TGMcKenna

Sorry - I also need to update my signature, but I am running Windows 11 on an Alienware machine 

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core Processor                3.00 GHz

32.0 GB RAM

(2) Dell U2419 Monitors

www.flourish413.com

Folks - THANKS!!!  Sorry - I had this up on my second screen, but comments just came through (7 hours later).  I don't understand what i was doing incorrectly with the chat, but I see them now.

Anyway, GOOD news: I went back over the addition roof and, with just a few dimension confirmations and tweaks, the darn thing worked. 

I've attached a screen grab and would add the drawing file but it's 25.1 MB. 

For a little house. 

Does that seem excessive?

Oh - and the end wall is a bit wonky:

The wide window opening is from an earlier draft, as is the opening above (remnant of an oculus that was nixed late in the design process.  Is that a clue?

I'm doing a VERY simple 12' x 19'- 6" kitchen addition for a friend, with a swooping gull-wing eave to marry into a couple of roof pitches:

and a cathedral ceiling inside:

Easy, but I just opened up the framing and got something that like a pagoda from the Meiji dynasty:

Can't figure out what I did wrong or how to correct - HELP!

Thanks,

Tim

Hi, Jay Stang - w/r to changing roof pitches for porches, Chief Architect training has a great lesson available on YouTube - I think if you look for the session about 1 1/2 story houses you will find it.  It says that it's an hour and a half long, but she really only is presenting for the first hour and a half, and she's very, very good. 

Another way to do it is by copying your roof in place and breaking it up into two smaller planes.  A little trial and error, but I thought it was fun and I got the hang of it relatively quickly.

Good luck!

hmm - almost works for me, but I'm getting some weirdness still showing up.  Help!

Thanks, all.

Tim

Dormer.pdf Dormer 2.pdf

Whoa - GREAT stuff, here!!!

I'm a (semi-) retired architect and after 40 years of doing major hospitals all over New England and the rest of the States, I'm starting to do houses, additions, and renovations in my little corner of western Massachusetts and Connecticut.

JUST got Chief Architect after spending a couple of years working with SketchUp (a lot of fun, but not so great for working drawings - a couple of sketches from last year attached) and am thrilled by CA and your add-ons - hope to be in a position to buy a bunch of your stuff soon!

Tim McKenna