Sky Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Anyone have a good suggestion on how to make tapered or pitched open web roof trusses easily? It doesn't look like the Framing Member PIO can do it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 There is an old Truss 4 Web plug-in on Vectordepot. I still have it on VW2020 but never carried it over to newer versions because I never used it + always modelled my own from scratch instead. I'm not sure if it's still available. This is it: 1 Quote Link to comment
Sky Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 I do not think VectorDepot exists anymore. Quote Link to comment
DBrown Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Sadly, the website don't load anymore, other platforms have tools for this situation, in Vectorworks we still have nothing Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 See @Pat Stanford's v helpful post: Quote Link to comment
Sky Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Thanks! I'll give that a try. Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 For me, the quickest way to create a truss is to model it using extrudes...draw it in 2D in "front view" and then extrude it 1 1/2" or whatever the thickness will be...in the image, I did just that as a "check" on the truss manufacturer's work as far as the heel condition, etc. obviously Vectorworks does not do the analytics that a truss program does...but you WILL get a VERY good idea of what you're dealing with...The roof was a combination of scissors trusses and dimensional lumber. Quote Link to comment
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