Red333 Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 Is there an easy way to add a roof to my model in Sketchup? Right now I'm drawing line work, extruding it, and rotating it into place, which takes forever especially when trying to add a fairly complex roof to a house in excess of 4500 sq. ft. Thanks in advance. Quote
boofredlay Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 There are a couple of roof making ruby scripts on this page (alphabetical). http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/en_arc_page.htm I tested the one TIG wrote years ago and it was pretty solid. However I have not used it or the other in quite a while. Hope this helps. Quote
Red333 Posted September 5, 2009 Author Posted September 5, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I clicked the link and I got what looks like a lot of tech. info. Is this what I need? If so, how do I use it? Thanks again for the help. Quote
boofredlay Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 The image below is what you should see. I pinned the one I used way back. Just right click on the name (Roof.rb or which ever you want to try) and save it in your Plugins folder (C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins). Restart SketchUp and you should have the roof tool you just added show up in either the plugins pulldown, tools pulldown or on the context click (right click). Again, I have only used the Roof.rb by TIG and that was a loooong time ago. P.S. I just noticed that the Roof.rb has a word file next to it. I opened it and there it is a real nice help file, full of graphics. Have fun. Quote
Ragtime Clown Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 I have quite a bit of success modelling roof structures in AutoCad. I recently got an educational licence for SketchUpPro and spent several days trying to master the programme. I didn't like the time I lost learning the new methods involved. I bought 2011 and look forward to modelling many roof structures. Quote
f700es Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I am going to try a few of these roof rubies but you might have better luck just modeling them by hand. Quote
boofredlay Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I agree. I tested some of the roof rubies but to be honest, no two roofs are alike and I find it easier to do them from scratch. Quote
f700es Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Yeah, just take your time and use logic and you can draw just about any roofs Quote
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