Drawing Roof Plans
Create a structure to put the roof on.
Drawing roof plans. Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other. Use the following steps to draw a roof. Drawing a roof plan isn t a difficult task if you already have a grasp of basic drafting. The roof plan is sometimes overlooked on some plans but it is a very important feature to a complete set of plans.
Be accurate with these. Roof truss plan view drawings. 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. Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height position disc on wall top before drawing.
In wireframe drag. A roof plan is a view from the top of the house that shows the geometry in flat view of a roof. How to draw roof plans step 1. 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.
Create an exact replica of the floor plan or footprint of the home on your graph paper.