Dormer in roof plane

Task area Roof

You can use this tool to create the frame for a dormer in a roof frame. Dormer frames are entered in the same way as roof frames. You can insert dormers into any roof frame (gable roof, hip roof (shed roof), barrel roof and gambrel roof).

To create planes for a dormer

1. Click Dormer in roof plane (How).
   

   Activate Dormer in roof plane in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Architecture Task Elements Task area Roof

   • Menu bar: Create Architecture General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following modules:

   General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

2. Click the roof frame in which you want to insert a dormer.
3. Enter the outline of the dormer as you would a polyline.

   Note: If you want to apply a roof covering to a dormer with an overhang using the Roof Covering (How) tool, the dormer must be fully bounded by the main roof.

   

   Activate Roof Covering in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Architecture Task Elements Task area Roof

   • Menu bar: Create Architecture General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

4. Define the general height parameters for the dormer.
5. Select a roof frame for the dormer and enter the relevant parameters.
   • Gable/hip roof
   • Gable/hip roof using two points
   • Barrel roof
   • gambrel roof
6. Click the eaves of the dormer frame to which you want to apply the roof frame.
7. You can modify the dormer frame as you like as long as the tool is active.
   To modify the height of the eaves or change the roof profile on one side, for example, repeat steps 4 and 5 before you click the relevant side.

   Note: Click Through Point to define the height of a point through which the roof profile will pass.
   After having selected Through Point, the eaves parameter no longer has any effect on the current dormer slope.

8. When you have created all the roof profiles, select the Esc key to close the tool.

   Architectural elements delimited by the roof frame and whose heights were defined as reference-plane oriented will adjust automatically to the envelope defined by the frame.