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Topic: Roof Framing.

This chart gives the Hip angles for the 12 most common roof pitches.

Hip Chart

Roof Pitch
Hip Level (Seat) Cut Angle
Hip Plumb Cut Angle
Hip Drop
Hip Back Bevel Angle
Rise
hip_angle=tan-1(pitch/(12*sqrt(2)))
plumb_angle=90-hip_angle
(Rise* 1/2HT)/16.97
BA=tan-1(sin(hip_angle))



1-1/2" Thick
3" Thick
1/12
3.37°
86.63°
.04419" .08839" 3.36°
2/12
6.72°
83.28°
.08839" .17670" 6.67°
3/12
10.02°
79.98°
.13258" .26517" 9.87°
4/12
13.26°
76.74°
.17678" .35356" 12.92°
5/12
16.42°
73.58°
.22097" .44195" 15.78°
6/12
19.47°
70.53°
.26517" .53035" 18.43°
7/12
22.42°
67.58°
.30936" .61873" 20.88°
8/12
25.24°
64.76°
.35356" .70713" 23.10°
9/12
27.94°
62.06°
.39776" .79552" 25.10°
10/12
30.51°
59.49°
.44195" .88391" 26.92°
11/12
32.95°
57.05°
.48615" .97230" 28.54°
12/12
35.25°
54.75°
.53034" 1.0606" 29.99°

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