Think truss is limited to squares and rectangles? Think again.
One of the great things about the Global Truss system is its modularity. With straight lengths, corners, junctions and curved sections already available across the range, the same components used to build conventional truss structures can be combined in far more creative ways.
Triangles. Pentagons. Hexagons. Octagons. Stars. Geometric frames. Feature structures.
You don’t necessarily need a custom truss component to create something different. Sometimes, creative thinking is all you need.
By combining different corner angles and truss lengths, standard Global Truss components can become the building blocks for structures that move well beyond the traditional box.
Whether you’re creating an exhibition feature, stage element, entrance structure, brand activation, set piece or something that simply needs to stand out, start with the shape you want to create — then look at the truss differently.
Shape: Rectangle
Corner Angle: 90°
GT Corner: GT-F34J21
Shape: Hexagon
Corner Angle: 120°
GT Corner: GT-F34J22
Shape: Equilateral Triangle
Corner Angle: 60°
Global Truss Corner: GT-F34J20
Shape: Octagon
Corner Angle: 135°
GT Corner: GT-F34J23
Shape: Pentagon
Corner Angle: 108°
GT Corner: GT-F34PJ108
Shape: Heart:
Corner Angle: Cube + 90°
GT Corner: GT-F34JBOX-M12 + GT-F34J21
And that’s only the beginning.
The Global Truss range includes fixed corners, variable hinged junctions, straight lengths and radial sections across multiple truss series. Combine them differently and a familiar collection of components can take on an entirely new form.
More Than Just a Support Structure
And the shapes don’t stop here. Whilst we have the largest range of standard corner junctions made by any truss manufacturer in the world, we can design and make custom angles, lengths and radii to build any shape you can imagine.
Over the years, DQ has worked with customers to turn truss into objects, installations and structures that are anything but ordinary. A giant guitar. A hovercraft. A skull. A huge sphere. A Christmas tree. A heart. Each starts with an idea rather than a standard truss layout.
That’s where the conversation gets interesting.
Truss Skull
Truss Hovercraft
Truss Christmas Tree
Truss Guitar
Giant Ball
Truss Heart
Bring us the sketch, the concept, the reference image — or even the idea that you’re not quite sure how to build yet. We can work with you to explore how existing Global Truss components can be used, where something purpose-made may be required, and how the concept can be developed into a practical structure.
Because truss doesn’t always have to disappear behind the production.
Sometimes, the truss is the design.