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[QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 3446708, member: 5058"]
Reasonable yes. The fabric hoops will bear the weight of the fabric, the force of their own collective span, and for however short, wind and snow loads. The arcs are where I am not sure and want to do more thinking. Initially I thought they would form the structure of the hard roof and that may yet be true but their shape also implies they will not bear much load. The round shape would be good resolving  compression forces along the long axis, like a column, but not so much in the lateral direction where the depth would be what resolves the force like our crown truss or the parking lot trusses. I am wondering if their only purpose is to give shape and not really to carry a substantial load. The load they may take is the one I mentioned above coming from the hoops. That force would ultimately be moving “across” the roof, putting the arcs in a position to resolve it like a column on its side. I may try my hand with a sketch or two later to think it through.
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