How To Draw A Hip Roof

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How to draw a hip roof.

To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra. The hip roof can have all four sides the same measurement or two long sides and two short sides. The other 2 lines the horizontal and vertical line are there to make an imaginary box.

In this example a simple rectangle is drawn. Hip roofs don t have rakes which makes them a lot less complicated to model. More information can be found about the shape and design features of hip roofs in wikipedia s article on hip roofs then you can return here for how to build yours. The 45 degree angle lines represent the hips.

If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. Eaves hip roofs having deep eaves that can assist in shading a window from sunlight. This pattern helps in the cooling of the interior portion of house and ensures a reduction in energy bills with reduced power consumption. Generally there are three major factors that contribute in the design or style of a hip roof.

In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. The slope of a hip roof tends to be the same for all four sides. Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup. The drawings are representative of all of the hip end side jack rafters and do not include the overall lengths which are available on the layout tab.

Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. Create a roof overhang. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc. In this step i have drawn in some dashed lines.

Now we can draw in the ridge lines as shown. The hip end jacks tab displays a dimensioned side view and top view of the hip roof jack rafters for the hip end side of the hip rafter on an irregular hip roof. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof.