kitty Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hi there. Does anyone have or know how to create a symbol for 20.5"x20.5"x10' self climbing truss, top view? I figured out how to make the side view, but I need the top view, and the symbol for the self climbing rig that goes in the corners where corner blocks normally go. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) This is something that sometimes varies from fabricator to fabricator. Because it sounds like you want to be accurate with this I would contact the manufacturer about getting a drawing. Or if you know the dimensions draw it yourself. I think the truss tool, which I am guessing you are using is not something you really want to use for this. If you are just looking for a top view of a 10' truss you can rotate the truss from the truss tool in 3d and use that. This is probably something also best placed in the spotlight forum, but either way. Hopefully that helps. Matt Edited May 7, 2009 by MattG Quote Link to comment
kitty Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Thanks Matt, I thought about placing in the spotlight forum first but wasn't sure. Will try the rotate in 3d thing if I can figure out how to do that. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
kitty Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Having trouble with the whole rotate thing. Can you help with with rotating so I can see the top view? Thank you. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I am attaching a super simple example. Just made a 10' section of 20x and adjusted the hanging angle from 0 to 90. If you are using the self climbing towers you know the climbing sleeve will be a alternate size and you should get that information. Hopefully this helps. Matt Quote Link to comment
kitty Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 I can't seem to open the file with the extension .vwx. I know that it is a Vectorworks file, but my VW is not recognizing it for some reason. I tried changing it to .mcd, but that still didn't work. Any thought. I appreciate all your help on this Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Sorry didn't look that you were using 12. I back saved to 12 for you. When they switched from numbers to years they changed the file extension. Matt Quote Link to comment
kitty Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Ok, I was doing it right, just wasn't what I was looking for. I am trying to get it to look like the plan view of this document that I have attached. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 What that drawing is of a self climbing tower, but the towers are not actually 20x they are 12x12. The sleeve block is basically a 20x corner block with little wheel like things in it where a motor pulls it up. The drawing you sent is all 2d. I have a basic 3d version of the system but it is over 5 mb and I cannot post it. If you want me to send it to you shoot me an e-mail. mgohring@upstaging.com Matt Quote Link to comment
cad@sggsa Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Kitty What trussing system is it? Did the post by Simon help you? http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=123251#Post123251 Quote Link to comment
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