Gable roof

[David P]

David, can you attach a floorplan with the roof built, so I can see where it's screwing up, or at least describe what's happening? There's no reason the method I outlined shouldn't work, unless something is amiss with your walls.

thanks Kathleen....
Roof build attached and plan view with roof build...we have 800 roof overhangs...looks wierd eh ?

[David P]

Some times it is easier to add or remove walls to get the roof built.
Extending them here makes it easier to know where to add the wall breaks and name those parts Full gables..
After the roof is built,fix the walls to the way you want them..

yeap thanks Allen I can see how this would work..we think we want to put a gable across the middle section and hip roofs on the 'leg' sections of the H but I think your idea would still work.......

[dr0591]

Yes, actually the way Allen did it is exactly the way I did it, then just deleted the unneeded walls.

From your plan, it looks like you haven't set the end walls (top and bottom ends of the H arms) as gable walls. All four of those walls, plus the two ends of the crossbar, need to be set as full gable walls.

[dr0591]

Oh wait, I just re-read the part about wanting hip roofs on the ends. In that case, you need to make sure that Full Gable Wall is UN-checked for those 4 walls.

[Allen42ACJ]

He can not change the design now.:mad: The first picture you posted was exactly what he wanted..
This will run into the over time budget..
This will throw the schedule off

[David P]

Oh wait, I just re-read the part about wanting hip roofs on the ends. In that case, you need to make sure that Full Gable Wall is UN-checked for those 4 walls.

Kathleen by unchecked what do you mean ? Sorry about the over time !

[dr0591]

Un-checked ==> not checked. Turned off. Not a selected option.

Right?

[Deirdre]

DUrrrrrrrr what haapenins when you house design after a long day at work !

Equals brain meltdown. But at least you are not thinking about work. You left work outside your home.

[build4fun]

Well here i am again.

I think i should start a new thread but can not figure out how to do so. I believe that my problem is unique as i can not find it in any of the treads. I have gotten all of my roofs done and as a final walk around i noticed two thinks. 1 A odd color line around the grabbles of the house. I have tried to eyedrop them and i get the can not color platform error. i made sure all of the alignments are correct and that they do not have some type of funky room specs. the second issue is a gap in my roof (shown below) i am trying to replicate my house and the roof goes all the way to the right exterial wall. i do have a gap (invisable wall) there on the floor plan so that the office will come out further then the rest of the house. I can not figure this out. can anyone help. I hope this tries to explain it, the pics are worth a thousand words. let me know if you need further explaaining.
thank.

[Allen42ACJ]

Is your attic wall type the same as the one below it?Check it for align with below..
Make sure auto rebuild roof is not checked..
The invisible wall is making the gap..Delete it..
What program are you using?