Drawing Roof Plans

Measure a roof pitch or a roofing slope that will identify the angles of the roof in relation to both vertical.

Drawing roof plans.

In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan. 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. Be accurate with these.

Cursor changes to a transparent disc to gauge drawing height position disc on wall top before drawing. I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc. In wireframe drag. Create a structure to put the roof on.

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. 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. The roof plan is sometimes overlooked on some plans but it is a very important feature to a complete set of plans.

Click and drag from one corner of the wall top to the other.