Sketchup How To Add A Roof

This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra.

Sketchup how to add a roof.

This particular roof has both a gable 2 gables and a hip. Also you learn how i mak. By aidan chopra. To download the model for free click thi.

Hip roofs don t have rakes which makes them a lot less complicated to model. Here i demonstrate how i make and complete a typical roof 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. Watch this tutorial to find out how to make a basic roof in google sketchup the easy to use 3d modelling tool.

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. Most gabled roofs have eaves so you probably need to create them for your building. Believe it or not building a hip roof is easier than building a gabled one in sketchup. Create a roof overhang.