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Monday, January 12, 2015

Regular Hip Rafter With Jack Rafter à la sauterelle

In this course I am going to show you how to find the cuts using the method called "à la sauterelle"


Download file: HipJackSauterelle.pdf

Presentation of study case


Hip rafter head cuts 3D


Jack rafter side cut 3D


Jack rafter plumb cut 3D


Jack rafter footprint on hip rafter 3D


Hip rafter side cut 2D


Hip rafter plumb cut 2D


Jack rafter side cut 2D


Jack rafter plumb cut 2D


Jack rafter footprint on the Hip rafter 2D


Complete drawing finished