Floor and Ceiling Framing

Manually draw floor and ceiling trusses or automatically generate joists, specifying joist size, type, and direction.

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Title / Description


194

3:42 Automatic Floor Trusses

Automatic Floor Trusses

Adjust Framing settings to automatically generate floor trusses.

Video No. 194


5202

5:59 Creating Floor Platforms that Hang inside Walls

Creating Floor Platforms that Hang inside Walls

Set Wall defaults to allow the floor platforms to hang from a ledger.

Video No. 5202


316

3:39 Designating Platform or Balloon Framing Conditions

Designating Platform or Balloon Framing Conditions

Select Generate Between Platforms in the Wall Specification dialog to fill in the gap between floor or ceiling platforms when the selected railing or invisible wall separates rooms with different floor or ceiling heights.

Video No. 316


10229

1:04:33 Floor Framing

Floor Framing

The importance of floor framing is a function of your structural platform settings. A platform's height is not only important for framing members it can also impact your elevations. Learn about the various floor framing techniques and best practices in this session. [NKBA .1 CEU]

Video No. 10229


327

4:44 Controlling Direction and Bearing of Floor Framing

Controlling Direction and Bearing of Floor Framing

Use joist direction lines and bearing lines, beams and walls to control how a platform frames.

Video No. 327


336

7:51 Adding Blocking and Bracing

Adding Blocking and Bracing

Roof, wall, and joist blocking can be drawn manually.

Video No. 336


503

10:27 Manually Editing Floor Platform Framing

Manually Editing Floor Platform Framing

You can customize the floor framing for your structure using manual framing and editing tools.

Video No. 503


328

7:52 Framing a Floor with the Beam and Post Tools

Framing a Floor with the Beam and Post Tools

Draw posts and beams manually, set their material and size properties and then copy them on any desired module.

Video No. 328


339

5:44 Framing with Floor and Ceiling Trusses

Framing with Floor and Ceiling Trusses

Floor and ceiling trusses can be used instead of joists to frame platforms

Video No. 339


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