How To Draw Hip Roof In Sketchup

This clip shows how to draw a realistic hip roof and its accessories with sketchup s native tools and free plugins.

How to draw hip roof in sketchup.

To download the model for free click thi. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. Instant roof by chuck vali of vali architects is a truly great sketchup ruby script its purpose is simple you use instant roof to quickly create gables hips sheds and trellises anywhere you need them. If you are creating a building that you that has odd dimensions that you want a uniform slope on read this article to learn how.

To start you will want to draw the outline shape of half of one end of the hip roof. I personally like to draw in the overhang at this stage aswell by drawing out from the base of the roof by approx 300mm and then up from 300mm allows for soffit and fascia. An l shaped building in this. Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup.

This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra. Hip roofs don t have rakes which makes them a lot less complicated to model. This script has everything going for it. Google sketchup tutorial hip roofs and the follow me tool.