Portable Shed Gambrel Roofs

[TroyerDesign]

Has anyone tried setting up a gambrel roof for a portable shed? They have tiny little overhangs and I haven't been able to get my roofs to show up correctly where they join the wall at the eaves. My siding gets cut off at the top as well for some reason. See attached photos of the building I'm trying to duplicate and the elevation of my drawing. I also made a sketch of the roof framing tying into the wall. Any advice or tips from anyone would be appreciated!

 

Version:  X16 Premier

Machine:  Mac Studio, M1 Max

OS:  macOS Sequoia 15.3.1

[robdyck]

You should probably post the plan file so you can get specific suggestions.

[javatom]

It is probably the dimension of your roof framing that is making it look like this.  You could try a smaller structural element and see if it changes what you see.

[TroyerDesign]

Here is the plan if anyone wants to take a look and let me know what I could change in my roof settings. 

Gambrel Roof Shed.plan

[Mark3D]

Have a look at this file see if it is any good, I reduce your sub facia and made your facia larger also a larger over hang on hip walls i added 1"

361955604_GambrelRoofShed Mark edit.plan

[GeneDavis]

There's no way in Chief to give you the roof edge with tiny boxed soffit without doing a couple of little moldings or solids to achieve that pointed zero fascia with flat soffit under.

 

See here how I did a piece to match the roofing surface finish, and another to make your level under-roof-edge return.  Paint the roof surface piece to match your shingles, and the under-block to match your siding and trim scheme.

[TroyerDesign]

14 hours ago, Mark3D said:

Have a look at this file see if it is any good, I reduce your sub facia and made your facia larger also a larger over hang on hip walls i added 1"

361955604_GambrelRoofShed Mark edit.plan 4.39 MB · 18 downloads

Thanks mate, that does clean up the upper siding issue!

[TroyerDesign]

1 hour ago, GeneDavis said:

There's no way in Chief to give you the roof edge with tiny boxed soffit without doing a couple of little moldings or solids to achieve that pointed zero fascia with flat soffit under.

 

See here how I did a piece to match the roofing surface finish, and another to make your level under-roof-edge return.  Paint the roof surface piece to match your shingles, and the under-block to match your siding and trim scheme.

I was afraid I might need to do something like this in order to at least get the visual correct, but I was hoping I could set up a default in my roof settings. Thanks for the input!

[TroyerDesign]

18 hours ago, robdyck said:

You should probably post the plan file so you can get specific suggestions.

Good advice, Thanks!

[TroyerDesign]

17 hours ago, javatom said:

It is probably the dimension of your roof framing that is making it look like this.  You could try a smaller structural element and see if it changes what you see.

I definitely had my framing dimension correct, but I think it was just the overhang dimension with the Gambrel style roof that was causing my siding to be cut off at the top. I ended up making some roof settings adjustments and adding shadow boards as my smart trim to the gables and eaves and that cleaned up the siding issue. Now the only thing that didn't look quite right was the eave but it'll just need to be depicted correctly on a section detail I guess. Thanks for the input!