Does anyone know the roof pitch of the William G Low House, Bristol Rhode Island?
drums please, Fab?
Dec 17, 19 1:48 pm
not sure, but looks pretty low.
Hey-o!
Non Sequitur
Dec 17, 19 3:18 pm
No, but I'm pretty sure you can get a close enough number by scaling the picture... or looking at the elevation drawings.
lazy student is lazy.
threeohdoor
Dec 17, 19 4:05 pm
Wiki says the gable is 140 ft long. Draw a 140' rectangle in Rhino, insert the photo, match perspective with camera, draw a triangle perpendicular to the rectangle, and drag the vertex up until you hit the ridge line on the photo.
Or count shingles.
Volunteer
Dec 18, 19 8:23 am
Printing out the above photo and using my junior high trig, I came up with a 18 degree angle up from horizontal at the ends with a 144 degree included angle (72 degrees * 2) at the top and a pitch of 3.7 to 12. If the gable is 140 feet long the maximum height above the gable line calculates to 21 feet, 8 inches exactly.
Non Sequitur
Dec 18, 19 9:03 am
the lazy student remains lazy
OddArchitect
Dec 18, 19 9:52 am
But egotistical architects still want to show off skills . . .
Non Sequitur
Dec 18, 19 9:56 am
junior high-school math is not really a skill worthy of showing off tho.
Thayer-D
Dec 18, 19 10:13 am
Serves you right for showing off. Hope they have an ice shield.
OddArchitect
Dec 18, 19 10:17 am
NS - all math is worth showing off - it's majic!
Non Sequitur
Dec 18, 19 10:20 am
Chad, I guess it is these days... sad.
OddArchitect
Dec 18, 19 10:37 am
Just the higher math like computational sciences and fluid mechanics. The type of stuff where you can divide by zero and become your own grandfather (or grandmother).
thatsthat
Dec 18, 19 10:24 am
This is a McKim Mead and White house. There have to be historic drawings out there somewhere to work from. Go to your school's library and see what you find in terms of documentation.
Does anyone know the roof pitch of the William G Low House, Bristol Rhode Island?
not sure, but looks pretty low.
Hey-o!
No, but I'm pretty sure you can get a close enough number by scaling the picture... or looking at the elevation drawings.
lazy student is lazy.
Wiki says the gable is 140 ft long. Draw a 140' rectangle in Rhino, insert the photo, match perspective with camera, draw a triangle perpendicular to the rectangle, and drag the vertex up until you hit the ridge line on the photo.
Or count shingles.
Printing out the above photo and using my junior high trig, I came up with a 18 degree angle up from horizontal at the ends with a 144 degree included angle (72 degrees * 2) at the top and a pitch of 3.7 to 12. If the gable is 140 feet long the maximum height above the gable line calculates to 21 feet, 8 inches exactly.
the lazy student remains lazy
But egotistical architects still want to show off skills . . .
junior high-school math is not really a skill worthy of showing off tho.
Serves you right for showing off. Hope they have an ice shield.
NS - all math is worth showing off - it's majic!
Chad, I guess it is these days... sad.
Just the higher math like computational sciences and fluid mechanics. The type of stuff where you can divide by zero and become your own grandfather (or grandmother).
This is a McKim Mead and White house. There have to be historic drawings out there somewhere to work from. Go to your school's library and see what you find in terms of documentation.