Can I convert an attice to a floor?

[wctucker]

I'd like to add a room in an attic space of a house I've drawn. I don't want to add a floor because I'm sure it'll mess up all my roofs, etc. I've had that happen before.
I've drawn "rooms" in the attic, but I can't get them to act like rooms, and I've made sure that all the walls are normal, not attic walls.
Is there help for me, or will I have to add a floor and deal with the consequences?

[Allen Brown]

Go ahead and add a floor. As long as you won't be auto rebuilding the roof, you should not have any problems. The second floor will build under the roof, and should not really give you any trouble.

Have you also made sure that "No Room Def" is not checked in those walls?

[sutcac]

You need to build a new floor. Not sure why it would effect the roof you already have. Can you be more specific about the "consequences"?

[lbuttery]

Cameron:


Floor A can't have defined rooms, it is basically a work area for Chief. You can place dormers and other things there but keep to a minimum.


You'll have to create the 2nd floor and use the transform/replicate tool to move your roof up as needed.

turn off all layers except the roof planes, select and move up via the T/R tool.


Lew

[Allen Brown]

Lew, I think the point is, he doesn't want to move the roof, he wants to create a cape cod situation.

[louis]

Cameron,

There are no consequences.

[wctucker]

Thanks, guys.
It did work, and the only consequence was that all my dormer trim and attic vents got bumped up to the "new" attic......so they're all floating above the house. Thanks for the help. I knew I could count on y'all to help.

[louis]

turn off all layers except the roof planes, select and move up via the T/R tool.

This step is not required.

Lew look at how to select things in X-1 again.

[lbuttery]

Louis:


I'm aware of the select same and the draw marquee methods but I'm "old fashioned" and like to be sure of what I am grabbing.


I have only moved a couple of roofs when the builder decided late in the project to raise the roof to 9' or 10'

but your right I do need to "play" with the new method some more.


Lew