Dormer and Bonus Room

[JostArchitects]

Hey everyone,

Ive posted my plan and 3 images of what im trying to do.
Problem 1 - I am trying to add the dormer to the front, but I cant get the interior view to look right - trayed ceiling over the dining area and vaulted in the living and entry - i havent tried the tray yet, just want to get the ceiling right first. Not having luck with the dormer.

Problem 2 - bonus room over the garage and washroom area, cant get that to work either.

If you have time to take a look that would be great - thanks!!!!

Steve

[David J. Potter]

I did a video of the work I did on your plan (you should change your signature to state that you now use X5, I tried to open it in X2 first, then X3, X4 etc). It will be on my You Tube Channel when it is finished formatting and uploading. When ready, I will post a link to it for all interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WDDZj259w

DJP

[JostArchitects]

thats great David, thanks I will look for it. much appreciated!
Sorry about the X2, guess i havent updated in some time haha
Steve

[David J. Potter]

All's well that ends well.

DJP

[perryh]

David I noticed a couple of things. for getting that drywall surface on the underside of the roof planes ,I use this setting-- I also noticed a lot of zero layers in his ceiling structure. I try to delete those as they could be trouble and have caused me some trouble.

[David J. Potter]

Thanks Perry, my purpose was not to solve all possible problems, at least not pro bono, thanks for the observations!

DJP

[JostArchitects]

Background: I am not an architect, I work for a company doing document prep. We do mostly commercial work, so the houses are a bit differnet for me. Most things we do dont involve pitched roof planes - we do alot of interior 3d stuff.

I am working through the video, first question.

Trayed ceiling - so the dining room has the trayed ceiling, entry beside it has the cathedral ceiling, living room on opposite side has cathedral ceiling (scissor trusses) - if i set the height of the trayed ceiling to anything above the default ceiling height it puts a ceiling everywhere - entry and living room. In your video you raise it up, then add the soffits and the ceiling planes which I can do, but I cant raise the ceiling....any thoughts?

[David J. Potter]

but I cant raise the ceiling....any thoughts?

To raise the ceiling, you raise the ceiling height value in the room's dialog box - Structure tab - ceiling height input box, the only reason you didn't raise the ceiling is that you did not order it raised.

DJP

[JostArchitects]

i see how to raise the ceiling height on the dining room, i raised it to 11' to the put in the tray ceiling below which will finish at around 9' - but when I raise the dining ceiling it automatically puts a flat ceiling in the entry and living room where there are no ceilings defined.