How To Draw Hip Roof

Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roofdialog.

How to draw hip roof.

The preview window displays a dimensioned plan view of the hip roof. Then mark another plumb cut 25mm over which denotes where the hip would touch the wall plate if it wasn t for the gap. Then measure down that plumb cut the same distance as the common rafter s height above plate. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately.

Use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. 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. This dialog also serves as the default. We will determine there length in the next step.

To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from. Select build roof roof planeand click and drag a baseline across the length of a wall. Architects and builders often express.

Release the mouse button and move your cursor in the upwards direction. Select hip from the roof type dropdown list or click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to calculate a hip roof. On the roofpanel of the build. That is where the seat cut should be made.

To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc.