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  1. #1
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    Building a shop. exterior wall height vs interior wall height

    The shop is 36x50 with an exterior wall height of 17'. Inside the shop will have a mezzanine that will extend 16' ft out from the back wall allowing me to have 8ft ceilings below and on top. I am trying to create the walls for the bathroom to an 8ft height. The program keeps making the walls 17' the same height as the exterior walls. How can I change the inside wall height only.
    Thanks in advance

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    It always helps to know which soft-ware version you're using. Have you tried setting the interior room ceiling height by opening its' dbx and setting it there? how exactly did you create the mezzanine?
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  4. #4
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    Sorry That I have not gotten back to your post. I am using Home Designer Suite 6. I am still having the same problem with making interior wall heights different than exterior wall heights.
    I ran in to a new problem today . I am tring to build a split level plan.

    Question : making one building. How do I make a roof at two different heights. for example a split level home.

    In advance Thank you

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    split level tutorials

    http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/...icle/KB-00140/
    http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/...icle/KB-00932/
    http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/...icle/KB-00901/

    mezzanine floor
    probably you made the wall 17' high and then tried to make 8ft interior walls right? make the 1st floor 8ft , setup your bathroom, then add another 8ft floor on top, turn on reference display and make an invisible wall along the edge of the bathroom wall/area then you can select the area where there should be no floor and on the room dbx specify it as "open below"

    here is a KB Article that might help
    http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/...icle/KB-00210/


    HD6 is pretty old , so don't know if the above works , it does in HDP 10
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