WallFramesGettingStartedGuide

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Contents
ProductOverview
PlaceWallFrames
ElevateWallFrames
EditingWallFrames
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ProductOverview
CadimageWallFramesprovidesanefficientpathfromVirtualBuildingdatatothedesignanddocumentationofsteeland
timberwallframesforconstruction.
Theprocessisdividedintofivephases:Setup,PlacingFramesintomodelwalls,LargeScaleEditing,Customizationand
creatingDocumentation.
1.Setup...
TheSetupphaseincludesallthetasksrequiredtodefineaworkingsystemofframingthatfitsyourparticularrequirements.
Mostoftheadjustmentsyoumakeduringthisphasearesetandforget.Onceyouhavesuccessfullydefinedyourframing
system,itcanbeusedforfutureframingprojectswithoutanyfurtherwork.Youcanmaintain,improveandexpandthe
systematanytimewithoutaffectingexistingwallframes.
2.Placingframes...
OncetheSetupphaseiscomplete,youcanPlaceFramesintomodelwalls.Theplacedframesareautomaticallygenerated
togivea"firstcut",fullyautomatedsolution.Atthispoint,manyoftheframeswillnotbecorrectineverydetail,butprovided
yourpresetshavebeenwellconstructed,mostframesshouldbenotfarfromthefinalsolution.ThoughaquickUpdateof
theframeswillrectifymostissueswithjunctions&openingsthatmightoccur.
3.Largescaleediting...
Onceframeshavebeenplaced,youcanbeginworkingwithansemiautomatedsolution.Duringthisphaseyoucanmake
largescale,parametricadjustments,suchaschangingthetypeofframingtoapplytotheskinsofthecompositewall
structures.Youcanalsomakeadjustmentsthatrelatetotheenvironmentofthewall.Forinstanceyoucanparametrically
adjusttheendconditionsthatgovernhowthelayersofframinginteractwheretwowallsintersect.Theaimofthisphaseis
toquicklygetascloseaspossibletothedesiredresult.Insomecasesnofurtheradjustmentswillberequired.
4.Finercontrol...
Havingplacedframesandmadeallnecessarylargescaleadjustments,youcanproceedtocreateDocumentation.This
stagestartsbyReferencingtheframes.Anelevatedviewofeachreferencedframeisthencreated,alongwithdimensions.
Atthisstageyouhaveindividualcontrolovereachmemberoftheelevatedframe.Youcanmove,edit,deleteandaddnew
memberstodesignacustomframe.
5.Documentation...
Onceyouaresatisfiedthateverymemberiscorrect,youcanproceedtoAssignlabelstoeachmember,andcompilea
cuttinglist.Finallyasetofviewsisgeneratedforeachwallframe,andtheviewsaremountedonalayoutforpublication.
Theprocessasawholeisdirectional(youmustcompletethesetupphasebeforenextplacingframesintomodelwallsand
finallycreatingdocumentation),butitisalsoflexibleinthatyoucanbacktrackatanystage.Ifyouhavecreatedacustom
frame,youcandeletethecustomcomponentsandregeneratetheautomaticframe.Thismaybenecessaryforinstanceifa
windowopeningsizeischangedlateintheproject.Howeveroptimumefficiencyisachievedviacontinuousprogressthrough
thephases.
ThisdocumentexplainshowtoworksuccessfullywiththeCadimageWallFramestool.Itfollowstheprocessthrougheach
phase,identifyingareaswhereyoucancontroltheprocess.
PlaceWallFrames
ToPlaceWallFramesforyourmodel
. InitializeWallFramePresets
SelectfromtheCadimagemenuWallFrames>WallFramesPresetManager.
ClickonInitializeandselectfromtheArchiCAD17/CadimageToolExtrasfolderWallFramesSampleNZ.dat
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. AssignFramestoWallComposites
Selectthe6CompositeStructuresfolderandclickontheNewButton.
SelectfromthedropdownlistthecompositeyouhaveusedtomodelyourwallsandclickOK.
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ClickontheEditButton.
SetaFramePrefixforyourWallFrameElevationLabelsandsetwhethertheCompositeisforExteriororInteriorwalls.
SelecttheMemberspage
SettheSkinTypeforeachCompositeSkin
SetthePresetforeachCompositeSkin
SelectaLayerforeachCompositeSkinandclickOK
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DothesameforanyotherWallCompositesyouhaveusedthenclickOK.
. PlaceFrames
NowthatthePresetshavebeensetupyouarereadytoPlaceFrames.
SelectthewallsyouwanttoFrameandfromtheCadimagemenuselectWallFrames>PlaceFrames
WhenPlacingFramesadjoiningFrameinformationisnotavailable,sotogettheintersectionstotidyupselectfromthe
CadimagemenuWallFrames>UpdateFrames
ElevateWallFrames
WithWallFramesplaced,wenowneedtocreateElevationsoftheframesforscheduling.
. ThefirststepistoReferencetheFrames.
FromtheCadimageMenuselectWallFrames>ReferenceFrames.
ToReferencetheFramesthetoolneedtoknowwheretheTruckwillbedroppingofftheFramesonsite,soClickforthe
positionoftheTruckDropoffPoint.
ADetailMarkerandDetailWindowwillbelinkedtoeachFrame.
. NowtheFramescanbeElevated.
FromtheCadimagemenuselectWallFrames>ElevateFrames.
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SelecttoElevate,DimensionandSchedulealloftheFrames.
TheWallFramestoolwillstepthrougheachoftheDetailWindowscreatingElevations,DimensionsandSchedulesforthe
Frames.
EditingWallFrames
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CadimageWallFrameToolgetsit95%right,thenmayneedtoamendframes.Inthiscasewehavealowerroofbuttinginto
thewallandneedtoaddframingforfixing.
SelecttheCadimageFramingMemberobjectandopenitssettings.
SetthePresetTypeandFiletodeterminethemembersize.
SettheMemberType.
SelecttheRotatedDiagonalPlacementmethodanddrawthenewmemberacrosstheFrame.
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WeneedtocutthenewmembertotheexistingmemberssoselectthenewmemberafromtheCadimagemenuselectWall
Frames>CutSelectedMembers.
Nowwecanjustdeletetheadditionalpieces,totidyitup.
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ToSaveourchangesselectfromtheCadimagemenuWallFrames>SaveCustomFrame.
NowifweselectourWallFrameontheFloorPlanandviewitin3Dweseethatithastheadditionalmemberswehaveadded.
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