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This Manual is intended for quick reference only. Drawings and illustrations shown are samples only and are not intended for detailing or construction. Please refer to the TrusSteel Standard Details for technical information on connection design, product use and safety. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1.01 Unmatched strength and stiffness in a cold-formed steel truss. TrusSteel is the most accepted, most specified cold- formed steel (CFS) truss system on the market today. No other building component combines strength, stiffness, fire and insect resistance as well as design flexibility so well. The unique, patented truss chord shape and Double- Shear TM fasteners, combined with multiple types of web shapes, make TrusSteel CFS trusses, pound-for-pound, the strongest and stiffest cold-formed steel trusses on the market. Not surprisingly, these same characteristics combine to create a light, economical steel building component having exceptional load-span capabilities, with clear spans in excess of 80 ft. Supported by powerful Alpine steelVIEW TM design and analysis software, TrusSteel CFS trusses provide reliable, economical structural solutions for almost every roof or floor application. The Most Trusted Name in CFS Trusses Alpine Engineered Products, Inc. was a driving force in the creation of the wood truss industry over fifty years ago. Since that beginning, the industry has consistently recognized Alpine as engineering and innovation leaders. A part of the ITW family, Alpine provides the same leadership in the founding and development of the pre- engineered CFS truss industry. The TrusSteel Division has decades of combined expertise in the truss and CFS building products industry. The TrusSteel product line combines over fifty years of truss engineering and software knowledge with cutting-edge roll-forming technology and the proven quality of in-house truss fabrication. As a result, more TrusSteel trusses are installed each year than any other proprietary CFS truss system. TrusSteel provides ongoing leadership to the truss industry through hands-on participation in key organizations such as the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (formerly LGSEA), the American Iron and Steel Institute, the CFS Council of the SBCA, the AISI Committee on Framing Standards (COFS), and the Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures. TrusSteel is actively involved in programs with the International Code Council and Underwriters Laboratories. Every TrusSteel truss is designed using the industry-leading Alpine steelVIEW software. steelVIEW is the most accurate truss design software in the industry for a number of reasons, including: • True multi-node modeling, not the estimated node modeling used by other CFS truss design software packages. • Multiple load case analysis applied to each truss, including gravity, wind, seismic and unbalanced conditions. • Analysis methodologies derived from the most extensive full-scale testing program in the industry, utilizing the AISI S100-12: North American Specification for the Design of Cold- Formed Steel Structural Members; American Iron and Steel Institute; 2012 Edition • Authorized TrusSteel Fabricators, operating the steelVIEW software in-house and supported by TrusSteel engineering resources, provide solutions for the most complex truss systems. ENGINEERED BY ALPINE O V E R V I E W