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QUESTION
I am modeling an apartment or single room which does not require a roof to be generated, or simply do not want a roof generating over an enclosed room area, such as an outdoor patio. How can I stop the automatic roof generator from puttinga roof over this area?
![Stopping a Roof from Generating over a Room No roof over a second floor room](https://d2haqc5836ials.cloudfront.net/live/KB-00204/204-prettypic-13.png?1635364102)
ANSWER
In Home Designer, it is easy to create a room that is open to the sky by unchecking the Roof Over This Room setting in the Room Specification dialog.
To prevent a roof from generating over a room
- Using the Select Objects
tool,click to select the room that you no longer want a roof above.
- Click the Open Object
edit button to display the Room Specification dialog.
- Select the Structure panel, uncheck the Roof Over this Room box, then click OK.
![Turning off Roof Over This Room in the Structure panel of the Room Specification dialog](https://d2haqc5836ials.cloudfront.net/live/KB-00204/204-fig1-13.png?1635364102)
- Repeat this procedure for any remaining rooms in the plan in which you do not want a roof to be generated.
- If Auto Rebuild Roofs is not enabled, navigate to Build> Roof> Build Roof
from the menu, then click OK to rebuild the roof.
In Home Designer Pro, make sure that you check Build Roof Planes before clicking OK.