Truss

Truss 6.0.2 Demo. Developed by Hussam A. Dandashli. 11/01/97 Truss 6 is an application that explores the behavior of planar trusses under external loading. It builds, analyzes, and displays the internal forces in the members using color intensities to denote force values. This new version replaces version 5.x. It will run on any Mac (PPC and 68k) with 68020 or better processor and the QuickTime extension installed to be able to produce movies of a car traveling over the truss. New in version 6.0.2 * Minor update relating to showing the correct version of the application in the About Application... menu and the truss window title. New in version 6.0.1 * The application was rewritten in C++ using Symantec C++ visual architecture. * Balloon help is enabled. * Shortcut buttons and the color scale reside on floating pallets. * Truss colors as well as background and foreground colors can be selected by the user. * Pattern display has been disabled. Only colors are available. * The animation of the car traveling over the truss is done in a separate window. * The entire truss can be moved with the mouse. * Applied nodal forces can be assigned by double-clicking a node.. * The full version can be unlocked with a serial number instead of waiting for a full version. * Some menu items were rearranged, and some were dropped altogether. * When printing, the truss will be centered and resized to fit on one page. * The console window was dropped. The forces text can be exported to a file when needed. * Automatic snap to grid functionality has been added. * Method of sections has been dropped since the truss is analyzed automatically. Only the method of joints will be used to display joint and/or supports free body diagrams. This demo version is restricted to 4 joints, can build but cannot solve trusses.