How To Make Hip Roof In Sketchup

Create a roof overhang.

How to make hip roof in sketchup.

This will create the roof over the structure to include the eaves. It slopes in all directions. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. The figure shows a complicated roof with several elements.

I quickly realized the power of the software and started using it for personal projects. If you did it right you will see some funky structures on your roof. I started the sketchup essentials as a place to share easy to follow sketchup tutorials and tips to help everyone harness the power of 3d modeling in their lives. Click on the path roof surface to select then click on the follow me tool and then click on the profile triangle roof piece.

To download the model for free click thi. Selecting just a face produces a hip roof. Architects and builders often express angles as rise over run. By default the script produces an entirely hipped roof.

Select an edge to tell the script where to draw a gable. This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra. Doing so is no cakewalk and it requires a fair amount of planning but it works great when nothing else will. How to construct hip roofs in sketchup.

Use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. To produce a roof form with a gable select an edge in addition to the face then run the script. When creating roofs in sketchup you can use intersect faces to combine a whole bunch of gables hips dormers sheds and so on into a single roof.