topic Re: Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers in Modeling

Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:43:43 GMT

I have placed two dormers on a roof plane forming a room in a roof, over a garage.

The dormers are showing on the ground floor plan (which i dont want). I have gone into the Floor Plan and Section dialogue, but the Floor Plan Display Settings are missing.

It is present for doors and windows etc., but not Skylights. I think this is something new to AC15?

Re: Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers

David Maudlin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:30:55 GMT

Ty:

1. It looks like the display of the Skylight (dormer) and its associated Roof are linked, so try changing the Roof's Home Story to the floor above the "ground floor plan".
2. Look at Project Preferences > Construction Elements: Floor Plan Display and their Skylights, this will also affect their appearance.

David

Re: Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:52:23 GMT

David,

Do you mean you can change the actual origin of the roof? I know you can decide what levels to show the roof on, but did not know you could designate it to a different level without physically changing its height.

I did previously look at the :Project Preferences > Construction Elements: Floor Plan Display and their Skylights, however this either allows or stops the display on all levels, it seems.

It used to be that Skylights were no different to doors, windows or other objects in the control of their display on the Floor Plan Setting.

Regards

Ty

Re: Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers

David Maudlin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:13:35 GMT

Ty wrote:
Do you mean you can change the actual origin of the roof? I know you can decide what levels to show the roof on, but did not know you could designate it to a different level without physically changing its height.

Yes, it is the Home Story setting in the Geometry and Positioning panel of the Roof Tool dialog box. What is good is that while this will change the Story the roof is associated to, it does not change the height of the roof relative to Project Zero, so the Roof will not move in the model after changing this setting.

David

Re: Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:17:17 GMT

genius! Problem solved.

Thanks for your help David.

Re: Floor Plan Display settings missing: issues with Dormers

David Maudlin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:25:59 GMT

Ty:

Glad to read that worked, thanks for posting back.

David