Do you like these SketchUp tutorials and videos? Then we’ll use the “Automatically Create Hip Roof” function to generate the roof faces, then finally we’ll use the generate rafter function to finalize our roof.Modeling Framing in Your SketchUp Models with House Builder and 1001Bit Toolsīefore I get started, I want to thank all my supporters on Patreon for your support, specifically my two new supporters, Mark Jefferson and David Murphy. To use 1001 bit tools, we’re going to start by generating the footprint of our roof as a face. Once again, Medeek Truss gives you more options for this if you don’t mind paying a few bucks. In this case, what we’re going to do is use 1001 bit tools to generate the rafters along our edges.

Now, we can add our upper level framing, then we’ll work on our roof. I will note, you could also use and extension like Medeek Truss from Nathaniel Wilkerson, but that is a paid extension, where 1001 bit is free. Once we’ve developed this for our first floor, we’re going to add rafters with 1001 bit tools. This allows you to quickly and easily generate openings in your framed walls with proper framing. This extension comes with the ability to quickly add door and window openings, as well as move them around within house builder assemblies. Now, you can add openings using the opening creation tools. Once you’ve drawn the outline of your framing, you can come in and add walls along the lines that you’ve outlined. Note that you can adjust all the settings for the framing in the settings section. We’re going to start off by drawing the outline of our house, then we’ll use house builder to generate our framed walls. Housebuilder allows you to generate framed wall assemblies, as well as generating roofs, and probably most importantly, openings in those wall assemblies. It has a great rafter framing tool that we’re going to use. The second is 1001 Bit tools, which I’ve talked about a bit in the past.

The first is called house builder – it’s an extension from TIG that as far as I know, can only be downloaded from a forum post in SketchUcation. In today’s video, we’re going to use a pair of extensions to create a wood framed house model in SketchUp. If so, please consider supporting me on Patreon (click here to support)!

Modeling Framing in Your SketchUp Models with House Builder and 1001Bit Toolsīefore I get started, I want to thank all my supporters on Patreon for your support, specifically my two new supporters, Mark Jefferson and David Murphy.

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