Welcome! In this video, we will discuss feature pattern interior conditions and the tools for modifying them. Let’s get started.
Open the Component Creation panel and navigate to the predefined truss shapes. Select the feature pattern truss to move on to the feature pattern shape details. Here you will see some of the same inputs as profile trusses, such as length, depth and slope, but you will also see some new tools specific to feature pattern trusses. In this video we are going to focus on the Interior Conditions tools. This is where you can modify and define the interior conditions for your truss.
Within Shape Details, we provide a selection of commonly used interior conditions. You can apply multiple conditions to your truss simply by editing the settings. As you select these options, additional settings will become available that are relevant to the interior condition. Let’s take a look at the tray option for this example.
First we need to specify the distance the tray will be from the left side of the truss. Input 4 feet and hit tab to move on to the Step Up Distance. You should see the truss update in the scene. Now, we will leave the width at 8 feet but update the step up and down distance to 10 inches. Great, now we have a tray in our truss. At this point, you can select any other type of interior condition and it will save the changes you made for the tray and allow you to add an additional interior setting. If you need to edit or remove an applied interior condition, simply select the condition and make changes to the settings or click the delete button.
That wraps up this quick explanation of the interior condition tools available to you. We hope this gives you a better understanding of the tools at your disposal when designing feature pattern trusses. See you in the next one!
Adding Feature Pattern Containers
Step 1 - Create Feature Pattern Containers
Begin insertion by clicking the + Create button, right-clicking in empty space, or using the Ctrl + Qkeyboard shortcut and selecting Feature Pattern Container
Tip
You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Q+F to quickly begin inserting a Feature Pattern Container.
Step 2 - Define Properties
Choose the Bottom and Top elevation in the subpanel to set the height of the container
Step 3 - Select your boundary segments and slope
Typically, these boundaries will be the "outside" bearing walls. You can modify the top or bottom slope if the project requires it.
Step 4 - Click Insert to finalize the container
Deleting Feature Pattern Containers
You can easily delete a container by right-clicking it and choosing Delete Container or you can select the container in the right sidebar and choose Delete Container
Editing Container properties
All of the same options that are available during Feature Pattern Container insertion are also available after the container has been inserted. Simply make your desired changes in the right sidebar. Your container will automatically update.
Tip
To view a 3D Representation of your container, toggle the Use 3D Camera option in the scene toolbar and turn on the desired Render Mode.
Using Bounding Work Lines
In some cases, it is helpful to use Bounding Work Lines to manually define the extents of Truss Envelopes during input. Truss Envelopes will not extend beyond a Bounding Work Line when they are placed using Truss Runs.
