METAL FRAMING Wall+ SHOP DRAWINGS

METAL FRAMING Wall+ SHOP DRAWINGS

Shop Drawings Finish your modeling with built-in shop drawing generator and deliver your wall framing estimation the same hour. Build your complete shop drawings with dimensioning, part lists and material take-off automatically Solution will collect all elements from one wall panel and make assembly with predefined views, add dimensions, add tags, make sheets and put the views into the sheets 2

Shop Drawings Shop drawing workflow consists of following steps: 1. Wall+M define Shop Drawing Configuration 2. Wall+M make shop drawings for one wall using Create Frame Assembly 3. Wall+M sort frame members 4. Add shop drawing views into the sheet for one wall and save it as a template for the future walls 5. Wall+M make shop drawings for other wall segments 6. Wall+M update shop drawings if there are any changes in the model 3

Shop Drawing Configuration Shop Drawing Configuration the list of saved shop drawing configurations. Configurations can be saved, duplicated, renamed and deleted 3 tabs (Assembly Views, Schedules and Sheets) below go for assembly views setup, schedules setup and sheets setup 4

Assembly Views Assembly Views tab: Create Assembly Views predefine assembly views, view graphical presentment, framing layers you want to present 5

Assembly Views Create new views by clicking button New Click Duplicate to duplicate selected view. Full row should be selected to activate this option Click Delete to delete selected view Select Move Up/Down to move view in configuration dialog 6

Assembly Views Create View select the views you want to create in the assembly View select the view type to create in the assembly. The list of view types comes from Revit. It can be: section, elevation, plan view, legend, 3D view etc. View Name enter name for selected view Framing Layer select framing layer you want to filter in the view. It can be: main Frame, Secondary Frame, Sheathing etc. If None is selected then all layers will be visible in the view View Template select view template for every assembly view. View templates brings such information to the view, like scale, graphical presentment etc. The list of view templates comes from your current Revit project. You can find and modify your project view templates in Revit View Graphics View Templates Manage View Templates 7

Dimensioning Rules Dimensioning Rule dimensioning rules for the selected view. Dimensioning rules are saved under separate name and can be used for other projects Dimensioning rules can be created and modified under Edit Dimensioning Rules 8

Dimensioning Rules Dimensioning rules can be saved, duplicated, renamed or deleted Dimension Type select dimension type which comes from your current project Dimension Position predefine how dimension should be added on the stud. Dimension can be added on the stud Left, Right, Location Point or Mixed position 9

Dimensioning Rules Side stud dimensions could be added at the wall Top or Bottom Relative Distance to Frame distance index from the frame to the first dimension chain. It takes Dimension Line Snap Distance from the dimension type and multiplies it by this value, which is 1.5 by default 10

Tags Elements in the views can be tagged. The list of tag families comes from your current project Sample tags are loaded to your project using Load Families & Schedules 11

Tags Structural Framing Tag select a family for tagging all studs and plates in the view Sheathing Tag select a family for tagging all sheathing panels (Parts) in the view Structural Connections Tag select a family for tagging all details, like anchors, clip angles etc. in the view Tag Other tags other elements, like electrical switches, openings etc. in the view. Tag families comes from Annotate tab Tag All 12

Special Layer Filter Layer Number use this option if there are more than one same layer used in the wall type. Before using this option switch on Use Layer Number Layer number comes from the wall type Single Layer use this option if you need to show only selected wall layer without other layers. For example, the front side view with a sheathing will be shown with main frame by default. If this option is switched on then only sheathing will be visible 13

Insert Grids Insert Grids adds Grid symbol into assembly views with shop drawings 14

Insert Grids Original grids need to be created by the location line of the wall in the plan view 15

Insert Grids Grid symbol is a special family that we created. You will be able to predefine its design, end segment length, head radius, etc. 16

Schedules Wall+M will create schedules in the wall assembly by predefined settings Schedule Template select a schedule from your current project to be a template for the assembly part list, material takeoff and other schedules Select any regular schedule from a project to use it as Schedule template in assembly Check schedules created in assembly views 17

Schedules Sample schedules will be loaded with Load Families & Schedules. You can modify it or create your own with your own columns, filters etc. The software automatically create additional parameters that can be used in schedules. For example, Framing Member Mass will show the mass (weight) for every element Note: elements needs to have material assigned with a Density value Materials can be assigned to the element subcategory in Manage Object Styles 18

Sheets Wall+M will create sheets in the wall assembly by predefined settings Titleblock select the titleblock family to apply for assemblies. Titleblock family list comes from your current project 19

Sheets Create first assembly add views to the sheet manually open Shop Drawing Configuration Sheets select a sheet to be as a template for other walls W-100 1 Sheet Newly created assembly sheet 20

Create Frame Assembly Create Frame Assembly makes shop drawings for selected walls. Select any frame from the wall and after pressing Create Frame Assembly the software will create shop drawings according to predefined configuration 21

Update Frame Assembly Update Frame Assembly updates assembly of selected wall if any changes are made in Shop Drawing Configuration For example, dimension type was changed in configuration. Result after update process 22

Sort Structural Connections by Mark Sort Structural Connections or Framing sorts framing members for proper element tagging. You can find parameter with sorted values in Properties Identity Data The software uses Marks from Framing Configuration FM SortMark parameter with sorted values. It contains Framing Member Mark values and a number that is sorted by framing length 23

Other features

Select Elements in Frame Select Elements in Frame selects all framing members of the same type in a framing. For example, select a Stud Select Elements in Frame all Studs from a wall will be selected 25

Select Elements in all Frames Select Elements in all Frames selects all framing members of the same type in all the framings from the project. For example, select a Stud Select Elements in all Frames all Studs from all walls will be selected 26

Select Elements in all Frames by Level Select Elements in all Frames by Level selects all framing members of the same type in all the framings from the same level. For example, select a Stud Select Elements in all Frames by Level all Studs from all walls from the same level will be selected 27

Select all Frame Elements Select all Frame Elements selects all framing members from a wall. For example, select a Stud Select all Frame Elements all elements, including main frames, secondary frames from a wall will be selected 28

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