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May 2020 #12250 Page #60
Better Tools for Intuitive Wall Panel Design
By Tracy Roe
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his month, we’re continuing our series on better tools for wall panel design and exploring our Break/Review process. Walls are just walls until they are broken into PANELS. Similar to the way trusses are just profiles until they are designed, the same is true for walls. Beginning with wall input, continuing to subcomponents and components, and even sheathing and blocking, we then must break the walls into panels. With the all-new TrueBuild® Layout with Panels, this task couldn’t be more intuitive. Designed for efficiency from the ground up, let’s look at some of the key features in Break/Review.
Break/Review “walks” you around the model in the sequence of input or allows the user to choose walls on the fly. The plate view above prompts when breaks are required based on user-defined parameters. The current wall is highlighted in the plan view for reference. All colors and parameters are easily customized using the property grid. Continued next page
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