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QUESTION
I need to create a Saltbox style of roof in my Home Designer plan, where I have a long, pitch roof that slopes down to the back, which creates a single story in the back, and two stories in front. How can I create this?
ANSWER
Salt box roofs can be created using the Knee Wall setting and manipulating how roof planes generate.
To create a basic salt box style roof
- Start a new, blank plan using the Default template and select Build> Wall> Straight Exterior Wall , then click and drag out 4 walls to create a basic 40' x 30' structure.
- Use the Select Objects tool to click on the left 30' wall and click on the Change to Gable Wall edit button.
- Follow the same procedure for the opposite wall.
- Select Build> Floor> Build New Floor and choose to Derive new 2nd Floor plan from the 1st floor plan.
- Move the top horizontal 40' wall in so that its distance from the opposing bottom horizontal wall goes from 30' down to 20' as demonstrated in the image below.
- With this top wall still selected, click the Open Object edit tool to display its specification dialog.
- Go to the Roof panel and place a checkmark in the Knee Wall box then click OK.
- If you do not have a version of the software that automatically rebuilds roofs, or if you have this option unchecked in the Build Roof dialog, then you will need to select Build> Roof> Build Roof , and click OK to rebuild the roof planes to reflect the changes that you have made.
- Take a 3D Camera view to see the results.