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Circular Tower Rafter Calculator v1.0
Circular Tower Rafter Calculator
 Raidus   Feet    Inches

    Common Rafter Overhang
    Rafter O.C. Spacing At Plate Line
 P   Common Rafter Pitch

show results in feet & inches


results are show below in the IFrame window

All online tools use javascript to calculate the dimensions. Use at your own risk. If the answers look wrong then verify the answers with a calculator.

This circular tower rafter script - calculator will return the circular rafter geometry angles and trigonometry rafter measurements for circular tower roof framing. The script returns the correct number of common rafters based on the rafter spacing for the circumference of the tower plate line. It also returns the correct number of 4' x 8' plywood roof sheathing for the circular tower. The circumference of the fascia is also displayed in the results.

  In a circle of radius r, the length of the chord that subtends a central angle x is r * sin( x/2).

Most structural engineers will call out 24" O.C. rafter spacing for the circular towers. However, the script default is 8" O.C. rafter spacing at the outside edge of the circular tower radius plates so you can actully attach the fascia correctly.


Circulat Tower Rafter Layout circular-tower.dxf -- auto generated DXF CAD file of rafter drawing each time script is run
circular-tower.pl source code for perl script that generates these rafter calculations
dxf_header.txt DXF header text file used by this script



Circular Tower Rafter Layout

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SBE Builders
SBE Builders
5305 Laguna Ct.
Discovery Bay, California 94505
(925) 634-6022 • Fax: (925) 634-6022
Commercial & Residential Framing Contractor
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