DianeP

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  1. Thanks for the great info Jorge! With the given zigzag shape of building is this something that is able to be done where the outcome will look like the clients desired pictures? If so, which walls would you make the gable parapet walls? I am assuming there would have to be at least 3- 2 parallel with each other and another perpendicular????
  2. My clients would like to have their home have a roof similar to this: Problem is this house seems to be "L" shaped and theirs is extremely zigzagged to try to fit it onto a pie shaped lot and still have all the amenities they want. Here is what theirs looks like. I will be removing the hip roof on the deck as it is supposed to be replaced with a concrete slab roof. and the roof deck will be over the master bedroom area instead of to the front of the house. Here is a picture of the plan and elevation I was able to come up with.... and I have attached the x11 plan. Anyone have suggestions??? Post_residence_expanded_x-11_expanded_flat_roof.plan
  3. Ok this is what I did in case I come back here looking for solutions: set rail at post to beam with newels 72" apart. Went and put in 36" tall posts on every other post from the deck corners, using the post to beam as my guide. Then went back and changed the spacing to 144" apart. Thanks all for your suggestions that got me going!!!!!
  4. Yes this would keep me from having to add the beams at least. But I would have to still spend time centering them between the columns.
  5. That's a better idea than I had. Thanks.. Still would like a wall that did this automatically so I could cut out some steps because I would have to add the columns and the beams.
  6. Does anyone have an alternating post to beam-post to rail railing wall with beam all the way across? Or do I have to make multiple brakes changing back and forth to post to beam and post to rail.....PAIN!!!! Looking for something like this:
  7. i kept looking for it on the first floor but was looking closer to the exterior wall, stupid me!! Thanks Eric. Fixed the roof too. Even had a straight line there to make sure I got it straight and didn't use it. How stupid is that. Me thinks I see signs of burnout..... time to go for a walk on the beach. Thanks again!!!!
  8. Use this? and put a rectangle around the whole house. Should give you a turning handle.
  9. I moved some walls on my shed dormer and need to adjust the roof opening, but the opening perimeter has disappeared; opening is there but no rectangle to adjust. Any ideas other that redoing the roof plane and the roof opening? If this is the only way is there a way to heal the opening in the exiting roof plane? I've attached plan in x10. While I am at it, what is causing the front gable roof to do this? Paraskevas_residence_two_story_version_2.plan
  10. I don't have the Saved Plan View Control in my set of toolbars. What do I need to do to add it?
  11. Thanks Eric, I used the unlink icon on the layout toolbar. Weird because I am using the same plan and layout templates that I used in x10 and had no issue.
  12. I have exported the first floor to layout and then went to the second floor and exported it to layout and it changed the first floor view to the second floor as well. I tried it over and over again and still it changes to which ever exported view I do last. I end up with two upstairs views or two downstairs views. What's up with this? This is the way I have been able to export to layout since x5. Anyone know what it is that I need to do to fix this problem?
  13. thanks Mick. this looks really good.
  14. My new computer needed to have the NVIDIA driver updated. It works now.
  15. Yes, I like this idea the best. Thanks!!!!
  16. k. I will just try restarting my computer and see if that helps.
  17. Mick, does the wall at the stair side of the landing have to be there? It is between the door and the vanity. Also, on x11 I can't get the transparency of the fill on the landing to adjust on my computer. Are you able to adjust it on yours? lastly, I am tryng to make your changes in x10 since I couldn't get teh fill to change on the landing. I can't get my wall to break. I click on the break tool and then click on the edge of the wall where I want to break it, but the wall doesn't break into sections where it can be edited. Have you ever run across this before and if so what is the fix?
  18. I would like to know more on this too. I thought if I had 80" in height in front of the toilet I was good to go. The slope would only get higher at that point. I found this online that gives some explanation: Kbird1 said the landing would need 2x8 or 2x10 to carry the second flight of stairs. I have the landing at 8 1/2". Is this what I would change to 10 1/2" to show the 2x10?
  19. Great idea! I will show them this option.
  20. Sorry, I have x 11 so I can open. I do need to fix my signature. is that under my profile. Thanks!!!
  21. Here is the current plan. Need to find a way to simplify the roof system, but that may be a different post. Post_residence_expanded.plan
  22. Oh this is wrong because it changed the height of the landing and brought it in off the wall. How can I keep the landing at its original height and the beginning of the stair in its original spot and have it join the landing without moving it? does the landing jog over one tread width?
  23. So glad you mentioned this. I think I did what you were saying to do but the stair flights have different height risers. Okay?