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This roof has some issues and the as it was built it is not perfect, but here are the steps I used: To create a saltbox roof In a blank plan, navigate to Build> Wall> Straight Exterior Wall , then click and drag out 4 walls to create a basic 30' x 40' structure. Use the Select Objects tool to click on the left 30' wall and select the Open Object edit tool. On the Roof panel of the Wall Specification dialog that opens, select the Full Gable Wall option under the Roof Options section, then click OK. Note: You can also use the Change to Gable Wall(s) edit tool to convert hip walls to gable walls without having to open the Wall Specification dialog. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to make the opposite wall a Full Gable Wall as well. Select Build> Floor> Build New Floor , and in the New Floor dialog that opens, choose to Derive new 2nd floor plan from the 1st floor plan, then click OK. On the newly created 2nd floor, Move the top horizontal 40' wall inwards so that its distance from the bottom horizontal wall changes from 30' to 20' With this wall still selected, click the Open Object edit tool. On the Roof panel of the Wall Specification dialog that opens, select the Knee Wall option under the Roof Options section, then click OK. A knee wall's height is defined by the roof above, not the ceiling height. If Auto Rebuild Roofs is not enabled, navigate to Build> Roof> Build Roof from the menu, check the Build Roof Planes box, then click OK to see the changes reflect in your plan. Article Found here https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00119/automatically-creating-a-saltbox-roof.html Next, create the front gable. The more correct looking gable might be built using the Gable/Roof Line tool to automatically generate a gable above the bearing wall of a hip roof plane. However this particular roof goes right the edge and so I used manual roof planes for the front gable. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6124/gable-roof.html?playlist=95 Finally, I place a dormer and modified it to the correct size: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6131/automatic-dormer-tools.html?playlist=95

Thank you Gene. I will keep trying. I also have a interior wall 20' 6" from the back wall that must be interfering with the roof. I am to here at this point, missing something that is not letting the siding go up to the roof.

Rich, Understood. I have spend a several hours and back and forth. I posted to get some help. I can't figure out how to get both the front gable and gull wing and all of it to show up together. Once I get the gull wing I cannot figure out the gable and vice versa. As you can see I cannot seem to get the gable tall enough for the second floor. I am back to this with each of those roofs the right measurements. It is a 38x32 and the roofs without the overhangs are 16 on back, 10', and 11. The front roof is 3/12

Thanks Gene. Did it.

I have not figured it out yet. I can't seem to get the gull wing to land on the interior wall right and the gable is not tall enough.

Here. Now I just need the little dip. I added a second floor and ignored it. I auto generated the roof with the two sides full gable. Broke the front wall where the front gable ends. Made that a gable. That made the front gable. Took the back roof the one at the height I wanted and extended it to cover all the back. (this prompted that auto roof would be turned off.) I broke it and cut out the cut out. Lined up all the overhangs to 18" Joined the two roofs by right clicking one and "join roofs" Clicked the back roof plane and Transform/Replicate Put 9' in the z delta box and clicked ok. That raised the back wall Rejoined roofs.

Here now.

I can also get this with auto roofs. I was trying to follow this video https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1605/designing-a-one-and-a-half-story-roof.html?playlist=95

Trying to build this roof. I can't seem to figure out how to get the gulf wing and the ridge not in the center. My ridge stays centered. And I can't get rid of the second story because I manually drew the roof to get the cutout on the back.

This is a living room. No existing moulding.

Is there a reason to not use rich text and use text instead? I figure the answer is depends on the situation. But what is the best practice for text that makes it the most useful in CAD details, plan, layout, etc?

I see there are some cad details in the chief library. I wonder if anyone has found a great group of details, the typical ones? It seems silly that everyone has to draw the same details, many times copying from another when a lot of the details are the same for everyone. I was looking for a detail on foundation attachment to existing structure. But found very little. A good library of cad details would be fantastic.

What if you need the moulding to go up a slope?

SOLUTION CA Support helped me with this. To show art in elevation views. Use standard view instead of vector view. Standard view might be a little dark but you can brighten up the scene using technique options. 1. Open the elevation. 2. Go to 3D> Rendering techniques> Standard view. 3. To brighten the scene go to technique options 3D> Rendering techniques> technique options. 4. Use a backdrop image to get great skys, use ambient lighting to get light in the scene, even put some hand drawn lines on it.

That is a camera view, right? I was looking for an interior elevation view and how to get the art to show.

In interior design elevation view, it would be nice to have a picture on the wall display. The photo frames in the library show in the elevation but not the picture in the frame. They display nice in ray trace. Anyone have good technique for this?

Solution: If you want to show both the window size (3050) and the schedule number on your plan view and/or layout... 1. Create a cad detail of your window schedule. 2. Go to the project browser and find CAD details under the name of the plan you are working on. 3. Right click and add new cad detail. 4. Go to tools>schedules and select the window schedule. It should show up in the CAD detail. 5. Customize the view of that like you want. 6. This is a great video for that. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1544/door-window-cabinet-schedules.html?playlist=87 7. Click on the schedule, then open the properties for that schedule. 8. Go to the Label section on the left, then at the top on the right area, select either Both Callout and Label or Label. If that does not work, open the properties for each window you want to show both. Click label and check that width/height is checked. Add a check mark on type if you want it to show the type (DH) of window. If you want both the size and call out to show on the window rather that call out check on the window properties and uncheck callout on the CAD detail. See screenshots below.

Love it. Nice clear help. Thank you.

Teatime. Do you save the layout the same way with a save as? Once you start saving layouts it also saves a plan with it. So, do you still save the plan or just rely on the plan saved in layout?

Teatime. So use the save as to back up the file but continue on with the same plan file and same layout file? Just spinning off backup in case needed?

referenced files fixed CA is working on the window problem. They say it is not acting right. They are happy to help.

Solution: When you have multiple referenced files and they are all of one plan and you want one referenced file instead. Find the most recent which should have all the changes. 1. Go into layout >tools> referenced plan files. 2. Double click one of the older referenced files. 3. A window will pop up allowing you to pick the new file to reference instead of that. 4. Click the most recent which should have all the changes. 5. CA changes all those links to the new file you just clicked. 6. Do that for each of the older referenced files until you only see the new file as linked.

Ive been going through my entire layout. Right clicking on a viewport and clicking on "relink layout box." Clicking open plan, and choosing the most recent plan. Then it usually finds the same view in the new plan and saying ok. That is a lot of relinking just to back up a file.

I go into layout >tools> referenced plan files. There are four plans referenced. If I choose the latest and then click on one of my layouts from a previous link up it did not change. It seems like there should be a relink all layout boxes and then it let you choose what plan you want to relink them to.

How do you keep your links updated in layout when you are saving as in plan view? Every major change, in plan view, I save as and rename the plan. Each time I save as and renumber it, the links in layout stay linked back to the original plan I linked from. I build my layout as I go. So, now my layout has multiple referenced files. How do you keep your links updated in layout when you are "saving as" in plan view. This causes problems because the layout views do not have the latest changes.