ACADuser Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 How would you model this structure? I have been using 2nd floor with no ceiling and adding a slope ceiling plane. I guess there is no hope for sloped steel bar joist. I will do the section in CAD but wanted the CA section close to actual. Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I would probably use AutoCAD Sorry, that was low. I wonder if there's a way to create a really narrow truss and use steel as its material for the bar joist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 How would you model this structure? I have been using 2nd floor with no ceiling and adding a slope ceiling plane. I guess there is no hope for sloped steel bar joist. I will do the section in CAD but wanted the CA section close to actual. Any tips? Can you be more specific re: which particular part you're having trouble with? There's a lot going on there. Low slope roof, parapet walls, dropped wall section, flashing details, steel bar joists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 For the steel bar joists, there are quite a few pretty easy options including... 1. Using the truss tool. You could optionally create 2 trusses...one for the top and bottom cord and one for the "webbing", modify as necessary, and distribute. This would result in square tubing though which may or may not be a problem. 2. Create a symbol for the trusses using moldings and/or primitive solids. 3. A combination of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHampton Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Use a polyline solid with a custom molding polyline for the parapet wall. (set it ontop of your exterior walls) Build the roof with a a very small thickness. (Build the roof inside the exterior walls and with the low elevation as shown) Use trusses from the library, or create your own with molding poly-lines. Steel bar joists from the Sketch-up 3D Warehouse.... https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?q=steel+bar+joists&backendClass=entity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Here's something that might get you close enough to model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 I apologize for not answering this thread. Just found it again looking for a Bar Joist Solution. Good solutions all but. I'm on the run again so I may just do it in Autocad this time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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