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rmcelvain.103137
2007-02-02, 02:32 PM
Hello,

I'm at the conceptual stage of a Truss Girder family. My intention is to have 2 families, one for even load distribution and one for special load distribution. I think I can handle the even load distribution, the joist family should provide the answer once I look into it.

My specific question is regarding the special load distribution and whether I can manually input the spaces into one parameter or whether I'll need multiple variables depending on how many spaces there are? I'm including a sample sketch below to make things clearer.

48G8N8.8K is the standard Truss Girder where the webs evenly spaced over the span of the Joist Girder.

48GSP1 is the special Truss Girder where the webs are unevenly spaced over the span of the Joist Girder.

So is there a way to enter the spacing of the special Truss Girder in a format like "(7'0,10'0,7'0,7'0,6'0,8'0,5'0) " to indicate the spacing instead of having individual parameters for however many spaces I need?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,