Truss Connector

Used to automatically create single, double, and triple brace connections for substation rectangular and triangular trusses. Truss Connector is a template driven generator which assigns corresponding templates by truss zone and bracing types.

A mix of any number of rectangular and triangular trusses can be selected for use with the tool.

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Note: Whenever the tool encounters pipe trusses, boolean operations are performed and all connection templates are ignored. If a gap value is provided, an empty space is added to the boolean.

Setting	Description
Top/Bottom Face(s)	Used to select the template the tool should use to for each bracing type (single, double, and triple) in the top/bottom of the truss.
Front/Rear Face(s)	Used to select the template the tool should use to for each bracing type (single, double, and triple) in the front/rear of the truss.
End Brace	Used to select the template the tool should use to for each bracing type (single, double, and triple) in the end of the truss.
Gap of Pipe Brace	Sets a gap between pipe braces, when all pipe shape connections are encountered.
Processing Truss	Displays the connections progress. Lists the total number of connections. Boxes next to the templates are color coded as they are completed. Green indicates complete. Grey indicates processing.
Create Connections	Create connections for each truss zone with the specified templates.
Cancel	Closes the dialog without saving changes.
Help	Opens online help.
Template	Saves and retrieve settings to be used on other projects.
Delete All	Delete connections from all substation triangular and rectangular trusses in the model.
Delete Selected	Delete connections from all selected substation triangular and rectangular trusses in the model.