Combine Home with Site Plan

[KnotSquare]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

Likely I have to use my topography lines and the property boundary to place the design back on the 20-acre lot as they want to evaluate it against an existing structure

 

I am hoping that someone may know just how to move an entire 3-story, custom framed plan to a site, or more likely, a 20-ac site with well, septic, propane, and a pole barn with driveway from the road to more than 1/3rd into the property to the house plan.

 

If I just have to rebuild the lot around the house, I have that suspicion. I have been setting all the elements I can think of to "Absolute" height as previous attempts have lost entire walls and partial roof areas that were custom framed and my Architectural Block columns showed up at a variety of heights.

 

Should anyone have some pointers, please offer them up.

 

Thank you,

 

Mark

[VisualDandD]

Open a 3d view of home.  Make sure to turn OFF terrain so just the house and foundation is shown.

Convert that into a symbol.

 

Next, build your site model and then set your home into said model.  Depending on the plan/foundation, sometimes I cut a hole in the terrain using a copy of the orignal home perimeter, but if not a basement, or you are only looking at views outside home, it should not matter.

 

 

[Mark3D]

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