Development and Updates for the Medeek Truss Plugin

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Version 3.6.2 - 07.21.2024
- Enabled "flat" ceiling gypsum for complex rafter roofs.
- Fixed a minor bug with the hip-and-ridge for hip rafter roofs.

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Version 3.6.3 - 07.26.2024
- Added a duplicate roof assembly check to the regen module for rafter, complex and truss roofs.

The instructions for usage are the same as the recent update to the Wall plugin, see Wall Plugin Tutorial #51:

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Tutorial 31: Wrap Around Porch Roof (17:26 min.)

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I've started working on adding in a scissor truss option into the module. Here are some quick and dirty (sorry I must have set my lunch down on my engineering pad earlier today) calcs for the heel joint of such a truss:

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Version 3.6.4 - 03.13.2025
- Enabled subtractive geometry for all dutch gable rafter roofs.

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Version 3.6.4b - 03.15.2025
- Enabled subtractive geometry for all TJI and Glulam Beam rafter roofs.

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Version 3.6.5 - 03.16.2025
- Added energy/raised heels for coffer trusses (3 variants: wedge, slider and vertical w/ strut).
- Enabled a feature to selectively remove specific trusses from coffer truss assemblies.

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I haven't revisited this image in a few years but I still need to put together a complex porch roof module:



Time to put the old thinking cap back on.

As I look at this image from about 8 years ago, when I was just starting the Truss plugin, two things immediately jump out at me. Everything can be quickly modeled now except for:

1.) The porch rafter roof (complex shed roof with hipped ends)
2.) The opening in the floor for the stairwell

Obviously my work is not yet complete.

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Version 3.6.6 - 03.21.2025
- Added the option to specify a separate front and back gable overhang length for all truss types.
- Augmented the web generation algorithm for coffer trusses with deep coffer ceilings.