Grapple connections

[cglow]

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 - 

 

 

[JustinVanHassel]

At this point in time, Braceworks does not support calculations for mid-span connections, only the conventional end to end and the above and below using Truss Crosses. This will be a Wish List item.