How To Draw Hip Roof

Use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof.

How to draw hip roof. The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. 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. Release the mouse button and move your cursor in the upwards direction.

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. In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue.

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. Create a roof overhang. Mark the length of the hip measuring down from the longest point of the plumb cut. Select build roof roof planeand click and drag a baseline across the length of a wall.

On the roofpanel of the build. We will determine there length in the next step. Select hip from the roof type dropdown list or click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to calculate a hip roof. That is where the seat cut should be made.

The preview window displays a dimensioned plan view of the hip roof. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roofdialog. Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from.