Claddings

Manage settings

Using the boarding/planking functions (optional, part of the 'Ceiling Elementation' module) you can cover an entire ceiling panel or ceiling element with boards at the push of a button. To apply the boarding you need a setting that defines the material and the positioning. This setting can already be selected in the ceiling specification or it can be entered for the respective layer when assigning manually in the ceiling specification.

In the setting you have the following options:

Ident number: For the component, the identification number can be entered or selected from the component catalog using the browser. Further meaning according to the chapter 'Volume information, component catalog'.

Post type: The 'Bar type' represents a list of designations that can be used to label the components. Here you can either enter a bar type number you already know, or select a bar type number via the browser button at the right end of the field. Once you have selected a number here, the corresponding designation is automatically displayed in the next field.

Designation: The designation allows you to describe the function of an individual component. The predefined designations, the so‑called bar types, can be accessed via a number key in the field to the left of the designation. If you do this, a designation is automatically provided in the 'Designation' field. However, you can change this manually and thus use any custom designations. If you need a particular designation more often, you can enter it via the browser button to the right of the designation field. This icon opens a list of existing designations. You can add your own designation at the end of the list. The next time the list is opened, the new designation will be sorted alphabetically. As soon as you start typing the designation in the 'Designation' field, the list opens automatically and shows only designations that begin with the entered letters.

Thickness, width, length: The panel dimensions are entered here. If you select an identification number above for which one or more dimensions are already specified, the corresponding dimension fields are deactivated and the corresponding value from the database is displayed.

Method: There are two methods by which the boarding/planking can be generated: Formwork boards: Using this method, the formwork boards are generated and placed with the set length and the setting for longitudinal joints.

Continuous: Using this method, specially profiled panels are generated:

▪ The panels are laid in horizontal rows from the left or from the right. Laying begins with the lowest row.

▪ An attempt is made to start the next panel row with the leftover piece of the previous panel.

▪ The horizontal dimension of the first panel can be used to influence the distribution.

▪ Profiled panels are automatically considered with their cover surface in the covering. It is not necessary to enter a negative gap to cover the tongue with the groove.

▪ At the left and right ends of the ceiling as well as at vertical and slanted opening edges, the boards are automatically trimmed to the profiling so that a smooth board edge is produced.

▪ For automatic placement, limit values are entered in the component catalog. The values apply in ceilings analogously to walls:

▪ Minimum width at wall end: Minimum dimension of the panel at the wall end measured from the wall end in the longitudinal direction of the wall.

▪ Minimum width at opening edge: Minimum dimension of the panel at the vertical or inclined opening edge measured from the opening edge in the longitudinal direction of the wall.

▪ Minimum joint distance between panel rows: Avoidance of cross joints. Minimum distance between the panel joints of two vertically adjacent panel rows measured in the longitudinal direction of the wall.

▪ Minimum joint distance to opening edge: Minimum distance between panel joints and opening corners measured in the longitudinal direction of the wall.

▪ For each value there is a minimum and a reduced minimum value: For the automatic covering, the system first attempts to comply with the minimum value. If this is not possible, the limit is reduced down to the "reduced minimum value".

▪ In the covering the "tool width for panel splitting" is set. If the leftover panel is processed further elsewhere, it must be shortened by this processing width.

Offset from row to row: Here the offset from one board row to the next is set.

Laying angle: The angle between the X-axis of the ceiling field and the longitudinal axis of the panel is set here. Therefore, if the panel should appear vertical on the screen, 90° must be entered.

Front side of the panel toward: For boards with different sides (e.g., different qualities on the front and back) you can specify which side of the ceiling field the front side of the board should face. The better (higher quality) side of the board is considered the front side.

Distribution direction from: Should the distribution of the boarding be performed from the left or right side of the ceiling or ceiling field?

Width of first row B1: This is the width (height) of the first row of boards at the horizontal edge where the placement begins (measured in the Y direction). For example, with tongue-and-groove boards the groove of the first board is cut off since this board edge remains visible. The first board therefore has a different cover width. If this is specified as 0.0, the first board receives the same width as the other boards.

Width of first board: This is the width or length (depending on the orientation of the board) of the first board, measured in the X direction. This can also be used to "cut off" the tongue of the board.

Gap in width, gap in length: A gap between the boards in the direction of their width or length can be entered.

Tool width for panel splitting: With the 'continuous' method, the remainder of a board is used again in the next row. Depending on how the board is cut, there is a seam of varying width by which the board width must be reduced.

Assign

With this function you assign a boarding setting to a layer and trigger the placement of that layer. The boarding is then generated immediately according to the selected setting. The setting is entered and saved in the ceiling specification for the corresponding layer. This allows you to recalculate this boarding at any time.

Recalculate

Using the 'Recalculate' function, the boardings from all layers of the current ceiling field are recalculated. The boarding settings from the ceiling specification are used for this purpose.

Delete

With this function you can delete the boarding of a specific layer. Only the components (boards) are deleted. The entry in the ceiling specification remains so that the boarding can be regenerated at any time using 'Recalculate'.

Set division point

With a division point you can significantly influence the boarding layout. For the selected layer click two points where a board joint should be located. The first selected point determines the position of the division point in the X direction and the second point in the Y direction. After that the division point is shown as a red circle with a cross.

When placing boards the board surface is again taken into account (dimension minus tongue) and when air gaps between boards are used, the division point is automatically located in the middle of the air gap.

One division point can be set per layer and ceiling field or ceiling element.

Delete division point

With this function you can delete a division point by selecting it graphically.