Select build roof build roof from the menu and in the build roof dialog specify the pitch framing and any other attributes that you will need for the cricket.
Framing and roof crickets.
You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters.
Always frame the cricket at the same pitch as the roof and you will be within code guidelines.
This is the number which we will use to lay out our rafter for the cricket.
This also makes it easier.
Install a waterproof membrane over the cricket sides and edges fastened to the cricket with a construction stapler.
In this example a pitch of 12 12 and 1 1 2 x 5 1 2 rafters are specified.
This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle.
Here the build roof dialog is being used to set the defaults for manually drawn roof planes.
Put metal flashing along the sides of the cricket nailed in place to overlap seams with the roof.
Secure the plywood triangles to the roof decking and cricket ridge with galvanized screws.
The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof.