How to Draw a Single Story House Floor Plan

The information in this commodity applies to:

Home Designer Professional or Home Designer Architectural or Home Designer Suite

QUESTION

I desire to create a Cape Cod style house, sometimes called a story and a one-half or an attic loft. How can I create this in Home Designer?

One and a half story roof on a structure

ANSWER

There are 2 ways to create a Cape Cod style firm; with the roof sitting directly on top of the 1st story walls or with the roof sitting on knee walls a gear up distance to a higher place the second story floor.

For the purposes of this example, both techniques offset with a xxx' x 40' building.

To build a 2d flooring with gable walls

From the menu select Build> Floor> Build New Floor.
In the New Flooring dialog, choose the option to Derive new 2nd Flooring plan from the 1st Floor plan, and click OK.
The Floor ii Defaults dialog will display. Click OK in this dialog without making whatsoever additional changes at this time.
On the newly created Floor 2, employ theSelect Objects tool to click on the left wall of your rectangular structure, then click on the Open up Object edit button.
On the Roof panel of the Wall Specification dialog, select the Total Gable Wall pick, and so click OK to close the dialog and employ your modify.
Repeat this process for the right wall on your second floor as well.

If the design calls for the roof to be built directly off of the 1st floor walls but retain a usable cranium space, you volition demand to generate roof planes that ignore the peak floor. If this is the example, yous volition need to repeat steps 4 through 6 on the first floor walls.

To build a roof ignoring the top floor

From the menu click Build> Roof> Build Roof .
On the Roof panel of the Build Roof dialog, put a check in the selection to Ignore Top Flooring, then click OK.

Note: In Abode Designer Pro, this setting is located near the centre of the dialog rather than towards the meridian.

If the program design calls for a roof structure that is congenital up to a specific height on knee walls, yous volition need to adjust the meridian of the second flooring prior to edifice roof planes or rebuilding the roof.

To adjust the second floor to adjust knee walls

using Select Objects tool, click inside of the 2nd floor room to select it and click the Open Object edit push button.
On the Structure panel of the Room Specification dialog, set the Finished Ceiling summit to that which y'all desire the exterior walls to be, then click OK.
For the purposes of this example, this is set to 24".

The appearance of the dialogs may vary depending on what version of Home Designer y'all're using.
Select Build> Roof> Build Roof from the menu to brandish the Build Roof dialog:
- Uncheck Auto Rebuild Roofs so that the program volition non automatically rebuild the roof if y'all make time to come changes that affect the roof, such equally to exterior wall positions or ceiling heights.
  The Auto Rebuild Roofs feature is not available in the Home Designer Essentials version of the software.
- Specify the Pitch.
  If you are using Dwelling Designer Pro, check the box by Build Roof Planes.
- Verify that the Ignore Summit Floor selection is not checked.
ClickOK to ostend the changes and notice that the newly regenerated roof accommodates the 24" high knee joint walls on the 2d flooring.

Now that we have created our roof at the correct height for our story and a half construction, we are ready to set the Finished Ceiling Height dorsum to its default value.

Resetting the finished ceiling height

Use the Select Objects tool to click inside of the second floor room, then click the Open Object edit tool to again brandish the Room Specification dialog.
On the Structure panel, click the wrench icon in the Finished Ceiling field to change this back to the default value.

In Home Designer 2019 and prior program versions, place a check in the Default box next to Finished Ceiling (F) instead.
Click OK to close the dialog and use the change.

Dotted lines display on the plan indicating where the ceiling planes intersect the roof.
Select 3D> Create Camera View> Doll House View to meet the results.
You are now ready to furnish the expanse, or take the information that you have learned in this article and apply information technology to your own design.