mdarch47 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I have having trouble getting these dormers to build correctly on this as-built plan. It looks correct on exterior, but the roof hole doesn't seem to be cooperating. Any advice is greatly appreciated. See attached pics and plan file version X15. Thanks, Mike Dolce, Architect 221-Linwood-EC-COPY.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Hi Michael, 2 things that should help you out. 1. Adjust the roof opening polyline. I've highlighted the correction on just one side so you'll need to do this on both side. 2. Double click the main roof plane and go to the Structure Tab. Uncheck Use Room Ceiling Finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdarch47 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Thanks for the help. Still having issues on front roof now....same model but it will not let me control the roof hole to allow the front dormer walls extend to the floor. See attached. TIA 221-Linwood-EC-COPY2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Here is a bit of fiddling with your design (Going to be a great house by the way) 221-Linwood-EC-COPY2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdarch47 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Hi Doug. Thanks for looking at this and giving input. For some reason on my end I am not able to adjust the roof opening....it keeps snapping back to the inside of the wall. And I did change the other settings as you suggested. Oddly enough I got this dormer to work elsewhere on the plan?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundra_dweller Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Try opening up the roof dialogue for that roof plane & uncheck "Use Special Snapping" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 22 minutes ago, tundra_dweller said: Try opening up the roof dialogue for that roof plane & uncheck "Use Special Snapping" Yes, I forgot that setting. Good catch Brett, That helps a lot with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Made a quick video...hope it helps. Michael Dolce - Dormers - Watch Video 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 59 minutes ago, mdarch47 said: Hi Doug. Thanks for looking at this and giving input. For some reason on my end I am not able to adjust the roof opening....it keeps snapping back to the inside of the wall. And I did change the other settings as you suggested. Oddly enough I got this dormer to work elsewhere on the plan?? I know how frustrating this can be when a dormer works in one location but not in another. There are probably lots of things that the automatic dormer tool checks for, such as interference with other building elements that are not apparent to the user. Fine tuning the parts is a bit of an art, and that is why this user group and some of the magicians here are such a great resource. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Steve, great video, thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdarch47 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Thank you Steve and Doug. Very helpful and much appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdarch47 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 And BTW I had the invisible wall along the back side because the dormers have a lower flat ceiling than the main room...not sure if there is another way to achieve that without creating a separate room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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