Roofs

• Adjusting How Roofs Build over Alcove Areas

  This article describes how to extend a Roof past an alcove or depression. You do this by changing the Minimum Alcove Size when building your roof.

• Automatically Building a One and a Half Story Roof

  You can build a cape cod or story and a half house by creating a new floor and using Full Gable Walls.

• Automatically Building the Basic Roof Styles

  Learn to build a Hip, Shed, Gable, Gambrel, Gull Wing, Half-hip, and Mansard roof style automatically.

• Building a Clerestory Roof

  Two shed roofs that face each other is classified as a clerestory roof.

• Building a Manual Dormer in Home Designer Pro

  Home Designer Pro can create manual dormers in roofs and roof planes. This article uses tools such as knee walls and skylights to do this.

• Building an 'L' Shaped Structure with Full Gable Ends

  The Break Wall tool and Full Gable Walls are used to created an L-shaped structure.

• Building an A-Frame Structure

  An A-Frame roof house is built by changing the pitch or rise over run and using full gable walls.

• Changing the Pitch of a Single Roof Plane

  The Lower and Upper pitch of a roof can be changed in the roof dialog allowing you to change the overall pitch of a single roof plane.

• Creating a Barrel Roof

  Home Designer Pro can create barrel roofs using CAD lines, CAD tools, and manual roof planes.

• Creating a Covered Patio

  Columns and invisible walls can be utilized to create a covered patio enclosure.

• Creating a Cross Gable Roof

  Cross Gable roofs roof using full gable walls can be done in all Home Designer Products.

• Creating a Cupola

  A cupola or turret can be created using the Open Below feature on a new blank floor.

• Creating a Dutch Hip Roof

  Creating a dutch hip or dutch gable roof can be accomplished by following the steps within this article.

• Creating a Flat Roof on a Structure

  A Flat, smooth, horizontal, or level roof can be done by changing the lower pitch or rise over run within all Home Designer Products.

• Creating a Parapet or Flat Roof

  This article describes a simple, straightforward method for creating a flat roof with parapet walls in all Home Designer programs.

• Creating a Portico

  A roofed porch also called a portico can be created in Home Designer Products. This can be accomplished by using invisible walls, mill-work such as columns, and the break wall tool.

• Creating a Prow Roof

  This simplistic article describes how to build a prow style roof where a gable-style wall juts out a few feet farther than the rest of the main structure.

• Creating a Saltbox Roof

  A Saltbox style roof consists of 2 roof planes and can be created in all Home Designer Products.

• Creating Different Roof Styles on Separate Structures

  Creating different roof styles on separate structures can be done by choosing a roof style and pitch or rise over run for exterior walls.

• Creating Hip and Gable Roofs Manually

  Home Designer Pro has ability to create manual hip roofs and manual gable roofs because it has manual roof planes.

• Creating Multiple Shed Roofs

  Multiple Shed Roofs can be done in Home Designer Products by changing the pitch rise over run using the Break Wall tool, and using Full Gable walls.

• Drawing a Shed Dormer Manually

  Manual Shed dormers can be created using knee walls and exterior walls on a new floor of your plan.

• Extending a Roof Plane Over a Bumpout

  A roof plane can extend over a bumpout. This can be done by changing the side walls of the bumpout to be Full Gable walls and changing the front wall to Extend Slope Downward.

• Fixing an Issue Where a Roof is Generating Over a Foundation Wall

  A roof may generate over a lower wall if the walls are not aligned properly.

• Message: A roof with zero length baseline was detected

  If a roof baseline has a length of zero, you may receive this error message.

• Modifying a Roof Baseline

  Roof Baselines can be modified in Home Designer Pro by changing the visibility of the layer as well as the color.

• Placing Moldings Around Roof Planes in Home Designer Pro

  Home Designer Pro gives you the ability to add a molding around roof planes using the Soffit tool.

• Preventing a Roof from Generating Over a Room

  You can prevent a roof from generating over a room by unchecking the option Roof Over This Room on the structure panel of the room specification.

• Removing the Gutter from a Roof

  Removing a gutter from a roof can be done when building a roof. You will find Gutter within the Materials Tab.

• Removing the Roof Pitch Indicators from Perimeter Walls

  Removing roof pitch indicators is easy within Home Designer Pro and Chief Architect Products.

• Resources for Creating a Complex Roof Plan

  The Reference Manual, User's Guide, HomeTalk, Seminars, and Personal Training are great resources for creating a complex roof plan.

• Specifying Different Roof Overhangs on Different Walls

  Setting the roof overhang distance can be done on a wall by wall basis in Home Designer Pro. You can use another approach in other Home Designer titles.

• Specifying Roof Pitches

  When you need to create a roof with multiple pitches, you can specify the pitch of each roof plane in the Wall Specification dialog in all Home Designer programs.

• Stopping the Roof from Automatically Rebuilding

  Turning this feature off will stop the roof from updating anytime a change is made.

• Troubleshooting Roofs

  The automatic roof generator will generally create the roof style you have specified. If portions or all of your roof does not generate correctly, check these areas to correct the issue.

• Using the Gable Roof Line Tool

  You can use the Gable Roof Line tool to specify what wall or portion of a wall will be a gable wall when your roof is built.