Wall dormers can be created using a combination of walls and manually placed roof planes.
Chief Architect's Auto Dormer tools enable you to quickly and easily create two different types of dormer structures displaying a variety of different roof styles.
If you cannot place an Automatic Dormer, see the detailed information in this article to correct the plan so that the requirements are met.
When a dormer needs to span more than one roof plane, as it does in a gambrel roof, it must be drawn manually.