Sketchup How To Add A Roof

Home builders sometimes go a little crazy creating gabled roofs with dozens of different pitches slopes dormers eaves and other doodads that make modeling them in google sketchup a nightmare.

Sketchup how to add a roof.

This clip shows how to draw a realistic hip roof and its accessories with sketchup s native tools and free plugins. Here i demonstrate how i make and complete a typical roof in sketchup. You can approach the construction of a gabled roof in google sketchup in a bunch of ways every sketchup expert has her favorite but one method in particular works well consistently. Watch this tutorial to find out how to make a basic roof in google sketchup the easy to use 3d modelling tool.

Hip roofs don t have rakes which makes them a lot less complicated to model. Create a roof overhang. Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup. This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra.

To download the model for free click thi. Also you learn how i mak. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. This particular roof has both a gable 2 gables and a hip.