Roof Tile Geometry

The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.

Roof tile geometry.

In a rectangle floor plan the roof areas of a monopitch roof on the three gable ends front edge consist of one gable area and of hipped end roof area on one on the two eave sides. To figure out your roof s area a simple geometry can be used. The general workflow is make sure your roof geometry is properly prepared run the script choose your type of roof tile then select the edges that represent ridges hips and gables and click create. Part of a hipped roof with new roof tiles close up of ridge tile and flat tile geometry modern red roof tiles with roof hooks and ridge tiles and blue sky 3.

Part of a hipped roof with new roof tiles close up of ridge tile and flat tile geometry roof construction architectural pattern for southern countries with a view of the sky. After the script runs you can quickly adjust the color variation and tile size in the viewport and in real time. A gable roof is a traditional triangle shaped roof that can range from a medium pitch to sharp angled roofs. Roof shapes differ greatly from region to region.

Roof terminology is also not rigidly defined. A frame roof is the sharpest gable style roof resembling the shape of the letter a. Pent roof is a collection of low mono pitched roofs often seen on residential terraces. Typically the roof pitch of monopitch roofs is low.

The key is to be as accurate as possible since falling short or an overage could mean thousands of dollars when planning your roofing budget. Roofing is measured in squares.