Nail Rows - Counter-Battens

With this setting, rows of nails are generated from batten to batten, parallel to the upper batten. This is used particularly for counter-battens (lath on post). For simplicity, the configuration options for the Plate on Plate option were used and therefore the field labels refer to plates. The nail spacings in the plate center and at the plate edge are more theoretical here, since a counter-batten usually receives only a single row of nails. However, the nailing can be configured precisely using the fields below.

Create nail rows on: For nailing batten to batten, select the 'counter-batten' option.

Nail spacing at panel center: This is the spacing between two nails within a row of nails in the middle of the counter-batten.

Nail spacing at panel edge: This is the spacing between two nails within a row of nails at the edge of a lath. Whether a nail row is located at the edge or in the middle is defined by the next field.

Width of the edge zone for nail spacing at panel edge: This value determines the width of the strip that is to be considered as the panel edge. Nail rows located within this strip receive the 'nail spacing at panel edge' and nail rows located outside this strip receive the 'nail spacing in panel center'.

Nail spacing on sill and plate: If a row of nails is driven into a threshold or sill, that row may have a different nail spacing.

Nail length: In cases where multiple layers lie on top of each other, the program checks, based on the nail length, whether the nails of an upper layer meet the nails of a lower layer. In that case the upper nail row is offset.

Nail gun index: For machines with multiple nail guns, a different nail gun can be addressed by index for each wall material.

Minimum distance from component edge upper layer: Here you can set the minimum distance a nail should have from the component edge that is to be nailed. In this case that is the edge of the counter-batten that is to be nailed to a batten.

Minimum distance from component edge lower layer: Here you can set the minimum distance a nail should have from the component edge into which it is to be driven. In this case that is the batten edge of the batten to which the counter-batten is to be nailed.

Longitudinal offset for overlapping nail rows: When multiple components lie on top of each other, you will also have overlapping rows of nails. To prevent a nail from being driven directly onto another, the nail rows can be offset in the longitudinal direction of the nail row. Typically the nail rows are offset both longitudinally and transversely.

Transverse offset for overlapping nail rows: When multiple components lie on top of each other, you will also have overlapping rows of nails. To prevent a nail from being driven directly onto another, the nail rows can be offset in the transverse direction of the nail row. Typically the nail rows are offset both transversely and longitudinally.

Minimum distance between two nail rows: If very wide counter-battens are used, you may want more than one row of nails in that batten. This value allows you to specify the minimum distance you want between two nail rows in such a case. If the nailable area of a batten (width -- 2 * nail distance to batten edge) is wider than the minimum distance between two nail rows, two or more nail rows will be generated automatically.

Maximum distance between two nail rows: If the nailable area of a member (width -- 2*nail distance to member edge) is wider than the minimum distance between two nail rows, 2 nail rows are generated. If their spacing, however, is greater than the maximum distance between two nail rows, additional nail rows are generated until the spacing between all nail rows lies between the minimum and the maximum distance.