Automatic Panel Stacking

The program collects the panels from the entire building, or only from the open drawing-model pair, and creates the panel stacks automatically. The program either collects all the panels or you can select the panels from which the stack is created.

The panels are sorted to stacks by type: floor, roof, ceiling, interior wall and exterior wall panels as well as trusses to stacks of their own, so that the largest panel will be placed at the bottom of the stack. When the panels are collected from the entire building, they are sorted by floors. The sorting is started from left to right in the floor plan drawing. When the maximum height or maximum weight of a stack is reached, or there are no more panels of the same type, the program creates a new stack.

1. Select Output | Panels and Trusses | 2D Panel Stacking.
2. Select either of the following:
   • Building - Panels will be collected from all the drawing-model pairs.
   • Current floor only - Panels will be collected from the open drawing-model pair.
3. If you want to select the panels from which the stack is created, select Select panels, and select the panels from a list. Other panels retain the previously set stack data. When the check box is clear, all panels are collected from the selected drawing-model pairs (all or current).

   For example, you can manually create stack diagrams for some panels (for example, when you want to place the panels in a specific order in a stack), and then use the automatic function for other panels that you select from the list.