How To Draw Hip Roof

Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building.

How to draw hip roof.

Select hip from the roof type dropdown list or click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to calculate a hip roof. Select build roof roof planeand click and drag a baseline across the length of a wall. In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. Mark the length of the hip measuring down from the longest point of the plumb cut.

Then measure down that plumb cut the same distance as the common rafter s height above plate. On the roofpanel of the build. That is where the seat cut should be made. When creating a hip roof be sure not to draw across the entire length of the wall as you will need space on either end for adjacent roof planes.

We will determine there length in the next step. Release the mouse button and move your cursor in the upwards direction. Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from. To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area.

To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately. Create a roof overhang. This dialog also serves as the default.

Use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. The preview window displays a dimensioned plan view of the hip roof. Architects and builders often express. Then mark another plumb cut 25mm over which denotes where the hip would touch the wall plate if it wasn t for the gap.