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How to draw a rooftop truss structure in SketchUp.

Four towers, a perimeter of truss and a roof on top. This walkthrough draws a complete rooftop truss structure in one SketchUp model.

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What goes into it.

This video was recorded before release. The steps below follow Structure+ 1.2.0. The video may show an earlier version, so a panel can look slightly different.

  • Towers: a Truss Base and vertical Straight Truss for each corner.
  • Outriggers: four diagonal stabilisers selected from each tower base.
  • Sleeve Blocks: they ride on the towers and carry the horizontal truss.
  • Head Blocks: they cap each tower and take its profile automatically.
  • Auto Roof: a gable, mono or pyramid canopy from four recognised truss supports.

Good to know.

A Sleeve Block reads the selected tower’s width, depth and chord diameter. The horizontals can be smaller or larger than the tower; adapter frames connect them without changing their profile.

Roofs and truss here are planning geometry. Structure+ makes no fabric, loading, wind or capacity claim.

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