Shared Wall / Unique upper and lower edges

[TommyGa]

Hello Chief Pros, 

Noob here and struggling with attached garage / house wall transition. Some unique components (thick exterior insulation and upper level of house narrower than 1st floor so there are wall flips from exterior to interior and back again. Simplified plan attached. X17. Have drawn the two buildings separately and placed them where the roof ridges would be aligned but at different heights. I can get things close when changing to a shared wall, but never spot on. Have tried wall intersection edits as well as auto attic settings on and off. Close but no cigar. Any help / pointers would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Tom

X17 

Attach Garage.plan.zip

[TommyGa]

Just noticed that the lower shed type roof on the front was too close to the wall so it was cutting into the siding. That was not the issue, just user error. 

[PitMan71]

Is the what yo are trying to accomplish?Attach Garage.plan.zip

[TommyGa]

First of all Shane, thanks so much for taking a look and a stab at the solution. Bad news: it's not working. Great news: it exactly illustrates the problem(s) I am encountering (and had failed to take a screen shot of during my many iterations) so I'm betting you just moved the ball forward quite a bit.  :-) 

[TommyGa]

FYI for frame of reference, that internal picture is up near the ceiling of the bonus room above the garage along the shared wall to the house and shows some of the perpendicular walls poking through. 

[PitMan71]

10 hours ago, TommyGa said:

FYI for frame of reference, that internal picture is up near the ceiling of the bonus room above the garage along the shared wall to the house and shows some of the perpendicular walls poking through. 

Yes... I saw that before. More than anything I wanted to make sure I understood your request. Regarding the pieces of wall poking through, that will be a bit tricky. There is combination of moves here that will yield the desired results. Figuring that out will take some finagling. I will take another look at when I have a minute.

[PitMan71]

13 hours ago, TommyGa said:

First of all Shane, thanks so much for taking a look and a stab at the solution.

No problem bro. Happy to help.... I have been where you are.

[PitMan71]

Attach Garage 6-2.plan.zipi was able to get it looking a bit better. 

[TommyGa]

Rock star staus Shane. What was the magic (teach a guy to fish)? Some combination of wall intersections and attic walls? 

[PitMan71]

Just now, TommyGa said:

Rock star staus Shane. What was the magic (teach a guy to fish)? Some combination of wall intersections and attic walls? 

No magic. Just grit  ..... A combination of wall and roof intersections. First you have to identify why you are getting the behavior you are getting. Chief is just responding to its objects directives. Sometimes I delete things to see what specifically is causing the behavior. After finding the offending object and undeleting it I adjust it to get the outcome I am looking for. When you work with roofs and walls intersecting the directives are pretty basic, but sometimes like in your case there are multiple walls and scenarios creating a complex situation requiring a multifaceted solution. In your case it wasn't one thing. It was multiple things that I needed addressing.