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Truss Defaults

The default settings for floor, ceiling • The overall depth of individual Floor/
and roof trusses are set in the Framing Ceiling Trusses are based on the
Defaults dialog. Select Edit> Default thicknesses of the platforms in which they
Settings and in the Default Settings dialog, are drawn. See “Floor Panels” on page
select Framing and click the Edit button. 844.
• The default settings for truss chord and
webbing depth, maximum span, and king- • The structure of Roof Trusses is
post are set in the Framing Defaults dia- determined by the position of the roof
log. See “Trusses Panel” on page 855. plane(s) above and the ceiling plane(s)
below. See “Roof Planes” on page 788
and “Ceiling Planes” on page 811.

Floor and Ceiling Trusses

Floor and ceiling trusses can be used a floor or ceiling platform in floor plan view.
instead of joists to frame platforms. See “Drawing Trusses” on page 877.
As with manually-drawn floor and ceiling
framing, the presence of a room above To create a sloped truss ceiling truss,
determines whether a floor or ceiling truss is draw a Roof Truss and specify it as a
drawn. For example, a truss drawn on the Sloping Flat Truss. See “General Panel” on
first floor of a single story home will be a page 892.
ceiling truss, while a truss drawn on the first
floor of a two-story building will be a floor The TRUSSES panel of the Build Framing
truss for the 2nd floor. dialog contains default settings for floor and
ceiling trusses. See “Trusses Panel” on page
Floor and ceiling trusses can only be drawn 855. These default settings can be overridden
manually. To place a floor or ceiling truss in
your plan, select Build> Framing> Floor/ by the settings in the Floor/Ceiling Truss
Specification dialog. See “Floor/Ceiling
Ceiling Truss , then click and drag within Truss Specification Dialog” on page 895.

Roof Trusses
Roof trusses can be used instead of or Select Build> Framing> Roof Truss, then
in combination with rafters to frame click and drag in floor plan view within one
roofs and ceilings. Roof trusses can only be or more roof planes to manually draw a roof
drawn manually, and can only be created truss. See “Drawing Trusses” on page 877.
where a roof and ceiling are already present.

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