editing trusses

[rgwhite]

At the users meeting this past summer in Idaho I saw the instructor edit a drop gable truss (I think this was David Potter). I forgot how this was done. The problem was to drop the truss 3 1/2" instead of the default of 1 1/2". Does any know how this is done?

[David J. Potter]

What do you mean exactly by "Drop"? Do you mean lower in the "Z" axis? If so select the truss (which then activates the "Edit" toolbar); within the "Edit" toolbar is the "Transform-Replicate" command icon from which you can then move, duplicate or otherwise edit the selected truss. Is that what you mean?

DJP

[styleito]

Do you have version 10?
If so, one of the included tutorial videos explains how to do it.

[rgwhite]

I mean "end truss" on a gable. I am running v10.6.

I seems that we were all suprised that this could be done.

[Tim O'Donnell]

open the build framing defaults dbx>roof tab and set the lookoout depth to 3 1/2" thne build your dropped gable truss...

[rgwhite]

Maybe it was "reduced gable" Anyway I need to reduce it 3 1/2" so that I can install 2x4's on edge instead of flat. I find no editing tool in the DBX for this. I remember in the class there were handles that appeared so this could be edited. How do I get these handles? I saw it done once and now I would like to do the same. Thanks for any help on this.

[rgwhite]

Thanks Tim, that did the trick of adjusting the reduced gable truss. Now if I could only find those handles. I know I saw them in class, I think even David was suprised to see them when we stumbled across this way of editing.