How To Draw Hip Roof Elevation

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.

How to draw hip roof elevation.

Part 2 in this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. The 45 degree angle lines represent the hips. 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. 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. Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height. 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. Roof plan front elevation left side elevation rear elevations right side elevation interior details topics.

To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. Position disc on wall top before drawing. The roof lines can be of many styles. Create a structure to put the roof on.

To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. 540mm x 920mm item identifier. How to develop the position of your hip valleys and ridges in an elevation. Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other.

We proceed in the same way as explained for the wings a a drawing the ridge line e in fig. This dialog also serves as the default dialog for roofs settings here apply to manually. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pe. Gable shed hip gambrel etc.

Cabinetwork fireplaces roofs design and construction original format. Now we can draw in the ridge lines as shown. Use the following steps to draw a roof. In this example a simple rectangle is drawn.

177 until it intersects the hip line of the main roof g and then drawing the valley line f. Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roof dialog. In this step i have drawn in some dashed lines. The other 2 lines the horizontal and vertical line are there to make an imaginary box.