Add Sheathing

Add sheathing in the sheathing layer of a floor or ceiling. The framing tool selected for the layer defines the sheathing rules. Select a detailed representation for the structure by using the Expand Layers function before adding the sheathing.

1. Select a structure and a layer of type SHEET.

   Select a Structure and a Layer

   If you want to add parts to all the layers in the structure (frame, sheathing, boarding) which have a framing tool, select only the structure.

2. Do either of the following:
   • Select Plane Structure | Framing | Generate Parts.
   • Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu, and select Generate Parts.

The program will create the 3D geometry of the sheets in the framing model.

Note

• If an origin point for the sheathing has not been added to the horizontal structure, the program will add a default origin and divide the sheathing over the area based on it. You can divide the sheathing into fields, add origin points to the fields and change the direction of the sheathing by selecting Define a Sheathing Origin Point.
• The sheathing will be added in its own layer (140).
• You can also add sheathing to a floor or roof panel. The layers of the structure do not need to be expanded then. Select a single floor or roof panel as the area to be sheathed.
• If one or more floor or roof panels have been defined in the basic layer of the area, you can only select panels to be sheathed. You can no longer select the horizontal structure itself to be sheathed. This way, creating overlapping sheathings (of panel and horizontal structure) is prevented. The restriction applies when the keyword framing_filter= 1 is defined in the keyword group BDSXX.