Help with Roof on Wrap Around Porch

[RusticRidge]

I'm a fairly new user to Chief and need help with creating a roof line for a wrap around porch. I think I created the porch correctly using the railing tool and porch to beam. Autobuild roofs is not building it correctly no matter what I've tried so far and I'm sure it's user error somewhere. Attached is the file and the inspiration photo for how the client wants the porch roof to connect. Looking for help or someone who can accomplish this for me so. The bump out section of the porch will actually have retractable screens. I'm using X16. If I need more details or anything else please let me know. TIA!

[Chrisb222]

36 minutes ago, RusticRidge said:

Attached is the file

 

I don't see the file attached. If you want better help, attach the actual .plan file.

 

I also don't see a room label on your porch. Is it an enclosed room, specified to have a roof? 

[RusticRidge]

41 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

I don't see the file attached. If you want better help, attach the actual .plan file.

 

I also don't see a room label on your porch. Is it an enclosed room, specified to have a roof? 

What the best file type to attach? What I was trying before was too big.  I don't have it labeled as a porch at the moment so the porch layout could be seen. This is what it looks like when I specify as a porch and auto build roofs. I have the main front house wall set as gable, but when I autobuild the porch roof, this is how it builds it. 

[GeneDavis]

To me, looking at the inspiration image, the high roof and the porch roofs have the same pitch.  You're going to figure things out using section views, to determine the high roof settings for ridge, etc.

[Chrisb222]

55 minutes ago, RusticRidge said:

What the best file type to attach? What I was trying before was too big.

 

Try compressing it to a zip file to get the file size down. If that doesn't work, save a copy of the file and start deleting stuff that isn't needed for solving your problem, then zip.

 

55 minutes ago, RusticRidge said:

I have the main front house wall set as gable, but when I autobuild the porch roof, this is how it builds it. 

 

Try using the Dutch Gable Wall setting under the Roof tab for the railing wall by the gable end, something like this:

 

 

 

 

 

If you want the gable to align with the main wall, set the In From Baseline to match the porch depth.

[RusticRidge]

58 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

Try compressing it to a zip file to get the file size down. If that doesn't work, save a copy of the file and start deleting stuff that isn't needed for solving your problem, then zip.

 

 

Try using the Dutch Gable Wall setting under the Roof tab for the railing wall by the gable end, something like this:

 

 

 

 

 

If you want the gable to align with the main wall, set the In From Baseline to match the porch depth.

Using the dutch gable wall helped tremendously! Here is what it came out like. I have that dutch gable wall set to a 6/12 pitch and the rest of the porch roof set as 8/12 pitch to match the roof of the house. The garage is a 5/12 as client wants it to tie in lower than the house. One other thing I see now is the roofline changes - it adds in that extra valley. I have a before the porch picture and after adding porch roof. Does CA always build it the best way or is there a way I can keep my simpler roof lines like the before adding the porch roof picture? I do appreciate your help!

[Chrisb222]

52 minutes ago, RusticRidge said:

is there a way I can keep my simpler roof lines like the before adding the porch roof picture?

 

Yes, but with the floor plan as it is, it gets a little janky.

 

If the back walls of the living room and the m bath were in line with each other, it would be a more elegant solution, but this can work.

 

Break the back wall with the Add Break tool, and make the left section Gable. Draw a Room Divider wall across the back wall that's exactly in line with the Main Layer of the porch railing wall, so the joint between the gable and hip sections will snap to it:

 

 

[RusticRidge]

17 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

Yes, but with the floor plan as it is, it gets a little janky.

 

If the back walls of the living room and the m bath were in line with each other, it would be a more elegant solution, but this can work.

 

Break the back wall with the Add Break tool, and make the left section Gable. Draw a Room Divider wall across the back wall that's exactly in line with the Main Layer of the porch railing wall, so the joint between the gable and hip sections will snap to it:

 

 

Thank you!