Shed Dormer and Editing Roof Lines


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I am trying to edit the roof lines on my plan to create a shed dormer that is in line with the exterior wall with taller windows See attached plan render and an inspiration photo.

 

Can someone talk me through how I either edit the roof lines on my plan (first image) and create the look of my inspiration photo?

 

Using X14 Premier. 

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I drew a 24x24 building, added a second floor, out of box default ceiling heights for floors 1 and 2, manually drew a gabled roof at 11/12 pitch from end to end, then took the front plane, dragged it to 1/3 its width, copied it in place, dragged the copy to the center, then copy-reflect the end plane to the other.

 

The center plane was edited to hold its ridge height but changed its pitch to 8/12.  Look about right.  Then lowered all the roof planes down to get a knee wall height inside of about 5 feet.  The window is 64 high and has enough overhead to get a header over it.

 

You'll need cheek walls which can be manually placed.   Specify them as "roof cuts wall at bottom." 

 

I don't think of this as a dormer.

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