Generate Cladding

You can generate boarding or cladding on a structural layer for which the Cladding framing tool has been selected, see Properties of Cladded Structural Layer.

1. Select Floor Joists, Roof Rafters > Cladding > Generate Cladding.
2. Select the method of selecting the structural layer, and select the structure and the structural layer (type COVER).

   Selecting a Layer

   You can only select a layer when the layers have been expanded.

3. Select Confirm.

The program will create the 3D geometry of the cladding in the framing model FRAMING.vxm. By default, cladding is generated so that its origin point is in the lower left corner when seen from a projection above the horizontal structure. The origin point is the point from which the spacing is started. The boards are aligned by default in the direction of the riser in a sloping structure and the direction of the Y axis in a non-sloping structure.

Note

• You can also use the Generate Parts function.
• You can edit the origin point and direction of the cladding with the Floor Joists, Roof Rafters > Cladding > Define Base Point function.
• You can also define cladding for a horizontal structure panel. The layers of the structure do not need to be expanded then.
• You can also define cladding for the siding layer of a wall panel.

Define a Base Point
Define Cladding
Delete Cladding
Properties of a Cladded Structural Layer
Add Parts
Expand Layers
Setting Hatch Origin in the Model
Boarding and Cladding