How To Draw A Hip Roof In Sketchup

By default the script produces an entirely hipped roof.

How to draw a hip roof in sketchup.

Click on the path roof surface to select then click on the follow me tool and then click on the profile triangle roof piece. This clip shows how to draw a realistic hip roof and its accessories with sketchup s native tools and free plugins. Architects and builders often express angles as rise over run. This will create the roof over the structure to include the eaves.

Create a roof overhang. If you did it right you will see some funky structures on your roof. To download the model for free click thi. Select an edge to tell the script where to draw a gable.

It slopes in all directions. There are several different strategies for how to model these kinds of roo. Selecting just a face produces a hip roof. I quickly realized the power of the software and started using it for personal projects.

I started the sketchup essentials as a place to share easy to follow sketchup tutorials and tips to help everyone harness the power of 3d modeling in their lives. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. How to construct hip roofs in sketchup. In this tutorial learn how to model several different kinds of roofs in sketchup.

This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra. How to use intersect with model to quickly create a hip roof.