SureFoot Posted Wednesday at 01:55 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:55 PM Hello everyone. I am working on my very first design on Chief Architect x17. I am a construction worker and computer science student making the transition into more design and overhead roles at the company I work for. I have recently started my first Chief Architect design and have hit a wall I can't seem to figure out. I have made a lot of progress on the design. I have the room specifications mostly correct and think I have done most of it by the book. However the design is small but somewhat complicated for my inexperience on the software. The design features a loft which is made possible by a high shed roof. Obviously this makes the room specifications on the 2nd level kind of complicated because on the lower level, some rooms have flat ceilings, while some are open up to the roofplane with a high ceiling. I have tried everything to close in the exterior wall on my shed to shed roof transition. I have had some sucess adding a roof(or maybe floor) beam to support the framing. However I still can't get siding. I want to get this part done so i can finally move on to learning some other stuff in the program like setting the cabinets and tub and stuff like that. I will just attach the plan file so anyone can view it. I would be extremely grateful for any and all advice for sorting this mess out a little bit. I attached one copy of the plan with the added beam and one without the added beam. I added the beam manually but I think it is in a good place because even when I auto rebuild framing it keeps my beam there. I have been messing around with moving some room dividers around and stuff. I am just at a loss spinning my wheels here. Thank you. 36_deanwood_circle - MOST CURRENT - Copy_auto_save_bak.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution ChristianA Posted Wednesday at 02:14 PM Solution Share Posted Wednesday at 02:14 PM Try reversing the direction of the wall in question. Also, your 12" roof beam is outboard of that upper wall, which will cut the siding out. See my screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SureFoot Posted Wednesday at 03:13 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 03:13 PM Thank you ChristianA! I have been learning a lot on here and did not think about the wall direction. You really helped me out this was killing me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianA Posted Wednesday at 04:55 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:55 PM No problem. I may be helpful to put that beam on the level where that wall is. It took me a bit to find it because it was on level 1 and that upper wall is above that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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