Select Tool from the list. If necessary, edit the tool parameters in
the dialog box. The parameters define the sheet sizes, sheathing method, where the sheathing
starts, etc. The following sheathing tools are included in the basic software delivery:
- Routed - The openings are cut.
- Full Cover - The sheathing is solid, no openings.
- Cut Intersecting - The sheathing is solid and cut at an
intersecting panel.
- Runthru - Seams at the sides of openings.
- Wide - Full sheet to the sides of openings. Full sheets to both
sides of the first opening. Full sheet on the other side of the next opening (in the
sheathing direction). Use the stud positioning rule Sheet Generates
Studs in connection to this sheathing tool.
- Cut Intersect 2 - Full sheets at both sides of an opening, cut at
an intersecting panel.
Sheathing Rules
- Name, Description
- Name and description of the tool. Presented in the Tool in the
format "Description (Name)".
- Rule
- A rule may be one of the following:
- Route Openings
- Full Cover, No Opening Routing
- Sheathing Seams at Opening Sides
- Full Sheet at Both Sides of Opening
- Cut at intersecting panels, no opening routing
- Full sheet at both sides of opening, cut at intersecting panels
- Layout direction
- Select one of the following:
- Follow Studs - The start point and direction of the studs are defined in the frame
layer parameters.
- From Left to Right - The panel is sheathed from left to right, regardless of the
stud positioning of the frame layer.
- From Right to Left - The panel is sheathed from right to left, regardless of the
stud positioning of the frame layer.
- Sheet Direction
- Select a vertical or horizontal sheet from the list.
- Studs
- Select one of the following as the stud positioning rule:
- Sheathing Follows Studs - The sheet seams are positioned according to the frame
layer studs.
- Sheathing Does Not Follow Studs - Sheathing with full sheets in the layout
direction. The sheet seams are not placed according to the frame layer studs.
- Sheet Generates Studs - Overrides the stud positioning in the frame layer
parameters. The studs are positioned according to the sheet seams. Type the number of
studs per sheet in the text field. For example, 2/sheet (A), 3/sheet (B).
- Rotate
- Select one of the following:
- No Sheet Rotation - The sheets are always positioned according to the selected
direction (vertical/horizontal).
- Sheet Rotation at Wide Openings - Vertical sheets are rotated to the horizontal
position at wide openings. Rotates a sheet when the height of the sheathing area is
less than the sheet width.
- Sheet Rotation on Narrow Walls - Rotates a sheet when the length of the panel is
less than the shorter dimension of the sheet.
- Edge Transition
- This parameter is significant when there are two sheathing layers on top of each other.
The transition value defines where the spacing of the second layer begins.
- Clip Level
- Defines the clip level of a sheet at the edge of the opening (position of the sheet
edges in relation to the edges of the opening).
- Sheet
- Select a sheet from the list. The sheathing library may contain several sheets with the
same material code but a different size (width x height). You can define one of the sheets
as the default sheet to be used when paneling walls. If the default sheet has not been
defined, the program selects a sheet best suited to the panel height.
- You can define the default sheets by editing the sheathing library with the function
System | Structural Libraries | Sheathing Sheathing. Set
the default sheet by selecting the value 1 in the Default
field.
- The material and framing tool
selected for the sheathing layer in the wall properties affect the sheet. The program
checks the sheet of the framing tool when the panel breaks area added. If the sheet of the
framing tool is not equivalent to the material of the layer, it is changed to match the
material.