How To Draw Hip 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.

How to draw hip roof.

This dialog also serves as the default. Create a roof overhang. To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. Select build roof roof planeand click and drag a baseline across the length of a wall.

Use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. We will determine there length in the next step. Release the mouse button and move your cursor in the upwards direction. Then measure down that plumb cut the same distance as the common rafter s height above plate.

Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roofdialog. The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. That is where the seat cut should be made. Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from.

Mark the length of the hip measuring down from the longest point of the plumb cut. To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. 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.

Select hip from the roof type dropdown list or click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to calculate a hip roof. The preview window displays a dimensioned plan view of the hip roof.