How To Draw A Gable Roof

Again a simple rectangle is used in this example.

How to draw a gable roof.

Putting it together is relatively straight forward if you have basic carpentry skills and use precise measurements. Draw two edges from the top of your vertical line to the corners of your roof. To create a gable roof select build wall straight exterior wall and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. You can create a single sloped roof and set each edge to gable as needed.

Follow the steps described in step 3 above to create two roof planes on opposite sides of the building. If your gabled roof extends all the way to the other end of your building push pull it back that far. Erase the vertical edge you drew in step 3 and the guide you drew in step 2. A step by step lesson on how to draw a gable roof house using 2 point perspective.

To build your gable roof you ll need wooden boards cut into joists rafters supports and a ridge board in addition to sheathing felt paper and shingles. Push pull back your triangular gable. A gable roof is a simple symmetrical triangular roof. Click on the ridge edge of the lower roof plane to select it.

You can create a gable on an existing roof by gripping any ridge line point and stretching it past the roof edge. A dutch hip roof sometimes called a dutch gable roof is a combination of hip and gable roof styles in which a gable is located at the end of the ridge at the top of a hip roof plane. Use this procedure to add a gable roof that has the properties specified in the roof tool that you select.