Sketchup How To Make A Hip Roof

In order to maintain a constant overhang the wall with the steeper.

Sketchup how to make a hip roof.

2 use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. Make the slopes on all four sides the same. In this case the birdsmouth cut is 3 5 for all jack and common rafters and the overhang is 12 all the way around. To download the model for free click thi.

In terms of setting out your roof make sure that the hip rafters are at 45 degrees to the wall plate. Then enter those measurements into an online roofing calculator to determine how long each common rafter will need to be. This clip shows how to draw a realistic hip roof and its accessories with sketchup s native tools and free plugins. For example a 4 12 pronounced 4 in 12 roof slope rises 4 feet for every 12 feet it runs a 1 12 slope is very shallow and a 12 12 slope is very steep when using the protractor tool sketchup s measurements box understands angles.

The hip rafter is generally thinner and deeper than the jack rafters. To build a hip roof start by measuring the width and height of the building you re putting the roof on. The hip roof combines a 12 12 pitch with a 6 12 pitch. This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra.

Create a roof overhang. The hip rafter is dropped and off center so that it lines up with the roof planes. So that the jack rafters get a full bearing at the top. Hip roofs don t have rakes which makes them a lot less complicated to model.

Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. This is a study of hip roof framing where unequal pitches meet at the hip. How to use intersect with model to quickly create a hip roof. Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup.