wpdesigninc Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 That upper roof in the inspiration image is three separate roof planes, all having a common ridge height. The wall-rise where the windows are under the jump is what Chief will do for you without any technique or coaxing. Have you tried this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpdesigninc Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) Yes, I used the floating dormer tool. Gene, are you saying just rise the wall height in the section I want to add the taller windows and it will create the roof line accordingly Edited December 19, 2022 by wpdesigninc added more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpdesigninc Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Thank you! This is excellent! Appreciate the video very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG1949 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 13 hours ago, solver said: Thank you, Solver. You're the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpdesigninc Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Can you speak to the importance of the command “ignore top floor” and where this setting is found prior to exploding the dormer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpdesigninc Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 I did a search and did not find anything. Can you send me a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpdesigninc Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 I tried it both ways. How to I build out the side profile in the raised roof example? See rendering for issue to resolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 You should watch my “dormer” videos on my YouTube channel… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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