Masonry Plan

With the plan storage 'Mason plan', the walls can be stored in the view in DXF format and in plan format (Dietrich's). In doing so, the wall bodies are cut by the members (e.g., purlins, rafters, beams, etc.) that penetrate the walls.

The following rules are used for the cutting:

• Members of member-type group 300 that run parallel to the wall and lie within the wall body are widened for the cutting so that they cut the wall across the full wall thickness at the lower edge of the member. In addition, the clearance (L) beneath the member is taken into account. The portion of the wall beneath the member remains preserved.

• Members that penetrate the wall obliquely with a base angle different from 90° also produce oblique openings.

• Members that penetrate the wall obliquely with an inclination angle different from 0° produce openings with a horizontal lower surface. For the cutting, the member is rotated so that the lower edge of the member is parallel to the global XoY plane. For that, the lowest point of the member within the wall is taken.

• Skewed members generate a penetration with vertical and horizontal edges. The size of the penetration is determined by the 'box' around the member plus the clearance. The clearance is measured perpendicular to the vertical and horizontal edges and not perpendicular to the slanted member edges.

• For members that penetrate the wall and are not parallel to the wall, the distance to vertical wall edges is checked. For this, the distance from those vertical wall edges to the member edge that is closer to the respective wall edge is measured. If the members have a base angle to the wall different from 90°, the larger distance to the wall edge is measured in each case (front or back wall edge). If the measured distance is smaller than the value 'Minimum wall width next to purlin' (A), that wall segment is completely omitted.

In addition, the distance from the top edge of the member to the top edge of the wall is checked. For this, the highest point of the member and the highest point of the wall in the penetration area are taken. If the distance in Z-direction (H) between both points is greater than the 'Minimum wall height above the member', the wall is no longer cut open upward. In that case the value 'clearance above the members' is applied additionally.