Projx_CA Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Is there a workaround to get braceworks to calculate a vertical truss box? I have no trouble building the box, connecting all objects and rotating to vertical. Braceworks believes there are FEM forces on a strictly vertical load. This is using Christie Lites B-Type. Screen Frame Test.vwx Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee JustinVH Posted April 25, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 25, 2019 At this time vertical loads are not supported with Braceworks and this even applies to hanging loads; not just ground supported. The FEM error is telling Braceworks that the load is not properly balanced. I even did a test with the frame at an angle of 89.9° instead of 90° to see if I could trick the system into calculating as the truss would not be 100% vertical as a workaround to help. The only way I was able go get a calculation with no errors was to hang two additional motors on the bottom truss so that Braceworks can see the other side is supported and that is definitely not how that would be rigged in the real world. I have attached the screenshot but I know this is not the answer you were looking for. I know that the engineers are looking into adding this functionality in future releases if possible but at this time a timeframe is unknown. Quote Link to comment
Projx_CA Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Makes sense. Thanks for testing. Hope to see the 'ground support' feature working eventually! Quote Link to comment
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