Before anyone gets too worried, all my designs (well all the 'creative' ones anyway) are checked by a qualified rigger before we use them . I'd just rather get it right BEFORE I send it to them .
I'm doing a little bit different visual design on an upcoming production, and the only way I'm seeing to get the truss where I want it is to hang pieces of truss under but touching (or close to) others. Is it okay to use spansets for this? Since the lower truss is at an angle to the top (about 60 degrees) we would use 2-3 spansets which would distribute the load a bit more on the upper piece (and we would be well within the point load limits). As far as the lower truss I don't see how it could be a problem given this is how it'd be hung from motors (and it doesn't know whats on the other end of the spanset). The upper truss also should be okay as long as we stay under load limits. 25-30' is the longest unsupported span in my creation...
Now I feel like an evil overlord or something... hum...
No, it's not quite for world domination .
I'm doing a little bit different visual design on an upcoming production, and the only way I'm seeing to get the truss where I want it is to hang pieces of truss under but touching (or close to) others. Is it okay to use spansets for this? Since the lower truss is at an angle to the top (about 60 degrees) we would use 2-3 spansets which would distribute the load a bit more on the upper piece (and we would be well within the point load limits). As far as the lower truss I don't see how it could be a problem given this is how it'd be hung from motors (and it doesn't know whats on the other end of the spanset). The upper truss also should be okay as long as we stay under load limits. 25-30' is the longest unsupported span in my creation...
Now I feel like an evil overlord or something... hum...
No, it's not quite for world domination .