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sroreilly

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I would love to show in section the trusses that I brought into my drawing. Unfortunately, they only show up if I put my cursor over them to highlight them. Can't see it in 3D view either.  The only view that it is visible is in plan view, as a single line. 

I've searched the forums & found nothing. The help guide didn't do much for me... 

I've checked the visibility settings & coarse, fine etc settings, & still nothing shows up in sections. It is not "hidden in view". 

Is there another trick to this, or do we just not get to see the lovely trusses we put in unless we use R-Structure?

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itsmyalterego

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This is because your view detail level is set to "coarse."

if you set your detail level to medium or fine, your trusses will show up.  I've never understood why they think it's sensible to show beams and trusses as a single line-- they're as prominent an element as can be. 

You can also override the detail level of categories in VG if you LIKE the effect of a coarse detail level, apart from the lack of structural elements...

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Thanks for your response... but that didn't do the trick. 

I already had tried all that (twice!) & checked again, but nothing has changed the visibility. Depth in section is not the problem, either.... 

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I'm sorry, I didn't even read your first post well enough to see you'd tried detail level.   I stopped when I saw "The only view that it is visible is in plan view, as a single line. " 

Welllll... There are a variety of reasons this could be.  I would suggest taking a screenshot that includes both your view where you cannot see them, yet can highlight/select them, along with your view properties bar. 

But if you can select your trusses... that means that they're at least turned on in the view, and not hidden entirely though VG or phasing. could it be that your family is a bad family?  I can imagine the display settings for the truss family have all the members turned off for all views except 3D and plan.... or something screwy like that... but it's probably an easier solution.  have you used it in other projects?  Does other structure show up where these do not? 

This is frustrating stuff, I know.  I hate messing with it. 

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Hi again...

Well, I put in a different truss (Howe) & can see everything & do anything with it... In comparing the two, all of the settings look the same... (the Fink didn't work).

So, maybe your guess that the one is a bad family could be correct. 

This is the first time trying putting in a truss, as I don't usually mess with them. We send the drawings off to our friends at the truss manuf. to play with...... ! 

I'll keep this in the back of my mind, & hopefully stumble accross something that makes a difference! Maybe the Gremlins in my office will figure something out over the weekend!

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sroreilly

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Ach, well.... the trusses have changed anyway.... so it just don't matter any more!

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Load the families of the steel pieces that you will be using to make up the truss such as a steel angle 8"x8"x1" then insert the truss where you want it and then make sure you specify which steel angles you will be using in the properties for that particular truss..

hope that helps.

James

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