Floor and Roof Panels

You can add panel breaks and panels to a horizontal structure such as a floor, roof or ceiling. A panel is a volume with a shape determined by the horizontal structure and the panel breaks added to it. In addition to the basic layer of the structure, you can include layers above or below it to the panel. You can generate parts, such as a framing or a sheathing, to the panel. You can create panel drawings of the panels, and also part drawings of the framing parts.

Framing Model

In most cases, the panels are created in the framing model. You can open the framing model from the project document browser, for example.

Opening a Drawing-Model Pair of a Frame

Panel Breaks and Panels

Add the panel breaks and panels. When you add the panel breaks, the program generates the geometry defining the shape of the panels, or the space reservations, to the framing model.

Add a Panel Break Line
Add a Panel in a Floor or Roof

You can also define a frame line or a beam structure consisting of individual profiles as a panel. You can create a plane panel of an area with a complex shape.

Frames
Beams
Plane Panels

Edit a Panel

Edit Panel Properties
Delete a Panel
Edit a Panel Label or Set the Local Coordinate System
Unbuild a Panel
Replacing a Panel
Renumbering Panels
Sorting Panels and Adding a Panel Schedule
Renumbering Pieces of Panels
Edit Panels in a Model

Panel Parts

Add Parts
Remove Parts

Panel Drawings

A panel drawing shows different views of the panel and schedules of the panel parts. The panel drawing is based on the selected template drawing. By editing the properties of the panel drawing view, you can change the scale of the view as well as choose which parts are shown in the view and the drawing properties. You can add new views and dimension lines to the panel drawing.

Panel Drawing Views
Creating a Panel Drawing
Opening a Panel Drawing
External Objects to Panel Drawing
Add a View to a Panel Drawing
Add a Dimension Line to a Panel Drawing
Create Part Drawings
Open Part Drawings
Deleting Piece Drawings of a Panel

Panel Stacking

You can create stack diagrams and stack diagram drawings of panels.

Panel Stacking

Note

• You can also use these functions for managing truss drawings.
• You can use the functions also for managing wall panels and wall panel drawings.
• You can also use these functions for managing frame line panels or beam structure panels and their panel drawings.

Object Type
Truss Functions
NC Machinings
Floor and Roof Framings
Wall Panels