How To Draw Hip Roof

To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue.

How to draw hip roof.

Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roofdialog. Architects and builders often express. On the roofpanel of the build. Mark the length of the hip measuring down from the longest point of the plumb cut.

Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. 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 build roof roof planeand click and drag a baseline across the length of a wall. We will determine there length in the next step.

Create a roof overhang. This dialog also serves as the default. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately. 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.

The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. Select hip from the roof type dropdown list or click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to calculate a hip roof. 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. That is where the seat cut should be made.