How to Model a Dormer Balcony/Walkout

[cbehling]

Hey everyone,

I’m designing a small ADU and trying to recreate this dormer balcony style. 

 

Does anyone have tips on:

1. Best way to “cut” the roof plane for this type of balcony?

2. How to create the glass railing and side panels cleanly?

3. Any tricks to make the dormer’s framing align with the main roof structure?

Any input or examples would be awesome!

Thanks,
Cameron

[GeneDavis]

I made a house with enough roof area to do what I wanted, then manually cut a hole in the roof and built the dormer walls connected to interior walls so as to have it be a "room" with a ceiling and roof over, then used a different wall type to draw the three balcony walls, and manually adjusted their shapes.  It's a mess, but it's a start.

 

You can use the window tool, pass-through type, to make the scuppers.  If you can shape windows into a trapezoid, you can shape pass-throughs.

 

I think the glass and metal railings will need to be modeled manually using whatever you like.  Solids would be my choice.  Others might use cabinets. 

Edited 5 hours ago by GeneDavis

[Faies1980]

This is a very stylish balcony design!

 

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Edited 1 hour ago by Faies1980