ABSTRACT

There are as many variations on the theme of truss design as there are companies designing and building them. Each company feels that its design offers the best solution to a particular problem, such as simplicity and speed of setup, strength, fixture capacity,

or method in which the sections are interconnected. For flexibility in design applications, remember that, whether you mount fixtures internally or not, the four sides of the box and even the ends are available for mounting, so bottom corners can be used as well as top corners. A major advantage of truss use is the flexibility afforded by corner blocks and angle blocks to connect truss sections into shapes. The many possibilities for truss layouts are discussed toward the end of this chapter.