Recent content by medeek

Yes, I am not actively posting on this forum anymore but you can follow the development at design.medeek.com.

Version 1.6.3 - 06.19.2016 - Added Gable Dormers to the Minor Roof Sub-Menu (dormer walls only). For now only the walls of the dormer are created: View model here: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=e17866e5-2e1d-4fb7-8203-fcb6484e8f08 I am still ironing out the details on how...

Another study of hip roof framing where unequal pitches meet at the hip. The birdsmouth cut is 3.5" for all jack and common rafters. The hip rafter is dropped and off center so that it lines up with the roof planes. The hip roof combines a 12:12 pitch with a 6:12 pitch. View model here...

Yesterday I noticed a spike in traffic on the server, pleasantly surprised that the reason was not a hacker/spammer attack and an actual good reason for the increased bandwidth. Now I just need to spend more time at this plugin so as to not disappoint.

Valley Sets are here: Proceed with caution though I just put it together so it is still a bit rough around the edges. Further testing and refinement is necessary but it seems to be working fairly decently. Currently the main roof plane and two points need to be selected rather carefully I'm...

Version 1.1.6 - 11.26.2015 - Added Fan and Mod Queen common truss types. - Structural outlookers (vert. & horz.) enabled under advanced roof options for Common (Fan & Mod Queen) truss types. Four more common truss types still need to be added: - Double Howe (6/6) - Mod Fan (8/4) - Triple...

Just playing around with SketchUp a bit today and trying out the new sheathing, rakeboard and fascia capabilities in the Plugin. The roof of this simple structure took all of 10 seconds to create, the rest about 20 minutes. I didn't realize Simpson Strongtie hardware is available in the 3D...

Version 1.0.5 - 10.24.2015 Added Scissor truss type, configurations: (2/2), (4/4). Metric input enabled for scissor truss types. In certain instances the scarf length of the bottom chord becomes less than the bearing length, the logic checks for these cases and inserts either a 3.5 or 5.5 heel...

Howe truss type is now active. The latest plugin version is 1.0.4. I would highly recommend downloading the latest version since I have also spent some time this morning cleaning up my code and removing global methods and variables so that I don't clash with other extensions or modules.

This is the same truss I used in my 28'x48' garage: Now I need to work on the energy heel option for this truss as well as some additional logic for attic trusses in the following span ranges 16-24 feet and 30-36 feet.

I have the raised/energy heel working now for a fink truss where a vertical member and strut is required (heel height greater than 12" approx.). Still working on the wedge and slider cases, they are actually easier to calculate and program, but I figured I would tackle the difficult one first...

I'm trying to make this easier to use for the SketchUp user and for the designer who does not need a bunch of engineering information. I've created a separate plugin that is used to generate the truss geometry (no engineering or loads). Please feel free to beta test it here...

I've updated the code so that the plugin now allows for user input in order to specify number of trusses and spacing of the trusses. For example 4 trusses @ 24" o/c would give you: The actual truss geometry cannot be altered within SketchUp it is hard coded into the plugin when it is created...

Added SketchUp 3D (.rb) file output for the truss geometry. This file, when copied into the SketchUp plugins folder, will create a menu item within SketchUp allowing for unlimited creation of the given truss geometry within SketchUp. I think this feature will be particularly interesting to...

I haven't posted about the truss designer for a while, apologies for that. Still trying to improve it as time allows. The list of upgrades and improvements was getting rather lengthy so I've created a changelog page here: http://design.medeek.com/calculator/changelog.html Unfortunately, I had...