Edit the Lower Limiting Structures of a Truss Area

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Edit the lower limiting structures of a truss area.

Select a truss area by clicking one of the trusses.
Select Truss | Truss Area | Bottom.
Select the lower limiting structures. Click a limiting structure selected during the adding phase to deselect it, or select new structures. Select several slopes by holding down the Ctrl key, or use an area selection.
Define the bottom chord of the trusses. Do one of the following:
- Select the lower limiting structures, for example the ceiling. Click a limiting structure selected during the adding phase to deselect it, or select new structures. If the structures are added in drawing-model pairs of their own, select the structures in the 3D model. If necessary, you can hide the geometry of the roof or ceiling from the model to make it easier to select the right structure, see Selecting a Roof/Ceiling. If necessary, select a function from the auxiliary menu to determine the distance between the bottom chord of the truss and the limiting structure:
  Editing Slope Reference Data
- Enter the support height and select the points of the limiting area. Select the following function from the auxiliary menu:
  Define a Limiting Plane
- Select the definition according to the exterior surface of the bearing walls. You will select the walls as the last step of defining a truss area. Select the following function from the auxiliary menu:
  Bottom of Trusses by Bearing Walls
- Select directly the Confirm function. The bottom chord of the trusses will be determined by the roof volume in the model.
Select Confirm.