Using the truss template

- Traditional Trusses come with a template.…While there are a couple Truss Templates available in Revit,…really only one does anything special.…Of course, that's the one we're going to use for this video.…To create a Truss with the parameters we need,…we'll start using this Structural Truss Template.…We'll then add a radial top and bottom…and test it in a project.…So under Families, let's go to New.…I want to scroll down till we find Structural Trusses.…Now, we're going to deal with a Top Chord,…a Web, and a Bottom Chord.…

First thing I'm going to do is I'm going to stretch…my dimensions up a little bit so they're out of the way.…I'm going to go to Create,…and I want to Create my Top Chord first.…So, I'm going to click on Top Chord.…Now, I want to click on the Start-End-Radius Arc button.…I'm going to click on this intersection.…I'm going to go to this intersection,…and I'm going to bring it up to about here.…Now, what I'm going to do is…this dimension, I'm going to click on this icon right here,…and I want to make that temporary dimension permanent.…