OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

To set the length of the roof

  1. Click Options in Truss Builder .

    The Options dialog opens.

  2. Key in a value in the Length Outside Gables field.
  3. Key in a value in the Length Inside Gables field.

    When Repeat in the Options dialog is on, more than one roof truss is placed. The first truss is placed against the inside face of the first outside gable. The last truss is placed against the inside leaf of the opposite gable. Additional trusses are positioned at a distance which has been set in the Repeat Delta field.



    (1) Last truss; (2) First truss; (3) Length inside gables; (4) Length outside gables.