Version 1.0.4 - 05.26.2025

• Enabled joist hangers for openings.

Tutorial 24 - Joist Hangers and Openings (7:58 min.)

Version 1.0.3 - 05.25.2025

• Enabled I-Joist floor headers for openings.

Tutorial 23 - Joist Removal (8:06 min.)

Version 1.0.2b - 05.23.2025
-Updated the joist removal function for more granular usage when working with staggered joists.

I apologize for all of these micro updates, I would have preferred to roll this out after adding a few more features etc... However, the user who requested this specific ability obviously needs it to complete their project so it is simply a matter of expediency.

Now one can not only specify a single line of joists to remove but also remove specific joists from a given line, see screenshot above and note the syntax in the Remove Joists field.

Version 1.0.2 - 05.22.2025

• Enabled multi-ply floor headers for openings.
• Enabled variable lengths for staggered joists.

You can now enter in a single value for the joist length or you can enter in a list of lengths deliminated by commas. This update per user request.

The Floor Opening toolbar will now contain a sixth tool called “Stretch Header” which will allow the user to stretch the opening headers in a more intuitive fashion:

I’m not really wanting to add more icons to my already bloated toolbars but I feel like this will be a very worthwhile tool and it will almost certainly makes everyone’s life a little easier when it comes to these openings.

I am also working on enabling double and triple ply headers, so much to do and never enough time to accomplish it all it seems.

I've been giving the feedback I received thus far on the new opening tool some serious thought and after further testing I can see that adjusting the header extensions to reach out and grab the correct joist is probably the biggest bottle neck in the process, if you can call it that.

Below is an example of a six sided L-shaped opening in a floor. It has three headers and three "trimmers". Note that headers run perpendicular to the joists however the opening tool really makes no distinction between headers and trimmers, they all have the same ten parameters.

I had to make five entries to adjust the headers to meet the I-Joists as shown. Really not that difficult but somewhat time consuming and tedious in my opinion. The solution to this problem could be to have the plugin somehow detect the nearest joist and auto-extend to it. However, I feel that such an algorithm would be overly complicated and probably not very robust.

The other option would be to create a "Header Stretch" tool that allow the user to simply mouse over the header, select one end or the other and then stretch it to the desired location. This tool would be very similar to the "Wall Stretch" tool that is part of the Wall plugin. Rather than navigating through the labyrinth of menus one could simply adjust each end with only three mouse clicks.

Again, I have my work cut out for me.

I've also realized that it is not readily apparent to the user which header is which. I may need to incorporate some sort of labeling option that will assist with this.

Tutorial 22 - Floor Openings (13:59 min.)

Version 1.0.1 - 05.18.2025

• Added floor openings with fully customizable headers.
• Added the floor openings toolbar with the following five items: Draw, Move, Edit, Regen and Delete.

Version 1.0.0 - 05.10.2025

• Enabled an edge material/texture for LSL rim boards.
• Fixed a bug with diagonal deck boards for large aspect ratio decks/floors.
• Fixed a number of misc. minor bugs.
• Added the following steel deck profiles: 2.0D, 3.5D, BCD-36, N3CD-32, W2CD-36, W3CD-36.

The floor opening tool and the MPC wood trusses are still pending so I really don't want to call this Version 1.0.0 but I also really need to get some bug fixes out the door and some other minor updates and I've run out of letters in the alphabet. In the next couple of weeks I'm hoping to devote all of my time to these two big items and see if we can actually knock them out this time.

I'll be the first to admit that I am spread a bit thin with all of these plugins. I've been bouncing back and forth between the Wall and the Truss plugins for the last couple of months but now the Floor plugin needs my attention.

Version 3.9.9b - 05.09.2025

• Enabled backward compatibility with existing windows (advanced framing options).

!!! CRITICAL BUG FIX !!!
When I rolled this out last night I forgot to add exactly one line of code which would have made sure that all previous windows were backward compatible with the recent inclusion of the advanced framing options. Please update your installation to this latest version if you have recently installed Version 3.9.9. My apologies for this major inconvenience and my somehow missing this with the initial release of this new feature.

Version 3.9.9 - 05.09.2025

• Updated the Connect Corner tool to work with non-orthogonal walls.
• Fixed a bug with the in-wall column tool for gable walls.
• Enabled Advanced Framing Options within the window module.
• Added the Advanced Framing Options parameter within the Windows tab of the global settings.
• Fixed the callout for right handed slider (OX) windows.
• Enabled zero stool extensions and zero stool projections for all window casing options.

Version 3.9.8 - 05.04.2025

• Added the Connect Corner tool to the Medeek Wall Tools II toolbar.
• Updated the Opening Copy tool with the left and right hand slider window.
• Fixed a specific bug related to glulam columns with a vertical offset equal to the wall bottom plate thickness.

Tutorial 69 - Connect Corner Tool (9:12 min.)

Version 3.9.7 - 04.30.2025

• Added a "Chord Angle" output parameter for arched doors and windows within their respective HTML menus.
• Added glulam and steel columns into the in-wall column module for all wall types.
• Enabled a wood grain and an end grain material for glulam columns within the in-wall column module.
• Added a "right" hand slider window and updated the existing slider name to be a "left" hand slider window.

Version 3.7.2 - 04.22.2025

• Enabled wood grain texture for the following truss types: gambrel attic, monopitch, monocathedral, monoscissor, polynesian, dual pitch, bowstring, bow barrel.
• Enabled wood grain texture for the following rafter roof types: gable, gable w/ glulam.
• Added the follow Monopitch truss type configuration: (4/4).

Version 3.9.6 - 04.19.2025

• Added a "Union Door Gypsum" and "Union Window Gypsum" option into the Sheathing tab of the Global Settings.
• Enabled "seamless" gypsum for gypsum wrapped windows and doors.

Note the difference between the two windows below:

Version 3.9.5 - 04.19.2025

• Enabled a zero thickness apron for style B window casing.
• Included additional logic for vertically offset sheathing and cladding.

Both of these updates per customer request.

I have been taking care of some miscellaneous items on my todo lists for both the Truss and Wall plugin before I dive back down the rabbit hole that is currently the Floor plugin. Once I jump back into that one I may not emerge again for a couple months so I thought it best that I take care of a few requests first.

Version 3.7.1 - 04.18.2025

• Enabled wood grain texture for the following truss types: flat.
• Added metal plates for all attic trusses.
• Added an attic furring option for attic trusses.
• Fixed a minor bug in the gable cut option for attic trusses.
  

Version 3.7.0 - 04.13.2025

• Enabled wood grain texture for the following truss types: attic, symmetric cathedral, cathedral, cambered, tail bearing, coffer, tray, and parallel chord.
• Added the following Parallel Chord truss type: 10/10.

Version 3.6.9 - 04.10.2025

• Enabled options for wood grain texture for lumber in the global settings.
• Enabled wood grain texture for common and scissor trusses.
• Added a Quad Howe and Penta Howe option for common trusses.
• Fixed a minor bug with 4/2 scissor trusses with raised heels.
• Fixed a minor bug with the bottom chord of certain common trusses.