New Portico design

[Tony-209]

Hey guys,

 

I am looking to design a Portico over the front entrance, I don't want to have posts supporting it, more floating like the example, how do I go about this, I tried using a Dorma, but to no avail, any ideas?

 

Thanks again!

[MoeGia]

I would use invisible walls to create a room the size of the gable roof you would like.  Set the front wall as a gable and auto roofs should create the roof, or you can do it manually.  Use a bracket from the library, manually placed.  If desired, you can set the walls to no wall definition once you are finished with auto roofs.  

[joey_martin]

Maureen's method would give you that wall if auto roofs are turned on, I would just draw a roof plane and set the fascia height to match the main roof and your done. Size accordingly and add the bracket.

[rgardner]

56 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

Maureen's method would give you that wall if auto roofs are turned on

Only if you leave it as a flat ceiling over the room.

 

Either method is quite simple with this setup.  Just look for Corbels for the brackets in the library.

[Tony-209]

Thank you  for helping, I have just started using Chief Architect, I am a avid Revit user and Chief has helped with new home design tremendously. 

 

Thank you for your help!

 

Tony

 

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[Tony-209]

Thank you Eric, it is so easy once you know, I apricate you for doing this, very helpful!!