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Depending on the answer, this may belong in the "Wish List" forum section... Does anyone know if it's possible to do braceworks connections with a grapple connection? I want to set a truss spanning in-plane between two rigged trusses. In the world, we'll use a grapple per manufacturer's specs and approved by an engineer... but in the planning stages, can I calc that somehow? Options I know are possible, but don't want them: 1. Extend the truss, put it on top of the rigged truss, use a simple Truss Cross connection... problem, I know I'm getting close to the venue's capacity, so I don't want to start adding ~10lbs of truss weight at every connection point because there's 100 of them. 2. Same idea, but hung below. Same issue. And either way that'll mess up counts of steel cable/truss as it won't be accurate across a large project. 3. Add motor to each end of the spanning truss, take that Low-Hook-Weight, add a point load to the primary rigged truss... overly complicated, there's a lot of these connections, and opportunity for human error in the calc. Plus any modification to the layout and spacing would mean redoing everything, not just dragging a truss around which pulls objects attached to it with it. Like I said, maybe it's a wish list item... Thanks for looking -

Does Braceworks know about grapples? Is there a way to get BW to understand what they are and how they work?

So the Auto Connect feature for truss symbols is really nice, it was something I missed moving over from WYSIWYG. I'm building a rig, and using Braceworks for the first time with, and was wondering if there is a way to connect truss together, not at a usual connection point, but with grapples, book hinges, etc. I could stack the truss on top or bottom, but it is not exactly the same, and I'm just curious if that math has been worked out yet in the software to account for the truss load deflections when connected like that.