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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

The trusses in a Truss Detail are linked to the
actual trusses in the plan. If you move a truss
in a Truss Detail, it will move in the model as
well. To modify the information in a Truss
Detail without affecting the model, use CAD
Detail From View to create a line-drawn
copy first. See “CAD Detail from View” on
page 334.

Note: The Truss Detail is for display of
trusses only. Editing the members that make
up the trusses in the Truss Detail is possible
but not recommended.

A Truss Detail is created automatically when To restore an edited Truss Detail diagram
a truss is created, and displays all trusses 1. Delete any new members you have
present in the current plan. If multiple trusses drawn in the detail view.
are identical, they share a single diagram.
Each truss’s label displays centered below 2. In floor plan view, select the truss and
the truss diagram. When automatic or custom click the Open Object edit button to
labels are in use, the quantity of each truss open the Roof Truss Specification dia-
configuration is also listed. log.
In a Truss Detail, individual chords and 3. Check Force Truss Rebuild and click
webbing are represented using framing OK and the truss regenerates along with
members. The truss label information is its Truss Detail diagram.
presented in a Text object.

Truss Labels

Labels for roof trusses display when the Truss labels can display in floor plan view,
“Framing, Roof Truss Labels” layer is turned cross section/elevation views, and the Truss
on in the current view. Similarly, floor and Detail. Automatic and user-specified labels
ceiling trusses display when the “Framing, are used in the Label column of the Materials
Floor/Ceiling Truss Labels” is turned on. See List. See “Displaying Trusses” on page 878.
“Layer Display Options Dialog” on page Truss labels use the Text Style specified for
190.
their layer in the current view. See “Text
Truss labels are available in three formats: Styles” on page 519.
automatic, user-specified, and schedule By default, truss labels are centered on the
callouts. See “Object Labels” on page 681.
truss that they identify. If the truss is moved

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