Sketchup How To Add A Roof

Watch this tutorial to find out how to make a basic roof in google sketchup the easy to use 3d modelling tool.

Sketchup how to add a roof.

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. By aidan chopra. Easily creates roofs with various parameters in sketchup plugin name.

You can approach the construction of a gabled roof in google sketchup in a bunch of ways every sketchup expert has her favorite but one method in particular works well consistently. Here i demonstrate how i make and complete a typical roof in sketchup. This clip shows how to draw a realistic hip roof and its accessories with sketchup s native tools and free plugins. Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup.

Home builders sometimes go a little crazy creating gabled roofs with dozens of different pitches slopes dormers eaves and other doodads that make modeling them in google sketchup a nightmare. This particular roof has both a gable 2 gables and a hip. Create a roof overhang. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building.