Inserting bridles

The Bridle tool places a bridle object in the drawing. Bridle legs can be inserted on house rigging points and rigging objects, and on structural members if this option is enabled when setting the bridle preferences. The down leg uses a hoist by default, but you can choose to use bridle parts instead. Before a bridle is inserted, make sure the necessary rigging points are present in the drawing.

Mode	Description
Auto Insertion	Inserts the bridle with one click to define the connection point; the legs are automatically inserted on the closest rigging points
Click Insertion	Inserts the bridle with multiple clicks, to define the connection point and each leg insertion point
Deadhang	Inserts a dead hang object, to suspend a load directly below a rigging point
Two Leg Bridle	Inserts a two leg bridle
Reversed Two Leg Bridle	Inserts a reversed two leg bridle, to connect multiple objects to a rigging point. To calculate the forces correctly with Braceworks, the objects must be on the same truss system.
Three Leg Bridle	Inserts a three leg bridle
Four Leg Bridle	Inserts a four leg bridle
Stacked Bridle	Inserts a stacked bridle, which is structurally determinate
Preferences	Opens the Down Leg Preferences dialog box; select the default option for building the down leg. When Hoist is selected, click the Resource Selector to select the default hoist symbol. If the available chain length is shorter than the required down leg length, bridle parts are added automatically to fill the missing length.
Trim Height	When Click Insertion is selected in Top/Plan view, enter the distance from the bottom of the bridle to the floor