How To Draw A Roof

Carry this line beyond that point up into the sky of your composition.

How to draw a roof.

Step 11 draw a vertical line thru the center of the x and draw the front one as high as you want the roof to be. Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height. Make a note concerning the run off that will occur with these slopes and ravines. Here you will want to establish your vanishing point for the inclined angle.

First extend the roof s ridgeline front and rear. The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. Such details are important. Position disc on wall top before drawing.

Draw in all the various intersections that are a result of the various roof pitches coming together. Step 12 draw a line from the front vertical line to the right vanishing point. Draw lines for the overhangs at the front and rear of the house. Use the following steps to draw a roof.

Draw an x criss cross from all the corners in the front square. To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. Next draw a line representing the overhang at the side of the house. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately.

Erase the vertical edge you drew in step 3 and the guide you drew in step 2. Push pull back your triangular gable. To create a sloped roof in revit modify the footprint sketch of the roof by selecting and specifying the slope defining edges of the roof. Create a structure to put the roof on.

Step 10 draw an x to all the corners in the back square. Draw two edges from the top of your vertical line to the corners of your roof. Draw a line from the front top corner of the wall to the top of the line you drew to set up the height of the roof. Odd roof types dormers.

Very easy drawing step by step it is a clear cut easily understood detailed method to help you. When editing the roof sketch select the edge or edges you would like to slope and select defines slope on the options bar. Measure a roof pitch or a roofing slope that will identify the angles of the roof in relation to both vertical and horizontal rises from the structure. Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other.

In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. We will determine there length in the next step. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc. In the drawing area angle icons identify which lines of the sketch define slope.

Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from the midpoint of your roof to the angled guide you created in step 2.