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Introduction to Truss Loading Course Workbook

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Select Copy Load Case from the Loading toolbar. The following dialog box appears: Enter a New Description in the field for the first load case. The label can be to your preference, but you may want to keep it. For our purposes, this first load case will be labeled Steeple 1. Click OK to create the new load case. The new load case is created. Check that the new load case is displayed in the Current field. . Note: In method 1, we will copy the STD.AUTO.LOAD load case four more times. These new load cases will then be modified adding the steeple/cupola load. Each time the load case is copied a New Description must be entered. (i.e. Steeple 1, Steeple 2, Steeple 3, Steeple 4, and Steeple 5). First Load Case (Steeple 1) The first Load Case will account for the Gravity Loads of the Steeple/Cupola. The 200 pound point loads you, see below are the actual weight of the steeple/cupola divided by the number of trusses that support it.

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