6.1 Generating Designs for Truss Envelopes

Estimated Completion Time: 4 minutes

Description

This module covers generating designs for Truss Envelopes which applies chord and web members to the envelopes.

Objectives

• Explain the relationship between Truss Envelopes and Truss Designs.

• Demonstrate how to Design Truss Envelopes.

• Navigate the layout using the 3D Camera and explore view options for viewing Truss Envelopes and Designs.

Additional Resources

• Training Plan 3 accessible from Choose/Create Project > OPEN SAMPLE

Learning Activity

Watch video and follow along within the Paragon Design App.

Video Transcript:

Welcome!

In this video, we’ll walk through the process of designing components for all the truss envelopes you've placed into your layout. Once your truss envelopes are defined, this design step is what brings them to life. Let’s jump in and take a look at how it works.

From the Project menu, select Design All Truss Envelopes. This will run the default design logic on each truss envelope and place chord and web members based on the truss envelope geometry. Now that all truss envelopes have initially been designed, let's take a look at what has been generated in your layout.

Switching over to our 3D camera, as we see here we are currently in a solids view. To see the chord and web members, we’ll need to adjust the view. From the View Options, click on the truss envelopes icon to cycle through the different view modes until landing on the Designs view mode.

As you see now, each of the trusses displays the chord and web members.

Quick note: Truss plates are not applied during initial truss envelope design. That will happen during the truss analysis process, which we’ll cover in a separate video.

And there you have it—your truss envelopes are initially designed and ready for further optimization and analysis.

Thanks for watching!