dévers de pas plan view

dévers de pas plan view:

3D model by SBE Builders

Plan View of the dévers de pas model used in my Blog.

dévers de pas bevel angle

dévers de pas bevel angle:

3D model by SBE Builders

This drawing shows how to develop the bevel angle of the valley rafter rotated into the roof surface plane. The bevel angle is 2 * the Jack Rafter Side cut Angle.

dévers de pas

dévers de pas:

3D model by SBE Builders

Model showing the framing squares following the lines for dévers de pas.

Google SketchUp Ruby Plugin

Google SketchUp Ruby Plugin -- Roof Framing Geometry Version 1.3

Here's a link to an updated dated version of the Roof Framing Geometry Plugin, version 1.3.

updated: July 17th 2013

Windows Plugin

Roof Framing Plugin V 1.3 .zip

Just unzip it in the Google SketchUp \Plugins directory.

C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins
or
C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\Plugins

To find the plugin folder, Open the ruby console window and and paste this into the command line in the console window.

 UI.openURL("file://#{Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")}")

Mac Plugin
/Users/mac/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2013/SketchUp

Roof Framing Plugin V 1.3 .rbz

Added Unequal Pitched Hip Rafters.

Added Prism Plane for studying Roof framing Geometry

Hip Rafter Plumb Mark Line Shift

Here's a couple of drawings showing the Hip Rafter Plumb Mark Line Shift. This is for Nick's Task Model that can be downloaded on Google Sketchup Warehouse.

Nick's Task Model #2

Nick's Task Model #2:

3D model by SBE Builders

Sketchup file for Nick's Task model showing the Jack Rafter Layout for the unequal pitched roof.

Nick's Task Model # 1

Nick's Task Model # 1:

3D model by SBE Builders

Sketchup file for Nick's Task model showing the Hip Rafter layout for the unequal pitched roof with the Hip Rafter Plumb Line Mark Shift.