Drawing Roof Plans

Create a structure to put the roof on.

Drawing roof plans.

Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height position disc on wall top before drawing. Measure a roof pitch or a roofing slope that will identify the angles of the roof in relation to both vertical. Be accurate with these. Drawing a roof plan isn t a difficult task if you already have a grasp of basic drafting.

The roof lines ridgelines hip lines valley lines gable and eaves overhang lines at the ends of building sections and at junctions provide information regarding the required shape of the roof. It is important to identify the load bearing walls on which the roof trusses will be supported in the following plan view drawings all load bearing walls are shown shaded. Create an exact replica of the floor plan or footprint of the home on your graph paper. Use the following steps to draw a roof.

Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other. A roof plan is a view from the top of the house that shows the geometry in flat view of a roof. Roof truss plan view drawings. In wireframe drag.

How to draw roof plans step 1.