Creating Hybrid Roofs.

Hybrid roofs are a combination of trusses and panels, which utilises the best qualities of both systems.
Trusses are best suited for supporting large spans, but become complicated and inefficient in smaller
complex areas.
Panels become inefficient when supporting larger spans that require plate beams etc, but are ideally suited
for smaller intricate situations.
The panel sections of hybrid roofs can be raised to the top of the purlin height, so purlins are not required in
these areas it long run roofing is used.

Hybrid Roof Settings.

Before creating the roof planes, set the hybrid roof settings.

Check that the default ceiling and roof panel thicknesses are set to 90 in Project Settings Frames.
Project Settings, Roof tab.

Firstly, set the roof type to Hybrid Roof

Set the roof pitch, Soffit and gable overhangs, and any cantilever required.
Note.. Do not check Soffit reduction for vertical fascia. This will cause the truss overhangs to be short.

Enter the Purlin thickness if required. The purlin thickness is the square height of the purlin. (In the
example 45 )

Purlin
Thickness

The Truss heel Height is automatically calculated, and is displayed greyed out.
Project Settings, Trusses Tab.

Set the truss spacing. ( In the example 900 ).

Profile height, Profile width, and Flange width, are the physical dimensions of the truss profile, and should
be set to 52, 68, and 40, respectively.

Set the Minimum Span. The Minimum Span, is the shortest span of truss that the software will create.

Set the Snap Settings and Naming as preferred.

Creating a hybrid roof.

After setting the settings, create the roof planes as normal.

The trusses for a Hybrid Roof, are created in a similar fashion to a standard Truss Roof.

Create a hipset by selecting the bottom chord planes. ( Because the ceiling is flat, and at the plate height, it
is only necessary to click the Clear and Select Bottom Chord Planes tool ).

Select the top chord planes, by clicking on the Clear and Select Top Chord Planes tool, and then clicking
on the top chord planes. (Select the end plane first)
 Select end
plane first

Click the Auto Hipset tool

The Hip Layout settings box will appear.

Girder Offset.

In the example, the distance from the plate to the apex of the hip is 4000.
The truss spacing is 900.
A truss will be placed at the apex of the hip, and 2 truss spacings back from the apex will leave 2200 as the
girder offset. A consideration for the girder offset is also the span of the rafters within the end panel.
The roof is light in a high wind zone therefore the rafters can be single C sections at 600 c/c.

In the Example the girder offset is set to 2200.

First Girder Jack Offset

First end Jack.

These entries are not used in a Panel Hybrid Hipset.

Girder Drop Type.

Set the girder drop type to Panel Hybrid Note the drop distance has automatically been calculated at 48.

Click OK and the Hipset will be formed.

Remove the unnecessary jack and hip rafters.

Repeat for the other end hip.

Create the Girder truss across the bay window, by placing the Trim Line 68mm (For a 2 ply Girder) from the
wall.

68mm

Select the bottom chord planes. . (Because the ceiling is flat, and at the plate height, it is only necessary to
click the Clear and Select Bottom Chord Planes tool).

Select the top chord planes, by clicking on the Clear and Select Top Chord Planes tool, and then clicking
on the top chord planes.

Click on the Drawer Truss, tool, and drawer the girder along the line of the trim line.

Right click on the truss, and select Properties

Alter the truss properties to 2 ply.

The distance across the bay window is 6000.

The truss placed at the apex of the bay window sections will be 3000 to its outer face from overall the wall.

The trim line will be dimensioned from the inside of the wall, and it will be at the centre of the truss,
therefore set the trim line at 2944. (3000 minus the thickness of the wall, plus half the thickness of the
truss.

Create a truss at the trim line.

Fill the extra truss between the new truss and the girder.
Fill the trusses between the 2 hip ends.

Trim the common trusses to the Girder truss.

Complete the valley saddle trusses.

Once the trusses have been completed, the roof planes are modified to create the Hybrid Roof Panels.

The roof planes are currently set to create the trusses, which are built below the roof plane.

Roof
Plane
Truss

The planes are lowered to build the panels, which are created above the roof plane.

Roof
Panel

Roof
Plane

To lower the roof planes, click on the Adjust Roof Plane tool.

Click on a roof plane that is to be adjusted.

A box will appear, where the amount of plane height adjustment is displayed. The software will
automatically enter the correct adjustment amount, as per the settings. This can be changed if necessary.
(The example shows that the roof planes will be adjusted by minus 48. [Lowered])

Click OK and the selected roof plane will be adjusted.

Repeat for all the roof planes.

The roof panels are then cut and sized to fit the panel areas.

Cut the roof plane above the girder.

Select the cut edge of the triangle, and pull it back past the girder.
A measurement will appear from the edge of the roof plane to the girder. Click on the measurement, and
set it to 2mm for clearance.

Click OK and the roof plane will be correctly sized.

Repeat for the other required roof planes. The triangular hip end roof planes do not require modification.

Delete the unnecessary roof planes.

The roof planes will protrude past the end of the trusses because Soffit Reduction for vertical fascia was
not checked for the construction of the trusses.

Truss

Roof
Panel

Opening Project Settings Roof, and checking Soffit Reduction for Vertical Fascia, will display the
amount of reduction needed on the panel overhangs.(In the example 31mm)
The current Panel overhang is 400. Reduce this by 31 to 369mm by clicking on the measurement, and
entering the new value.

Click OK and the overhang will be correctly sized.

Repeat for all the overhangs.

Create the ceiling panels under the roof panels, by clicking the Ceiling Designer tab,
And creating the ceiling planes in the normal way.

Leave a 2mm gap between the ceiling plane and the Girder.

The Panel Hybrid Roof is now complete.

The trusses and panels can be exported in the normal way to TrusPlus and the Roll former.
Truss layouts can be created, and the studs aligned with the trusses.

Special Note. The girder trusses will not have their correct loads applied to them.
A modification is required it TrusPlus to apply the correct load.
This is covered in Chapter 18, Engineering Trusses.