how to get porch roof separate from house roof....

[Jambruins]

I am trying to create a front porch that ties into the main house but under the main house roof like the attached picture.

 

When I create my porch it creates the roof from the outside edge of the porch to the rear of the house. I know I can change the pitch of the porch roof to be less than the main house roof pitch but I am looking to get the porch roof to tie into the house siding below the house roof.

 

I would also like to keep auto roofs on if possible.

 

I have tried dropping the floor of the porch 8" and using a 8' tall porch vs a 9' tall house wall but I can't figure it out. 

 

Thanks for the help. 

[GeneDavis]

Take screencap pics of your problem, post the pics along with the plan file.

 

You know what to do with the plan file.  Make a copy of it, strip out every thing in it that is not wall and roof and floor structure, to make file size, when compressed, 12 megs or under.  Close Chief , zip file, attach here along with the pics.

 

Also, if what you are trying to do is replicate that plan, link us to the plan seller's website, to the exact page of the plan, or attach screencaps of the floor plans.

Edited yesterday at 08:23 PM by GeneDavis

[JiAngelo]

https://www.houseplans.net/floorplans/04100263/modern-farmhouse-plan-2428-square-feet-3-bedrooms-2.5-bathrooms

 

 

[DRAWZILLA]

In the porch wall dbx, you can make the roof pitch different then the house on an individual wall basis and still use auto roofs

 

[builtright3]

What drawzilla said

[Garybills]

Like they said Change the porch wall pitches, one thing you will need to change the front and back porch rails, in the roof tab to have upper pitch set at the house roof pitch or it will make the house the pitch of the porch. This is auto roofs all the way. You do have to have a 2nd floor in the tall part. I have it set to 24' ceiling height and made a small room in the middle for the shed dormer. 

 

[GeneDavis]

Study the photos and you'll see the ridge jump on the main left wing.  It's that jump that raises the front roof plane so its eave is above the porch roof.  That rise is not in back, where the porch roof's ridge matches the high roof's eave, where they join.

 

That roof feature, front plane eave raised above a porch roof, is seen on so many "modern farmhouse" plans, it's become an architectural tic.