6.2 Relabeling Trusses

Estimated Completion Time: 26 minutes

Description

This module demonstrate how to replace system-generated truss labels with user-defined labels. Truss labeling varies greatly and is largely based on regional, company, and designer preferences. In this video, a generic labeling scheme is used to systematically apply truss labels using two different methods.

Objectives

• Apply user-defined truss labels for an entire layout.

• Demonstrate the two different methods for renaming trusses.

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:

For this lesson,  we will apply labels to the trusses in a series starting with Series A and moving our way through to Series F.

It's important that we stay together throughout this training, and apply all labels as specified since we will be referencing the components by name in additional videos. One note, it is good practice to label your trusses with upper case letters, so let's press our caps locks to be on.

Let's get started.

As we can see, system-generated labels are automatically applied after generating designs for our Truss Envelopes. We are going to update the system-generated labels with our preferred truss labels. Pan over so we can get started at the left side of the structure, which will be our series "A" trusses. Select the gable and from the properties panel locate the component design name. Here we will adjust the name to be A01-GBL. Select this next truss in line, and we will label it to be A01. Moving over to our tray ceiling trusses. Click on the truss and we are going to name these A01A. These next trusses differ, because they have overhangs on both ends. We will change the name to A01B. Nice, this wraps up labels for Series A.

Okay, next we're going to jump over to the front right of the house, which will be our Series B trusses. We will start with the outside gable truss. Click to select it and call this B01-GBL. Next in line, click this truss and we will rename it to be B01. Moving to the left, we can see here that this truss was looked over during our editing process. So, we need to adjust this truss envelope. To do so, let's select the truss, and then from the properties panel, we will set the right overhang to 0. Once we adjust the truss envelope properties, we need to then, right click on it, and select Regenerate Component. With the overhang corrected, we will now rename this to B01A, which also applies to the next several trusses as you can see these populate. Continuing to the left, let's click to select this next truss and we will name this B01B. Next, we are going to select the transition gable and name it B01-GBL and we will also add a dash, T to differentiate it from our other B, series gable.

Great! We've got our A, and B series truss labels.

Next, let's pan down to the front porch area where we'll take care of our C series truss labels. We will start with the gable. Select this truss and change the name to C01-GBL. And for this next one we will click to select it and label this C01. Next let's select the first of the valley trusses and name it C02-V. Moving over to the next truss select it and we will use C03-V. All right, and that does it for these C series truss labels.

Next, let's pan over to the garage area and we will work on the D series trusses.

Starting with our hip girder, we will click to select this and call that D01-G for girder. Next, we will move over and select this truss and rename it using D02. Moving further up the garage area we will click and select the truss and use D03. Then we will click on the next truss in line and use D04. Here let's select this truss and then we will enter D05 for it's label. And here, select the truss and call this truss D06. Let's get out of the current selection. To do so, click inside the layout somewhere not on a truss and then press escape.

Let's 'jump up to the valley area and relabel these. Here we will cover an additional method of renaming trusses. This method allows us to select a group of trusses by pressing the control button, and dragging the mouse around the trusses we want to relabel. Once you have the trusses selected, right click on one of the selected trusses, and click, rename component. Here we see the group appear in the panel to the right. Our next step, is to click on one of the selected trusses and type in the new name. We know the truss is active, as the truss turns green in our layout. We do not need to go over to the panel on the right, as the selected truss is highlighted in the text box. We simply type in the new label name. Then we click on the next truss, and type in the new name we want.

Ok, now we know the process, let's get started relabeling the valley trusses. Press and hold the Control button and move your mouse, if Truss Envelopes is not selected from the Multi Select options, make sure to select that option. Now drag across the 7 valley trusses to select them. As we can see these are now selected. Let's right click, then select rename component. The list of trusses is now active in the panel to the right. Let's start relabeling from the bottom and work our way up. Click on the bottom most truss, when we do the active selection turns green. All we need to do is type in D07-V. Remember, we do not need to click over in the active panel of selected trusses. Then we will select the next truss and relabel this D08-V. Repeat this for the next one. So, click and then Simply D09-V. Let's continue by clicking to select the next truss and type in D10-V. We have a couple more to go for our Valley Trusses. Select the next one here, and use D11-V. Then, we will click, to select this one, and we will use  D12-V. Let's select this last one, and call it D13-V.

Let's pan down to the hip trusses here on the garage. Starting with the corner Girder, click to select it and we'll use D-CG6. Representing a 6 foot hip girder set-back. Notice, that it applied the label over on the other side as well. Next we will select our 2 foot corner Jack, and enter D-CJ2. And then, we've got our 4 foot Corner Jack. Select it, and we will enter D-CJ4. And finally, let's wrap up our D series trusses. Select our 6 foot end jack and we will relabel it with D-EJ6.

Next we will pan over to the rear porch on the house, here we will re-label our E series trusses. We will start with the hip girder. Click on it and enter E01-G. Click to select this next truss, and here we will use E02. As we move on down, let's click and we will enter E03 for this truss. Next in line here, click to select the truss, and we will use E04-V. Here, let's select this truss, and we will relabel it with E05-V for this one. Click the next truss inline, and we will relabel it using, E06-V. And finally, wrap up this valley set by selecting this truss, and we will enter E07-V for it's label.

Next, let's take care of our E series hip trusses. Pan back up and we will start, with our corner girders. Click on the girder. For this label, we will use E-CG6. Next, will be our corner jacks. Select the corner jack along the left side, and we'll name this E-CJ2. Moving on through. Select the next corner jack and we will name this one E-CJ4. Here we will wrap up this set for our E series. Select our end jack along the back edge, and here we will use E-EJ6. Now, we should be all set for the rear porch section.

Now let's pan over to the fireplace. Here we will rename our F series trusses. Select the gable along the top edge and we will relabel it. We will use, F01-GBL. Click to select the short mono truss, here we will use F01. This will wrap up the fireplace labels.

And there we have it. All trusses are labeled and we're looking good.

While applying user-labels is a repetitive process, it's a very important one. Being intentional about labeling allows you to systematically review and optimize each design.

Thanks for watching!