Hi there,

Stairs are a little tricky. Always keep in mind that in Punch, the stairs always go from the lower level to the top level.

Some tips:

1 - Instead of floor / ceiling cutouts, remove the automatic elements and create new ones using the floor toll (Floor Tab).
2 - For the stacked walls with openings, create a single wall (full height) and add the opening with the desired elevation.

If you are interested, my eBook Fast & Easy - Create Your 3D Project in 8 Fast & Easy Steps explains step by step how to develop a house with a walkout basement, as you can see in this image from the eBook.



Hope this helps.

You're welcome!

Good luck with your projects,

Hi there,

I am not sure if I understand the problem and in addition, I can't read your notes in the images.

Anyway, I think that I can point a couple of issues:

1 - Review the elevations of the basement and set the terrain levels accordingly.
2 - Don't forget that the walls in the perimeter must be an enclosed polygon.

Hope this helps.

Hi there,

I can see the images now.
The wall must be in the lower floor, however, you need to fix the 2 issues noted in my previous post.



Hope this helps.

Plus I see adding my doorway to the part where my stairs are going up on the main level to the bedrooms, I have to put on the basement level and adjust the elevation so it shows up in 3D in the right location. If I try to add on main level the program doesn't recognize the wall being there in 2D.

I haven't tried this yet, but will.

Thanks for assisting.

Sorry to bring this topic back again, but still having some issues. I have been doing other things and not playing around with the program.

I went back to this design and tried approaching it from the point of each level being it's own floor. So my basement, floor 1 and 2nd level all have their own set working elevation. My basement is -4'-0", floor 1 is 0" and 2nd level is 4'-0". So 4' of the basement is in the ground and 4' is above ground.

There is one wall that runs up all 3 working floors. So drawing it in on the basement level and leaving the height of the wall at 8' and the same on the floor 1 and 2nd level, all looks okay with it stacked. However when putting my stairs in the basement level to run to the floor 1 level, I still see part of a wall from stacking. If I adjust this one wall's height on any of the floors, then my ceiling changes.

I figure I'm getting the partial image of a wall in my opening because I'm placing the opening on the basement plan and it's at an elevation of -4'-0" and the opening is 7' and of course the wall is at 8'.

This wall that runs all the way up, if i delete it on the other two levels and place it on the basement level only, adjust the height to run all the way to the 2nd level I lose my flooring on the main level and my ceiling

Basement

Floor 1

2nd Level