Dormer Challenge

[FrankM]

I have created a second floor with 66" high walls on which I built a 12 pitch gable roof. I then raised the ceiling to 8' to create a second floor with clipped ceilings. I then added floating dormers flush to the exterior wall hoping to have the window and dormer default to my ceiling height. What I got was full sized dormers with windows above the main roof. From inside windows are half in the roof and half in the attic. I exploded the dormer and lowered the window top to fix that and now I would like to lower the dormer walls and roof to appropriate height.

How do I lower the dormer walls and roof? Also, how do I remove the section of the main roof that remains in front of the window - the eave overhang?

[dgravlin]

As for your second question, I think that should be relatively easy - just use the break polyline tool to break the roof polyline just below the dormer and then pull it back to create the gap. If you have the training CDs, I think there's a video on this - it's essentially the same technique used to manually deal with alcoves.

As for your first question, if I understand what you're trying to do, I would do it manually instead of using the dormer tools. I know most users use the dormer tools and you could make them work but I prefer to do it manually - you have greater control and the process gives you a very good education on CA's roof tools.

Hope this helps.

[David J. Potter]

Once exploded, dormer tools no longer apply so manual lowering of the dormer roof planes will lower the walls. Before dormers are exploded they have a "ceiling" setting but once exploded you are back to version 9 mode where such modifications are purely manual.

DJP

[FrankM]

Thank you both for your assistance.