Cutting Block
The cutting block is designed to take a rectangular box section out of a beam, a partial replacement for the usual dummy beams. It uses the finger mill, and can only be rotated on an axis perpendicular to the face it's cutting.

QuickSlice 2.0
This routine construct a reference polyline on a beam.

Barrel Connector
This is the connection of choice for hidden tension capacity, consisting of a steel dowel cross drilled and tapped for threaded rod on one end, and a nut & washer on the other

Screw Series
Screw Series is a routine for connecting 2 timbers with screws perpendicular to the male beam. 2 rows of fasteners can be rotated and offset to model nearly any arrangement.

Spline
Spline is a well-known connection in timberframing, but the tools available by default in HSB don't match well with common conventions.

Plate Connectors
This is actually a set of 4 scripts, with a 5th coming soon. They will model steel plates of any thickness, either as surface plates or knife plates with through machine bolts.

Beam Schedule
Again, you can schedule beams with exisiting tools--both ADT and HSB. These schedules are not especially efficient though, ADT schedules espeically do not sort HSB objects well and they are quite processor intensive; not so with this little TSL.

Simpson CJT
This common Simpson hanger is very popular with engineers, but complex to model. Now you can insert the hanger and pins & cut slots and mortises with one command.

Corner Tenons
This connection can be done with HSB's "Housed Tenon", but the user must carefully adjust parameters to prevent interference as the two tools aren't aware of each other. This script prevents tenon interference, automatically deals with interfering beams of differing widths & heights, and has a robust set of parameters.

Jack Rafter
Although not a traditional timberframe joint, this situation comes up often in todays hybrid designs. Designed for a 4x or smaller jack to connect to a hip.

Overlap
As with the Spline, existing HSB commands can create this joint--just not as quickly or efficiently.