3D Truss Models
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I'm now turning my attention to the hip & ridge caps. This has actually never been fully developed for complex roofs. I had gotten about half way into it and then Covid hit in Mar. 2020 and disrupted some of my development tracks. I went back into my code and found where I had left it disabled but mostly functional.
My previous way of mathematically calculating the cap terminations worked well for simple deterministic roofs. However my new algorithms are more general and work off of the topology itself and therefore should be more robust and actually easier to generate. Sometimes you just need to look at a problem with a fresh set of eyes.
The RVH junction or node is next, I think we can clean that up a bit.
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There are still a few cases I have not yet covered for hip and ridge, but the current module should now cleanly handle about 97% of all complex roof configurations. I will now move on to the rafter framing. The introduction of raised fascia offset has caused some complications for the actual rafter framing. I now need to spend a few days unraveling that.
The possible node configurations currently handled by the new algorithm are:
HHR, VVR, VRH, HHHH, VVVVRRRR. Also the hip terminating at the eaves (corner or rake).
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