Truss Structures

Framer

You can use this function to add basic members to a truss. Truss members are profiles and you can handle them with profile functions.

  1. Select Modeling | Panel | Truss Truss Structures... The browser is opened.
  2. Select a folder in the browser.
  3. Double-click the truss thumbnail.
  4. Select the cross sections of the top chord, bottom chord and the diagonals in the Regular Truss dialog box.

    Regular Truss Dialog Box

  5. Select the trusses where you want to add the members.
  6. Select Confirm.

You can edit the truss members in the building model or in the truss envelope drawing. You can open a truss envelope drawing with the function Edit a Truss in a 2D Drawing. Edit the members with the profile trimming functions, for example. In the figure below, the profiles have been trimmed with the function Trim to the nearest enveloping line of a profile, see Trimming to the Side of a Profile.

When you create the truss drawing, the truss members will also be displayed in the drawing.