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matic roof. See “Knee Walls” on page quite simple. There are several different
378. ways to draw dormers; some methods work
• A non-floating dormer must always be better in certain applications.
created on the same floor as the knee A variety of resources with information
walls. about drawing dormers manually is available
at chiefarchitect.com .
See, too, “Dormers” on page 452 of the
User’s Guide.
There are a few things to keep in mind.
• Walls extend upward until they meet an
overlying roof plane.
• A wall can also be cut by underlying roof
planes if Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom is
checked in the Wall Specification dialog.
For this to work properly, the edge of the
roof plane must extend completely
through the width of the wall. See “Clere-
story and Dormer Walls” on page 377.
• Polylines can be converted into a Hole in
Roof/Ceiling that allows walls to extend
above or below the roof line. See “Con-
vert Polyline” on page 266.

Manually Drawn Crickets
The automatic roof generator will not
produce crickets in a roof plan; however, you
Manually Drawn Dormers
can manually draw a cricket using the Roof
Once you are familiar with Chief Architect’s Plane tool. See “Crickets” on page 69 of
roof tools, drawing dormers manually can be the User’s Guide.

Editing Auto Dormers
Auto Dormers are a collection of objects that If you click the Explode Dormer e d i t
behave as one. When a dormer is selected, it button, the dormer’s individual components
can be edited using its edit handles, edit can be edited.
tools, and specification dialog. See “Dormer
Specification Dialog” on page 825.

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