How To Draw A Roof

Push pull back your triangular gable.

How to draw a roof.

Here you will want to establish your vanishing point for the inclined angle. In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. Draw lines for the overhangs at the front and rear of the house. Next draw a line representing the overhang at the side of the house.

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. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately. 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. First extend the roof s ridgeline front and rear.

Make a note concerning the run off that will occur with these slopes and ravines. Such details are important. Draw in all the various intersections that are a result of the various roof pitches coming together. Use the following steps to draw a roof.

Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from the midpoint of your roof to the angled guide you created in step 2. 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. Draw an x criss cross from all the corners in the front square. Step 10 draw an x to all the corners in the back square.

Odd roof types dormers. In the drawing area angle icons identify which lines of the sketch define slope. Without them the house drawing may look like a toy. Very easy drawing step by step it is a clear cut easily understood detailed method to help you.

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. Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc. To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue.

Create a structure to put the roof on. Doms zoom ultimate dark pencil visit to m. Erase the vertical edge you drew in step 3 and the guide you drew in step 2. Carry this line beyond that point up into the sky of your composition.

The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other. Position disc on wall top before drawing. Draw two edges from the top of your vertical line to the corners of your roof.

We will determine there length in the next step.