Dormer's

[NeilofOZ]

Having issues with placing Dormer's, have placed two on the upper level ( just as practice ) but need to place some

on the lower level which is over the entry & Garage.

System keeps telling me it can't work, but I don't understand why. Have looked at several CA tutorials and none of them

make sense, ie it extracts some walls from the "Auto Floating Dormer " and "Auto Dormer'  but when I do this it

sends me a standard wall associated with normal walls, nothing to do with Dormers.

 

Have attached a pdf pic, file is too large to send a cad plan.

[VHampton]

It’s possible the program is struggling because the roof surface over the first floor isn't quite an "attic," which can confuse the dormer tools.

Why not try building it manually? You could copy and paste one of the dormers from the attic level, then lower it to align with the roof over the first floor.

From there, manually edit the roof—create the necessary breaks and openings as needed.
 

It should go fairly smoothly with a bit of adjustment. And honestly, getting comfortable with manual roof editing is a great skill to have in Chief.

 

 

 

[SHCanada2]

6 hours ago, NeilofOZ said:

but need to place some

on the lower level which is over the entry & Garage.

it looks like a gable above the entry would be more feasible, as It does not look like you have enough room horizontally for a dormer with more than tiny walls