servasMckenna Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 How can I add trusses to a hidden roof plan? I wanna show it on the truss plan view in layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servasMckenna Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 Flat roof with parapet walls. Been trying to show how trusses will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servasMckenna Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 I am unable to add roof trusses on my hidden roof house plan. forinstance in the image attached I want to show trusses for this kind of roof plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Have you defined the Roof Structure? IAE, Trusses are not automatic. You have to create a single truss and the use multi-copy to populate the full roof area. It would help if you would post the plan so we could actually help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 7 hours ago, servasMckenna said: I am unable to add roof trusses on my hidden roof house plan. forinstance in the image attached I want to show trusses for this kind of roof plane If your "Roof" is really the Floor from a second Level use a Floor Truss not a Roof Truss , making sure the second Floor structure is set to the correct Depth 1st. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servasMckenna Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 16 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said: Have you defined the Roof Structure? IAE, Trusses are not automatic. You have to create a single truss and the use multi-copy to populate the full roof area. It would help if you would post the plan so we could actually help. here is the plan semi detached 2 bedroom-lazi.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servasMckenna Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Kbird1 said: If your "Roof" is really the Floor from a second Level use a Floor Truss not a Roof Truss , making sure the second Floor structure is set to the correct Depth 1st. M. yes, my roof is actually a floor from the second level....but is there a way to make a hidden roof without having to make a second floor? perhaps that would be easy to make roof trusses. attached is my plan, review and advise semi detached 2 bedroom-lazi.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 37 minutes ago, servasMckenna said: yes, my roof is actually a floor from the second level....but is there a way to make a hidden roof without having to make a second floor? perhaps that would be easy to make roof trusses. attached is my plan, review and advise semi detached 2 bedroom-lazi.plan In a Floor you need to Use Floor Trusses not Roof Trusses , they seem to be working okay for me so you may need to explain further what the issue is.... semi detached_Floor Trusses_MHD.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servasMckenna Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Kbird1 said: In a Floor you need to Use Floor Trusses not Roof Trusses , they seem to be working okay for me so you may need to explain further what the issue is.... semi detached_Floor Trusses_MHD.plan Thanks, gat it now. How can I add a pitch to the trusses to give the roof a degree of slantiness? how can I show the draining point for this type of roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 7 hours ago, servasMckenna said: Thanks, gat it now. How can I add a pitch to the trusses to give the roof a degree of slantiness? how can I show the draining point for this type of roof? Usually done in section views but there are Roof Caps and Drains in the Library too. The Trusses don't slope usually , the slope is added with pre-sloped Rigid Foam which is protected with Protection Board and then the 2-3 layers of Asphalt Roofing or some other Roof membrane depending on the system used in your Locale. In the past they also used lightweight concrete to create the slope to drain too but this is not worth the time to do in Chief really when it can be done in the CAD Details with Notes and a few CAD Lines. Try looking online for a free CAD Detail from a Manufacturer of Roof Materials for example and you may not even have to draw that. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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