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3-Node Heel Analog

Written by Bill Wolff

Updated at March 6th, 2025

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Purpose

This feature is particularly effective in helping with trusses that have deflection issues. It may also be helpful for trusses with sliders where lumber fails in the first panel.

Prerequisites

Any truss with deflection issues

Steps

 
  1. From EnvData > Analysis > Overall Controls, select 3-Node heel analog option.
  2. To enable this analog, set the value to True.

True uses the 3-node heel analog; false uses the typical heel network analog.
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