Easily creates roofs with various parameters in sketchup plugin name.
Sketchup roof how to.
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Typing 6 12 yields a slope of 6 in 12.
This video features the push pull move and offset tool.
Push pull back your triangular gable.
Erase the vertical edge you drew in step 3 and the guide you drew in step 2.
Draw two edges from the top of your vertical line to the corners of your 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.
Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from the midpoint of your roof to the angled guide you created in step 2.
This creates two triangular faces.
Watch this tutorial to find out how to make a basic roof in google sketchup the easy to use 3d modelling tool.
For example a 4 12 pronounced 4 in 12 roof slope rises 4 feet for every 12 feet it runs a 1 12 slope is very shallow and a 12 12 slope is very steep.
The point at which your edge and your guide meet is the height of your roof ridge.