How To Draw Hip Roof Elevation

Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height.

How to draw hip roof elevation.

Part 2 in this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. We proceed in the same way as explained for the wings a a drawing the ridge line e in fig. To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. The 45 degree angle lines represent the hips.

Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roof dialog. 540mm x 920mm item identifier. The hip end of the central section of the roof plan is visible in the elevation drawing behind the front hip end. Draw a second cad line below and parallel to the first one.

Use the following steps to draw a roof. Create a structure to put the roof on. How to develop the position of your hip valleys and ridges in an elevation. In this example a simple rectangle is drawn.

The roof plans have been rotated through 90o clockwise so that the view illustrated by the elevation reflects the lower side of the plan drawing above it. To draw the roof for each elevation view first consider whether your roof will overhang and drop below the exterior wall on the elevation plan you are currently drafting. Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other. How to develop the position of your hip valleys and ridges in an elevation.

This dialog also serves as the default dialog for roofs settings here apply to manually. To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. In the elevation view that is generated select cad line draw line from the menu then click and drag to draw a cad line snapped to the ridge of the roof where a third pitch will be added. The other 2 lines the horizontal and vertical line are there to make an imaginary box.

177 until it intersects the hip line of the main roof g and then drawing the valley line f. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pe. Odd roof types dormers. Roof plan front elevation left side elevation rear elevations right side elevation interior details topics.

The slope on the back side of the roof over the wing b should have the same slope as the back side of the main hip roof and therefore the lower part of the. Position disc on wall top before drawing. Cabinetwork fireplaces roofs design and construction original format. In this step i have drawn in some dashed lines.