Home designer pro 2014 user s guide saltbox roofs a saltbox is a type of gable roof with different pitches on each of the two roof planes and an offset ridge.
Flat roof home designer pro.
To begin a new plan 1.
Assign a different pitch to the two roof planes in the wall specification dialog for the wall supporting each one.
2240 drawing a typical dormer condition.
Home designer pro has ability to create manual hip roofs and manual gable roofs because it has manual roof planes.
Flat roofing is not actually flat.
2240 drawing a typical dormer condition.
Automatic roofs controlling the roofs with individual walls creating a template guide and drawing a manual flat roof plane architectural home design software all content support videos chieftalk forum.
2242 home designer pro s auto dormer tools.
2242 home designer pro s auto dormer tools.
Creating roof returns manually.
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If any plans are open select file close all from the menu.
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In this article the manual method for creating a dormer will be used in a basic 40 x 30 rectangular structure with a 10 in 12 pitch gable roof sitting low on the second story walls as demonstrated in the cross section below.
Home designer pro 2020 tutorial guide getting started with automatic roof styles this tutorial uses a simple rectangular structure to explain how to create common roof styles using roof style directives assigned to the exterior walls.
2243 auto roof returns and variable overhangs.
2238 roof design in home designer pro.
Creating a flat roof in home designer can be accomplished in a variety of ways.
2239 using the gable roof line tool.
2241 creating dormers in your roof design.
To adjust the automatic settings in the build roof dialog select build roof build roof.
In this article you will use the settings in the build roof dialog to approximate the look demonstrated below.
2239 using the gable roof line tool.
2243 auto roof returns and variable overhangs.
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.
But such a low slope holds snow and water much longer than a steeply pitched roof and therefore needs a very different material to stay watertight.
2238 roof design in home designer pro.
On the roof panel of the build roof dialog set the pitch in 12 to be 1 4.