Attic Truss Softplan

Building a pole barn.

Attic truss softplan. I have a project where the customer wants a post framed building with trusses that have a heel height of 7 875 and an overhang of 12. With attic trusses has there been a tool added to tell the truss where the attic opening is to be located in the truss. Save drawing as attic truss step 2 place your roof and edit each end to be a gable next go to roof framing and select auto stick frame click inside roof poly step 3 return to drawing mode and place a section line and generate a section and save it this drawing will help you with offsets and will help you reference the knee walls and beams we. In the attic size settings for the truss adjust the height and width as appropriate.

I may be a bit anal here but is the heel height as listed in softplan s roof options parameters drawn from the bottom of roof truss bearing to top of roof truss rafter or to top of sheathing. You may need to do a cleanup ctrl c to get the trusses to adjust if you make any adjustments to the roof after you insert your trusses. If you are a softplan subscriber the pole barn tutorials are now available from the start screen of your program. The trusses will adjust to match the roof.

Posted on june 20 2018 february 27 2019 by admin. Softplan provides a method of creating specially shaped roofs through the use of roof profiles. When i create this truss the bottom chord extends past the outside of the wall to connect with the top chord. Roof trusses sample chapter from the building a pole barn tutorial series.

But trying to get the profiles to look right can be an exercise in frustration. Softplan version 2020 new features. Accent truss command added to parametrically place the decorative truss into a gable end.