Sketchup How To Make A Hip Roof

Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup.

Sketchup how to make a hip roof.

Then enter those measurements into an online roofing calculator to determine how long each common rafter will need to be. To download the model for free click thi. So that the jack rafters get a full bearing at the top. The hip rafter is generally thinner and deeper than the jack rafters.

This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra. Easily creates roofs with various parameters in sketchup plugin name. This is a study of hip roof framing where unequal pitches meet at the hip. Next once you know the lengths of the rafters cut some wooden planks to size and make birdsmouth cuts in each one so.

Create a roof overhang. The hip roof combines a 12 12 pitch with a 6 12 pitch. In terms of setting out your roof make sure that the hip rafters are at 45 degrees to the wall plate. In order to maintain a constant overhang the wall with the steeper.

Make the slopes on all four sides the same. The hip rafter is dropped and off center so that it lines up with the roof planes. 2 use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. Hip roofs don t have rakes which makes them a lot less complicated to model.

How to use intersect with model to quickly create a hip roof. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. This clip shows how to draw a realistic hip roof and its accessories with sketchup s native tools and free plugins. To build a hip roof start by measuring the width and height of the building you re putting the roof on.