Love it - I'll purchase them when they're done!

Thanks Nathaniel - much appreciated!

Make sure that you offer those of us who renewed (but paid the full boat price since the renewal process hasn't been implemented yet) a refund of the extra dollars or some other goody (maybe apply the overage to next year's upgrade fee?).

The problem isn't so much that they don't come along often, it's when they DO come along you need the tool NOW! I don't normally design dual pitches either but up in the Sierra Nevada mountains (in the snow) it's done quite a bit.

I've done a little playing and all appears to work fine.

Thanks for being so thorough, Nathaniel! Looking forward to the next update of your amazing plugins!

Nathaniel -

Yep, that's basically it (though I've also see the top plates lapped into the header as well).

What I've done in the past (and seems to work the best) is simply frame it as a door opening (36" or 48") with a 4x4 (or 4x6) with the top flush with the double top plate.

A few observations ...

1. In residential construction here in central California the norm is to pour the garage slab monolithically with the footings. Some builders will pour the footings and stems first and then come back with the garage floor slab, but there aren't many. Our frost depth is very shallow.
2. My preference for sloping of the garage slab is to have a 3-1/2" drop at the top end below the residence's finished floor slab and sloped down to 5-1/2" at the garage door end.

@medeek said:

For gambrel attic advanced options I should also include the option for a crow's beak as shown in this model and the option to set the extension.

This would be a GREAT addition! Is there any logic to how far back along the main fascia that the crow's beak is supposed to merge in? Could this be an option along with the depth for the extension?

And don't forget Chuck Vali's amazing RoofNui plug-in

https://valiarchitects.com/sketchup_scripts

As an architect I know enough to get myself in BIG trouble before I get an engineer involved, and typically when I know I'm going to use a trussed roof I need to know some basic parameters - but most truss manufacturers/suppliers won't provide a design without an order (or a deposit). I really appreciate this plug-in (and bought it very early on) because it does what I need (and more) for a layout, spacing of outlookers/ladder framing at the eaves, webs, top chords/bottom chords, etc. before I (or the general contractor) has to pull the trigger with a manufacturer for the REAL calcs and drawings that are job-specific.

Thank you, Nathaniel, for one AMAZING plug-in! I wish I could convince more to purchase/support this amazing design tool you've given us!

@medeek said:

As you can see there is still a tremendous amount of work that can be done here. To that end I've started a KickStarter project which if successful would allow me to devote at least 4-5 months of my undivided attention on the programming of this plugin:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/128644708/medeek-truss-plugin

C'mon everyone ... let's help Nathaniel - I've put my seed money up for him, what about you? This is a pretty amazing plug-in that can only get better and more amazing!

(and, just for the record, I've already paid (pretty early on) for a permanent license!)

Thanks, Nathaniel, for undertaking this!

I bought the G602 - it just didn't feel right and I went back to my Logitech MX Revolution. The G602 is just gathering dust now.

Just voted for you - good luck, Anita!

Sorry it's not what you were looking for, but at least we now know that 1001Shadows works with SU14 Pro! Hope someone else can chime in with a better solution for you.

1001 Shadows hasn't been updated but DOES work in 2014 Pro. Here's the website: http://www.1001shadows.com/en/

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Around here it's called a "boosted tile" and is supposed to mimic an old, mudded tile roof. Roofers charge extra for it, and even Boral has created a concrete tile to look like it too (see here)!

Nice! Thanks for the resource post Kris!