User Guide

Tutorial 2 - Modifying
Version 5.0 71
Change the X Factor to “1.25” and the dialog should look like this:
Click Apply.
The model view displays the change and we are finished widening the truss. We
cannot use Scale feature to raise the truss because it would also lift the crossbeam.
For this change we will use the Move feature. We will move the truss but we
don’t want to move everything so we need make our selection first.
It will be easier to work with an elevation so click on the Window toolbar.
Now, on the Selection toolbar, click Unselect All and then Box Select .
Moving over to the model we want to select the entire truss by drawing a box that
contains it. The box should not contain joints lower than the bottom chord but
members crossing the window are ok.
Click above and to the left of the truss and hold the mouse button down while
dragging the mouse down and right until the box contains the entire truss like this: