Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from the midpoint of your roof to the angled guide you created in step 2.
Gable roof plugin sketchup.
Sketchup extensions for architecture roof by tig easy free roof creation roof by tig is a sketchup extension that allows you to quickly create roofs from faces inside your models.
When using the protractor tool sketchup s measurements box understands angles expressed as ratios as well as those expressed in degrees.
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A dutch gable rafter roof with hip and ridge.
Optimization of ready models discussion of the cleanup plugin.
This sketchup roof plugin roof by tig allows you to create multiple different kinds of roofs quickly and easily in sketchup.
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Created with the medeek truss plugin.
Push pull back your triangular gable.
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Typing 6 12 yields a slope of 6 in 12.
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.
This is much faster than manually creating roofs with native tools.
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It will remove unused geometry reduce the number of polygons to the necessary minimum and fix all errors in the file.
Download tig roof and more in the architecture extensions guide.
It s a free plugin that helps you keep your scene in order.
Various roof makers tools downloads.
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