Since I added the steel trusses I’ve had some call for steel decking. I will look at adding in Verco Decking by Nucor, they have quite a complete product lineup for floors and roofs and it is well documented (so I can get it dimensionally accurate):
The example shown is a W3-36 (FormLock) steel deck with 6.5 inches (total slab thickness) of concrete topping it. If I provide the steel decking it makes sense to also provide an option for the concrete as well (at any thickness).
Are there any specifics decking types anyone would like to see added or additional options? The decking will be able to rotated zero or ninety. I will also provide an overhang parameter (and removal list) similar to the deck board options.
I don’t know, most of the heavy lifting is done actually. Usually this sort of thing just means adding in a few additional options. It will really depend on what the power users, like yourself, will request.
I knocked this specific module out in less than a day. I think the key is that I have a lot of code now that I can “recycle” or at least use as a template, that certainly speeds things up. Most of my really hard geometry problems are solved, but even so, once in a while I encounter something completely new that makes me scratch my head.
Maximum number of layers with sheathing, decking, steel decking and roof sheathing all enabled. Not realistic but just in case you want all of these layers at once it is now an option:
The parameters are similar to the floor truss module in the Truss plugin however I am setting up a system so one can specify multiple chases (locations).
Let me know if I am missing anything here.
Other than this (floor truss) module and the opening module I think we are almost ready for Version 1.0.0.
Hi Nathan, so here in Canada when we design Floor Trusses we are only allowed to have 1 chase in the joist between 2 bearing point, it is not allowed to have more !! Now if you have let say a 30’ long Floor Joists with a bearing wall in the center or 20’ in than can have a chase within each span. I do not know what the rules are in the States
It will be up to the user to determine where they can and can’t put in chases. My intent is to allow them to position them where they please. The code will dictate what is feasible but every jurisdiction may differ slightly so it doesn’t make sense to try and limit chase placement.
Yes I agree with you, having the possibility to have the chase wherever you want and as many leave this for all possible options A few options I would’ve like to see when using the Floor Truss feature within the Truss plugin were these :
1 - I would rather have to chase location option to be set to center of chase rather than the start of it, that way it you don’t have to worry about the size of the opening and calculate the location base on that
2 - I would like to see an option that also include interior bearing location too, let say you have a longer joist like 30’-0" long and below there is a 2x4 or 2x6 bearing wall than we would have vertical blocking 2 for 2x4 or 3 for 2x6 also indicated by where the center of the wall is below.
3 - Also having the option to decide how many vertical blocking you can have at each end of the floor truss, from experience we always had a min. of 3, one for the ribbon and 2 for the bearing wall above
4 - Also having the option to have a "beam pocket as an interior bearing, sometimes the contractors want to recess the beam into the floor joist if the beam is too tall, when I work for the truss company we would leave the bottom plated at the bearing location for transport and than the contractor would cut them before installing over the steel beam.
6 - Now this might be the biggest request When I was a designer for the truss company we would always make sure that the webbing would line up from one side of the house to the other regardless of how many offset in walls there was, so it would be nice if you have a complex floor design that you could pick a side or a wall as the reference for the webbing starting point and line all the other with it, that way all chase line up, webbing line up, this make it much easier for any pipping or electrical to be install within the floor openings from one end of the house to the other.
Again I know this might be the one that brakes the algorithm
