Truss Me!
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About Truss Me!
Designed by a true rocket scientist, Truss Me helps you learn to design truss structures while having fun! At each challenge, design trusses that are light and strong and you will earn precious golden nuts.
Truss Me utilizes state of the art simulation techniques used by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to provide the most realistic behavior for your trusses. If well designed, your trusses will resist as they would in real life*. If your truss has flaws, the structure will fail realistically*!
Truss Me works well with dynamic problems as well, so you can build from bridges, roofs, and cranes to impact problems involving crash of spacecrafts into the ground!
As an instructor, you can teach your students how to design trusses using the freestyle mode. In this mode, you can design an arbitrary truss, e.g. a bridge, roof, crane, or even a spacecraft, and show visually the difference between tension and compression. You can also explain the difference between failure under tension and compression. Then, you can use the challenges to organize a truss design competition, in which students would compete to achieve the maximum score at each level. Truss design competitions utilizing Truss Me! have been carried out at top schools in the U.S and abroad!
Usage TIPS:
1) Joints are fundamental, as you can only build bars from one existing joint to another, and add supports and loads to existing joints only.
2) If you keep your finger down when adding a joint, you will see a grid. Without lifting the finger, you can drag the joint to be aligned with the grid.
3) You can also drag existing joints using the same procedure described above.
4) You can pinch and zoom your truss with 2 fingers to tune small-size structural details. Moving two fingers also allows you to pan the structure around.
5) Red color means tension and blue compression. Blue bars will fail at much lower loads due to buckling!
6) Please refer to the educational section on our website for more details!
*Truss Me has been created for educational and recreational purposes only. It must not be used under any circumstances to design or compute real structures.
Truss Me utilizes state of the art simulation techniques used by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to provide the most realistic behavior for your trusses. If well designed, your trusses will resist as they would in real life*. If your truss has flaws, the structure will fail realistically*!
Truss Me works well with dynamic problems as well, so you can build from bridges, roofs, and cranes to impact problems involving crash of spacecrafts into the ground!
As an instructor, you can teach your students how to design trusses using the freestyle mode. In this mode, you can design an arbitrary truss, e.g. a bridge, roof, crane, or even a spacecraft, and show visually the difference between tension and compression. You can also explain the difference between failure under tension and compression. Then, you can use the challenges to organize a truss design competition, in which students would compete to achieve the maximum score at each level. Truss design competitions utilizing Truss Me! have been carried out at top schools in the U.S and abroad!
Usage TIPS:
1) Joints are fundamental, as you can only build bars from one existing joint to another, and add supports and loads to existing joints only.
2) If you keep your finger down when adding a joint, you will see a grid. Without lifting the finger, you can drag the joint to be aligned with the grid.
3) You can also drag existing joints using the same procedure described above.
4) You can pinch and zoom your truss with 2 fingers to tune small-size structural details. Moving two fingers also allows you to pan the structure around.
5) Red color means tension and blue compression. Blue bars will fail at much lower loads due to buckling!
6) Please refer to the educational section on our website for more details!
*Truss Me has been created for educational and recreational purposes only. It must not be used under any circumstances to design or compute real structures.
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
3 new challenges for everyone to enjoy!
3 new challenges for everyone to enjoy!
More downloads Truss Me! reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update Truss Me! was updated to version 1.91
More downloads Truss Me! reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
More downloads Truss Me! reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about Truss Me!
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by J####:
by J####:
was going so well untill #20 i tried six diffrent structures and all of them were stable but it didnt unlock the next chalenge... i thought it might be uneconomic so i decreased the size of all the members that could be decreased in all the 6 models but yet nothing happened.. help!! pls
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by U####:
by U####:
Building structures to support weights. Also a sandbox. I'd like to see user created levels as well. Doesn't take up a lot of space. Ads? Not a single one. Would like to see more challenges. Maybe put a magnetic spin on the weights to push your builds to the limit. Good game all In all. Looking forward to new challenges! Good job devs.
K
by K####:
by K####:
Even though I am stuck on 15 and no idea why won't proceed, no breaks or anything like that, maybe weight please advise, with all that being said this game is fun as hell. I would like to humbly suggest maybe adding some information like win criteria, or general info for players to look at in game rather than having to leave game and frustratingly Google where no real helpful info comes up. Again please advise on 15 and keep these type coming wicked fun...
K
by K####:
by K####:
I rated it 4 stars on purpose... to motivate creators of this marvelous app to make it even better and bring out moaaaaar levels! All the people who gave 1 star rating must be rather unintelligent, whining for manuals and not being able to play. Game concept is self-explanatory. The best experience I guess for Note series users. Looove it.
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by G####:
by G####:
This is really fun and actually challenging! It could use a sleeker presentation and a slightly more fine tuned UI, but those are negligible complaints. One thing to note is that it consumes a lot of battery power. All things considered, this is a great game, and if you like engineering give it a try.
K
by K####:
by K####:
Love the game! 3 nuts on every level but can't perfect the moon lander design, am stuck on 2 nuts (any help?). A suggestion for the future: add a "save design" button. I realise by pressing the cup you can get to your best successful design, but often I want to try a different approach to a problem and see how it iterates. I get half way through a design (which initially weighs more than my best) and close the app, when I come back to it the next day it has reverted to the initial design!
K
by K####:
by K####:
I like it. But it's hard to know just what you need to do to get win condition, and even harder to know what is needed for three nuts. If the scoring were clearer it would help. Also, it could use more challenges!
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by L####:
by L####:
Really enjoy this. Have some difficulty with placing the connectors, even when zoomed in; they tend to shift when I lift my finger. One thing I would really like to see (at least I have not found it) is to be able to save a "version" that I can revert back to. Even better if multiple points could be saved. That would make it easier to try to improve on early attempts. With only 20 undos, it is sometimes hard to recover from improvements that actually weren`t.
K
by K####:
by K####:
Really fun to tweak structures. The stress simulation makes sense, also the compression versus tension strength of the members. After a lot of tuning I end up with designs that look like something a structural engineer would have designed!
K
by K####:
by K####:
Enjoyable game. Lots to experiment. Good challenges. No problems at all except 'Please provide the solutions'. I am stuck on challenge 3 and have no idea how to proceed
K
by K####:
by K####:
Good premise, but poor execution. It doesn't really tell you what to do, how to do it, or how it's scored. It doesn't even automatically take you to the next level upon completion, making you feel like there's no real point
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by Y####:
by Y####:
I can't even get 1 nut on level 15, and I thought I was a half decent engineer. I won't give up but this may take some time.
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by F####:
by F####:
Good idea, and managed the early levels. But further on had difficulty due to small screen size. Something that is better on a tablet maybe.
K
by K####:
by K####:
This game is really engaging game.It definitely increases your enthusiasm to learn trusses for a college exam rather than only flipping through book pages which sometimes gets boring.
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by W####:
by W####:
Great game! Easy once u get the hang of it. Got any more challenges for me? <3
B
by B####:
by B####:
After completing most levels and optimizing many of my designs, I have a new understanding of internal forces in structures! I love that this simulation has real world modelling relevance (at least for non-critical applications). Well built app, too.
K
by K####:
by K####:
Fun but needs an off center option for placing items. Finger blocking the view make it difficult at times.
K
by K####:
by K####:
I'm having fun playing this game trying different ways to pass each level but I can't figure out number 14, moon lander if anyone can help me.
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by M####:
by M####:
I love this game, really hard to achieve 3 nuts at some lvls (i have only 3 nuts at 4 lvls and 7 lvls with 1 nuts) i hope there will be more levels
K
by K####:
by K####:
Engaging and fun structure building simulation app. I wish there were more challenges to work on.
R
by R####:
by R####:
A simple concept of build to a purpose.... But make it strong and make it light. Now make it stronger.... and lighter. How hard can it be? Take heed unwary player, it is likely you will start to see the world in terms of geometry, load bearing and stress points. But you will be all the better for it.
B
by B####:
by B####:
Building structures to support weights. Also a sandbox. I'd like to see user created levels as well. Doesn't take up a lot of space. Ads? Not a single one. Would like to see more challenges. Maybe put a magnetic spin on the weights to push your builds to the limit. Good game all In all. Looking forward to new challenges! Good job devs.
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by D####:
by D####:
It's just the game i was looking for! Amazing simulation and so easy to build and test structures. Only thing, on lvl 14, i built a structure and it stayed together, did not collapse, but it scored me 0... Some of the members did flash red though... Also, some more lvls woud be good. Brilliant game
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by U####:
by U####:
was going so well untill #20 i tried six diffrent structures and all of them were stable but it didnt unlock the next chalenge... i thought it might be uneconomic so i decreased the size of all the members that could be decreased in all the 6 models but yet nothing happened.. help!! pls
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by N####:
by N####:
Spent hours and days playing this. Definitely worth a try if you're into games that require creativity to solve problems. One thing though; when placing connecting points, it's hard to see exactly where I'm placing it because it's under my thumb. It'd be better if there was an option to offset the connection point up, and to the left of where my thumb is. But anyways, great game. Looking forward to another.
J
by J####:
by J####:
A target, or maximum score for each structure, might help us measure our performance. It seems very difficult to achieve 3 nuts after initial tasks. Good fun though.
R
by R####:
by R####:
Fun and challenging to complete each one and reduce weight to get maximum score. But now all 24 levels are done with three stars. Thank you for creating it and not putting annoying ads.
R
by R####:
by R####:
No instructions. Figure it out yourself. Nor so bad for the first few levels, but around challenge 14 or so I'm not sure how to pass the levels.
R
by R####:
by R####:
Mind numbingly boring fast. Never understood the scoring system, wash and repeat challenges
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by D####:
by D####:
Good idea, and managed the early levels. But further on had difficulty due to small screen size. Something that is better on a tablet maybe.
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by C####:
by C####:
This is a very good they the way it works makes you really think hard good to have something that is more challenging for once
R
by R####:
by R####:
It's very nice game I keep going back to try to get top score on all the two nut games however the game is a massive battery drainer can only play for an hour and it has devoured a third of battery life
J
by J####:
by J####:
Love the game. Needs more levels. And possibly more explanation. Maybe you could add content that better explains the engineering and design behind these structures. I.e. intention, style, etc. Also, maybe an option to see the best design achieved. After completion, of course.
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by R####:
by R####:
Too bad there isn't a tutorial. It could have been a fun game.
R
by R####:
by R####:
Love the app, educational and recreational. Sadly I cannot figure out the solution for n°18.
R
by R####:
by R####:
Good app to kill time but sometimes the name of the stage confuses me eg now without a cable (level 20), looking forward to playing more new stages
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by E####:
by E####:
I love this game, really hard to achieve 3 nuts at some lvls (i have only 3 nuts at 4 lvls and 7 lvls with 1 nuts) i hope there will be more levels
R
by R####:
by R####:
At Least provide a help for clearing challenges.
R
by R####:
by R####:
I'm a Civil Engineering student and this is truly a super fun app... hope there's more in the future...
by K####:
Consumes a lot of time and battery but loads (get it?) of fun. Use zoom and pan to overcome fat fingers. For lunar lander I reduced the drop distance to make it easier to test configurations & review stressed members without total collapse. BZ Dev.