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03-24-2014, 06:32 PM #1Registered User
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Gable Wall Siding
Hello, Everyone. This is my first post here. I recently purchased Home Designer Pro 2014. I have been experimenting with a home we are currently building and I have run into my first problem. I have attached some pictures to hopefully aid in the process. I have a balloon framed gable wall with a 9/12 on one side and a 4/12 on the other. On the 4/12 side, there is a false 9/12 overhang which makes it appear as though the 4/12 roof is a shed dormer. I need to keep the walls where they are so from what I have learned so far I cannot use a shed dormer here. What I need to accomplish is to match the siding on the section of gable wall above the false 9/12 overhang to the shake siding on the front "shed dormer" wall. But the remaining gable wall beneath the false 9/12 overhang must remain log siding. Is there any way to accomplish this?
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03-24-2014, 08:41 PM #2Registered User
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did you try pulling the selection box back under the false 9/12 roof with its selection handle? not sure what happens to the 4/12 wall you may need to "add" a new wall with the shingle.
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03-25-2014, 03:35 AM #3Registered User
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Kbird, thank you for your response. I did try reshaping the selection box to fit under the 9/12 roof, but the section of wall above the 9/12 roof would disappear. I then attempted to add a wall above the the 9/12 roof, but i had little success. Any suggestions for adding another wall or other possible solutions? Any help is appreciated.
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03-25-2014, 12:14 PM #4Registered User
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I only have version 10 still so can't play will your plan unfortunately....
so you couldn't add a wall in the attic level? or extend the front wall back around?
how about using a cabinet soffit and make the material shingles?
DJP will have more insight and your version so he will have advice when he sees this thread is my guess.
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03-25-2014, 02:35 PM #5Registered User
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I have messed around with an attic wall with a little success, but it really messed up the framing. If there is a way to extend the front wall back around, I cant figure that out right now. I looked into the cabinet soffit you mentioned. I played around with it for a second and it seems like it will work if I can get the right shape. I'm having a little difficulty with the shape right now.
Thank you for all of the help so far.
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03-25-2014, 07:49 PM #6
Your method of choice is to explode the dormers (if you used the dormer tool to create them) into individual walls, roof planes and holes in the roof poly-lines and then set the side walls to "Pony Walls" (Pony walls have the ability to display two differing wall types in the same wall at differing levels/shapes). You cannot do this with unexploded dormer walls. This has not changed in terms of application since version 6 of Home Designer Pro. The separate wall poly-lines can then be manually shaped to fit your reveal purposes.
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04-01-2014, 01:52 PM #7Registered User
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Thx David ,knew you'd have it ..... hadn't thought of Pony walls up there , always think of them as Foundation type walls , good to know for the future.
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