He physically CAN do the calculations himself, given time, patience, and a good book. So I choose to encourage those who want to take up a challenge. Nothing I've ever done was as hard as I thought it would be. But I've always found that nothing is as daunting as it seems if you do the proper research. Everything you just said may or may not be true, but in any case my answer was still valid. So what? Ultimately the building department will require an engineering seal, and someone who has one is willing to do the truss designs for free. The math's not hard, but it's awfully time consuming to do manually. Perhaps for a king post common truss, or a basic common scissor. Get a good book and you can do it just fine, IMO. I did it as a freshman in college without any design software.
I have Pro E, but if you don't want to spend $500, then you won't want to pay for this either.Īlthough I don't agree with the others about truss design. I recommend her for a stage 2 approach after you have knocked out the basics in a freebie version. We figured out a system that worked pretty well.
I would suggest working with one of the freebie versions, then when you are close pay someone a fee to draft it into a more industry wide standard.ĮCM has done some long distance AutoCad work for me. Once you have a basic sense of what you want, truss manufacturers will run the truss drawings for you for free as part of their sales effort.Īfter the basics with shrubs etc, the price is gonna jump well into your "avoid" range or beyond.
It's detailed engineering software- don't go there. Truss engineering is a very specific sub-category. I've used a builder's version for years called SoftPlan- out of your price range. These programs are not cheap, and bring with them a pretty steep learning curve. The meat and potatoes of the industry are the CAD programs- AutoCad, ArchiCad, etc. There is lots of freebie stuff out there that can handle floorplans- some of it can do basic 3D model generating.
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