Design a Home — Online Tutorial

 Design a Home — Online Tutorial
From my experiences I have created this free design your own home online tutorial. The tutorial will guide you through a detailed step-by-step effective process to design your own house. During this tutorial, you will design a home online by:

• Performing a house site analysis.
• Researching local zoning regulations.
• Planning outdoor spaces.
• Planning a house, performing a needs analysis.
• Designing indoor spaces.
• Planning and designing the house exterior.
• Learning the basics of residential structural design.
• Designing floor plans.
• Building a 3D House Model of the house design.
• Learning how to Make Your Own Blueprint or investigating the various home design software programs.
• Creating full house plans, including cross-sections and elevations.

 

ROOF TYPES
http://www.cmhpf.org/kids/guideboox/rooftypes.html

Gable A very triangular roof, the gable allows rain and snow to run off easily.

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Cross Gable This is like the gable roof, but has two parts that cross.

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Flat A flat roof is exactly that - flat. It is easy to build and uses few materials.

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Mansard A French gable roof. The difference is that the mansard has a flat area at the top instead of being perfectly triangular. These are common in French Chateau houses and Second Empire style houses.

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Hipped A low-pitched roof that allows rain and snow to run off easily, the hipped roof also allows for large eaves on a building.

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Cross Hipped Similar to a hipped roof, but this roof has two parts that cross .

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Pyramidal A hipped roof that forms a pyramid shape.

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Shed Similar to a gable roof, as it allows rain and snow to run off easily. This is one of the easiest roofs to build.

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Saltbox Similar to a gable roof, but the two sides of it are not symmetrical.

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Gambrel This roof looks more bell-like than triangular when viewed from the side. It is like a flattened gable roof. Many farms have gambrel roofs.