Add a View to a Panel Drawing

Add a view, cross section or schedule to a panel drawing as follows:

1. Open the panel drawing.
2. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
3. Select Add View to Panel Drawing.
4. Select the drawing element to be added in the dialog box.

View

Select one the following panel model projections as the view:

• Top

• Front

• From Left to Right

• From Right to Left

• Front right

The viewing direction is determined by the local coordinate system of the panel, not the global coordinate system of the model window. You can edit the location of the local coordinate system's origin and the directions of the coordinate axes by editing the panel.

Editing a Panel

When you have accepted the selection by clicking the OK button, select the view settings in the dialog box.

View Settings

Section

Add a section to a panel drawing as follows:

1. Select either of the following:

   • Section - a cross section of the entire structure.

   • Detail - a section of a detail of the structure.

2. Select a view in the panel drawing.

3. If necessary, change the section direction to horizontal or vertical by using the cursor keys Arrow right and Arrow left.

4. Click the section point.

5. Select the section settings in the dialog box.

   Section Settings

Schedule

Select the schedule to be added to the panel drawing from a list. The alternatives on the list depend on the panel type (wall, floor, roof or truss panel). The available schedules are defined in the system settings. For example:

• Beams - A list of the floor joists or roof rafters.

• Sheets - A list of the sheathing used in the panel.

• Connectors - A list of connecting parts added to the panel, for example angle brackets.

• Beam elements - A list of beam panels connected to the panel.

Click a location for the schedule in the panel drawing.

Note

• If you want to add a section with a direction other than horizontal or vertical to a panel drawing, do the following:
  1. Add the section as described above.
  2. Quit by pressing the Esc key.
  3. Select the section line.
  4. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
  5. Select Move.
  6. Select a reference point.
  7. Rotate the line using the functions on the contextual toolbar or the cursor keys.
  8. Select a location for the section line.

  The section drawing is automatically updated after the change.

• The available schedules are defined in the system settings with the keywords seds_set. For example, the available schedules for wall panels:

  seds_setWALL "WPCE|SHT|RIVET|CONN"

  WPCE = Wall members
  SHT = Sheets
  CONN = Connectors

  The pieces to be collected to the schedule, and the format and presentation of the schedule are defined in the system settings with the keywords seds_param.

• By default, all the sheets are collected to a single sheet schedule without separating the exterior or interior sheathing in a wall panel, for example. The pieces can also be collected by structure layers. For example, only the sheets in the sheathing layer outside the frame layer can be collected to the sheet schedule of a wall panel using the following definition:

  seds_paramSHT1 FILTER1 COMP_TYPE = SHEET and LAYER = 1

  seds_param...

  The sheets in the interior sheathing layer can be collected by setting LAYER= -1.

• By default, the sheet code (CODE) is displayed in the sheet schedule. The material code of the sheet (MATCODE) can be used instead. Using this feature requires editing of the form file.
• The piece length presented in the schedules is the length of the piece's 3D geometry, if the geometry is available. If the geometry is hidden, the length is a theoretical length.

Moving an Object
Floor and Roof Panels
Wall Panels in a Framing Model
Editing Vertex Settings