How to create a uniform sloped roof in sketchup.
Moving roof in sketchup.
I am modelling my house.
I ve got my first floor walls exterior and interior done and in place and i d like to now create a simple gable roof.
Sketchup asks what you d like to do with the tag s contents.
After the visible checkbox for the roof tag is deselected the roof becomes hidden.
Sketchup 2020 has changed some words.
When using the protractor tool sketchup s measurements box understands angles expressed as ratios as well as those expressed in degrees.
Create an odd shaped building.
I drew lines to form two triangles and then joined them with the blue line the ridge line of the roof.
When you re drawing a model in sketchup moving your model or parts of it takes on a third dimension.
This article is your guide to moving things around in your 3d model from a simple click and move operation to moving precisely with 3d coordinates.
If you are creating a building that you that has odd dimensions that you want a uniform slope on read this article to learn how.
I m a newbie designing a hypothetical garage apartment.
Move to current tag move to default tag or delete contents.
I ve seen this done in several tutorials by drawing a line across the midway point of the building and then using the move tool to move the two roof planes up with that line creating the peak.
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Select an option and click ok microsoft windows or delete.
Smith for an in depth discussion in this video moving around the model part of sketchup for architecture.
An l shaped building in this.
It s been going ok though a steep learning curve but now i m stuck.
Paypal me sketchup this method will allow you quickly model a roof with a fixed pitch by rotating a line with a slope ratio.
It also shows an alternate method for modeling the same roof using push pull.
The bottom left room has a separate pitched roof pitched in all 4 directions.
Floor and roof of the house.
Whatever i do.
It looks ok but when i try to move that line it will move in any direction except the up blue axis.
