Use the following steps to draw a roof.
How to draw a roof.
Odd roof types dormers.
Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from the midpoint of your roof to the angled guide you created in step 2.
Position disc on wall top before drawing.
Make a note concerning the run off that will occur with these slopes and ravines.
We will determine there length in the next step.
Step 12 draw a line from the front vertical line to the right vanishing point.
Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other.
The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown.
Carry this line beyond that point up into the sky of your composition.
Draw lines for the overhangs at the front and rear of the house.
Such details are important.
Step 10 draw an x to all the corners in the back square.
In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan.
Push pull back your triangular gable.
Draw an x criss cross from all the corners in the front square.
In the drawing area angle icons identify which lines of the sketch define slope.
Without them the house drawing may look like a toy.
Here you will want to establish your vanishing point for the inclined angle.
Very easy drawing step by step it is a clear cut easily understood detailed method to help you.
Draw two edges from the top of your vertical line to the corners of your roof.
Next draw a line representing the overhang at the side of the house.
The roof cap overhangs the house in front and back and on both sides.
I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc.
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First extend the roof s ridgeline front and rear.
Create a structure to put the roof on.
Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height.
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.
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.
Erase the vertical edge you drew in step 3 and the guide you drew in step 2.
When editing the roof sketch select the edge or edges you would like to slope and select defines slope on the options bar.
To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue.
Draw in all the various intersections that are a result of the various roof pitches coming together.
