A2M Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Hi again! In the french version, we have a tool to generate a simple wood structure of a roof. Selecting a roof or a roof face, it generates purlins and rafters. If you wan't to build roof trusses (like they/you do in the US) or a traditionnal truss, or a still more complex structure, how do you model it? Extrustion, rotations, translations??? Or do you have a better method? Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 @A2M, yes the US version also has a framing tool that can build "conventional" framing. To add more complex objects such as trusses, you'll need to model them from extrudes. I've attached an example that incorporates both the "out-of-the-box" framing as well as modeled trusses. You could also model "post and beam" structures using extrudes as well. Wes Quote Link to comment
A2M Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 Do you have an example of a truss that you modelled? Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 @A2M, here are a couple taken from the model in the image above. They were used as a design tool and as "proof" when the drawings came back from the truss manufacturer... Wes Trusses.vwx Quote Link to comment
A2M Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Thanks Wes! But I'm working with VW 2019... Can you export it in this version? Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 @A2M, here ya go! Wes Trusses v2019.vwx Quote Link to comment
A2M Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Thanks Wes, even if it's a bit late! Quote Link to comment
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