Layer Offsets

Layer offsets play a special role and make it possible to represent a large number of situations:

• Component offsets are defined on the component and therefore apply always, regardless of the situation in which that component is created. Corner posts, partition studs, field supports, etc. are generated in every wall, independent of the attribute assigned to their top connection, and the component offset is applied everywhere. Therefore, in most cases this component offset will be 0.0.

• Layer offsets, by contrast, are defined at the top and bottom connections, at the corner and T-joint penetrations, and in the HRB types of openings. Because each wall can receive its own attributes and each opening can receive its own HRB types (assignment in the floor plan), you can set the layer offsets differently for each of these situations. This allows multiple walls to be assigned the same HRB preprocessor file even if one wall terminates with two plates beneath a ceiling joist and another wall runs a plate between the ceiling joists. Overhangs and recesses of the claddings are likewise controlled by the layer offsets based on the attribute (top or bottom connection).