Mitek Sapphire Structure

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Ronald Gruzinsky

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Aug 4, 2024, 7:18:07 PM8/4/24

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Ijust sent my 1st house to them yesterday, and they loved it! They want me to do this going forward. It was easy and didn't cost anything. Required an activation code that they emailed, but otherwise smooth as silk. I have another truss provider that also uses Mitek and wants no part of it. So, it will depend on your supplier's preferences.

There is something else that might be of help to some designers (depending on how much you are involved with truss review and/or truss design for your plans), the truss manufacturer has the capability to export a DWG file of the layouts - it literally takes a couple clicks of the mouse. This was you can import as a softplan drawing, and overlay on your floor plans. This makes it very easy to adjust the layout for mechanical chases, recessed lighting, plumbing drops (if your using floor trusses), etc. - and to make sure it fits the way it's supposed to without just comparing dimensions.

I used to draw the layout for them to input to minimize the back and forth - now I have the luxury of actually using Mitek's Sapphire Structure software and designing the trusses myself. It's definitely some advanced software, but like any software, has it share of bugs.

Another tool that's nice for review is Mitek's Viewer software - it's basically a stripped down version of the design software. You have the ability to move around their 3D model...and they have apps for Apple devices. Very cool stuff

The coolest thing with the Mitek, is have the truss plant send you back a mmdl (I think) formatted file and I forget how to down load it , go to mitek and get a download of sapphire viewer, it is a movable 3D view of the trusses, with all the webbing and all. Really neat view.

... the basic outline and roof was exported easy enough... the more experienced Truss Guys, saw or expressed that wall info (XML file) that was imported was too "generic" and usually took longer to re-define a wall that Mitek's Structure would understand rather then starting from scratch.