Online Truss Designer for LGS trusses - Light Gauge Steel and the Direct Strength method

[@dimvoly]

Very fancy stuff, cool that it works on the web

[@dimvoly]

At 6:32 do you get some funky bending on the top chord because the last "triangle" isn't a triangle? I'm guessing that's just like the because you were showing an example only.

[@StructuredParametrics]

You are correct that the non-perfect triangle at the ends can cause large bending moments. They do that shape with an offset to make it possible to manufacturer as it gets tight at the junctions. The rest of the truss shape determines how bad the effect is.