Generate Wall Panel Breaks
Generate the panel breaks and wall panel geometry as
follows:
- Select Wall Panels >
Generate Panel Breaks. The Wall Panel Settings dialog box
opens.
- Select the structural layers, corner overlap type, label,
viewing direction of the panel, and possible panel break settings
to be included in the wall panel in the dialog box.
The Wall
Panel Settings Dialog Box
- You can limit the number of walls selected by choosing a basic
wall type. Select the basic type from the contextual toolbar.
- Select Exterior Wall - When the function
is selected, you can select exterior walls.
- Select Interior Wall - When the function
is selected, you can select interior walls.
- Select All of Same Type - When the
function is selected, you can select all walls of the same type by
clicking one wall of the desired type. The walls are of the same
type when they have the same parameters. Either of the basic
wall types must be selected at the same time.
- Select the wall or walls. If you selected the function
Select All of Same Type, click one wall of the
desired type. All the other walls of the same type become selected
at once.
- Select Confirm.
- Quit by pressing the Esc key.
Note
- The numbering is affected by the wall type, the selection
method of the walls, and the division of the walls into one or more
panels. See Wall Panel
Numbering.
- If you do not wish to use the default wall panel breaks, you
can select the break points in the floor plan drawing individually.
See Determining the Wall Panel
Length.
- Before regenerating the panel breaks, delete all the existing
wall panels. See Delete a
Panel.
- Alternatively, you can select the function from the
context-sensitive menu:
- Select the walls.
Select the
Walls
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Panelization >
Generate Panel Breaks.
- You can renumber the panels using the function in the Floor and
Roof Panels menu, see Renumbering
Panels.
- You can edit the shape of a wall panel or structural layers in
the model before generating parts.
- You can also edit wall panels using the functions in the Floors
and Ceilings menu.
- You can set a default value for the distance of a wall panel
label from the wall in the system settings. See Panel Label Offset From Wall In the Floor
Plan.
Wall Panel
Numbering
Panel Label Offset From Wall
In the Floor Plan
Creating an Individual Wall
Panel
Rotating a Corner
Moving the Break Point of a Wall
Panel
Delete a
Panel
Renumbering Panels
Add
Parts
Wall Panels in a Framing
Model