8/12 roof pitch?

[kristinabrooke]

Im trying to draw a garage with an 8/12 roof pitch but I dont even know where to start with the roof. I just got out of autocad 1 but we didnt talk about roofs. It is a 27x25 garage.

[ReMark]

Your roof will pitch 33.69 degrees.

 

For future reference re: common roof pitches.

 

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/roof-pitch-angle.html

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