How To Draw A Roof

Draw in all the various intersections that are a result of the various roof pitches coming together.

How to draw a roof.

Doms zoom ultimate dark pencil visit to m. Use the following steps to draw a roof. Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height. 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.

Next draw a line representing the overhang at the side of the house. Carry this line beyond that point up into the sky of your composition. Here you will want to establish your vanishing point for the inclined angle. Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other.

I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately. The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown. 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.

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. Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from the midpoint of your roof to the angled guide you created in step 2. 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. Make a note concerning the run off that will occur with these slopes and ravines. Erase the vertical edge you drew in step 3 and the guide you drew in step 2. Step 12 draw a line from the front vertical line to the right vanishing point.

Very easy drawing step by step it is a clear cut easily understood detailed method to help you. Position disc on wall top before drawing. Draw two edges from the top of your vertical line to the corners of your roof. Without them the house drawing may look like a toy.

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. When editing the roof sketch select the edge or edges you would like to slope and select defines slope on the options bar. Such details are important.

First extend the roof s ridgeline front and rear. Push pull back your triangular gable. In the drawing area angle icons identify which lines of the sketch define slope. The roof cap overhangs the house in front and back and on both sides.

Odd roof types dormers.