Add Floor Trusses
You can use this function to define a truss area and to add
trusses to a floor. The top and bottom surface of the truss area
are determined by the top and bottom surface of the floor's FRAMING
type layer.
- Select Trusses > Special Trusses >
Floor Trusses.
- Select the truss parameters. The previously selected parameters
are the default parameters. You can reselect the parameters by
using the function Edit
truss parameters on the contextual toolbar.
Floor Truss
Parameters
- Select the area.
- Select Confirm. The cursor will turn into a vertical
line.
- Before you click the start point of the truss spacing, you can
change the direction of the line as follows:
- Press the Arrow Right or Arrow Left key.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu and select one
of the following:
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Default (direction of the riser on a sloping plane)
- Select direction
- Select the start point of the direction line.
- Select the end point of the direction line.
- Do either of the following:
- Select the point from which the truss spacing will be started.
The trusses will be divided in both directions starting from the
selected point.
- Select Confirm. The positioning of the trusses will be
started from the left edge of the area (trusses in the y axis
direction) or from the top edge (trusses in the x axis
direction).
- Select the support structures. You can edit the selection by
clicking a selected structure to remove the selection.
- Select Confirm.
Special
Trusses