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2023-08-26 12:52 AM
Anybody ever done one?
The current lead time for SIP shop drawings is 16 weeks and my contractor would like to get dried in before winter. So I have been tasked with generating a panel layout.
The idea is to show elevations showing only walls, floor elevations and a 4 foot grid. Wondering about how to handle the corners? Or anything else that I should be paying attention too?
2023-08-26 01:31 AM
I use a wall accessory that I wrote for sips and ICF block
2023-09-01 05:44 PM
Thats nice. Doesn't help me. Unless you want to share??
Seriously does anybody not use SIP products and detail them? Any references, links, to help detailing a wall and roof panel layout?
2023-09-02 12:10 PM
I do a lot of offsite fabrication panel drawing, but it looks like you are site building with a contractor rather than buying in a kit? If you don't know how to detail the panel, should you be doing it? If you are confident / qualified to do this kind of work then do a search through some of the timber frame software & frame supplier manuals & details for pointers. I doubt you will get meaningful answers here as there can be a lot of variables to manage including metal work and fixing arrangements. As @SenecaDesignLLC I have developed my own panel GDL objects, but they are specific to my client's system. I can say, especially without instancing, assembling each panel on grid etc was a complete pain, and really frustrating when changes were requested.
The only tip I have for corners is priority usually goes to the eaves support rather than the gable.