now and so far, I've been able to find answers to all my questions. However, I seem to be stuck with this one...
I am currently designing a single story house, with an attached 1.5 story garage (attic trusses). In order to design this house, I needed to add a 2nd floor derived from the 1st floor for the upper level of the garage. Thus, when building the roof, I have the "Ignore Top (2nd) floor" box checked.
Where it gets complicated is when I try to add a skylight to the main house's roof. It seems like chief considers there is a 2nd floor on the house as well and this prevents the skylight shaft from generating. Is there any workarounds for this issue? When adding a skylight to a plan with only one floor, the skylight shaft generates without any issue.
I have a chief plan showing exactly what the issue is...please download from google drive as I was not able to attach a file larger than 2mb:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJknuksbiOHGaObMWZOcrtRz7LhtaIcb/view?usp=sharing
I'm working on Chief X12.
You're right, I did not notice I saved my plan with the attic room in the 1.5 story. I actually tried with many roof types and none seem to work. I would have never thought of that, but it actually did the trick! I used a 1.5" room height, put room divider walls around the skylight and set the "room" of the skylight as open below. Now all I need is to adjust the size to fit with the actual skylight and it'll be perfect. Thanks to both of you, appreciate it!