Timber Stud Wall.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I've been searching for a while how to draw timber stud walls in ArchiCAD. I would like the studs to show up at regular intervals in plan with insulation packed in between. And in section the header and sole plates should also be visible, again with insulation in between. Graphisoft support have said they don't know how to do it.

If there is a way to have it as a wall composite so that I can then add on extra skins, that would be ideal.

Cheers,

Calum

[Erwin Edel]

There are 3rd party addons that do framing. You'll end up with objects. The wall accessories tool from ArchiCAD (help > downloads) might work too, not sure.

Personally I sometimes add the section frames to my complex profile walls. Plan view I just use patch fills. I never do quantity take off for these frames, so I have no real reason to model them.

You might also find something from a wall stud manufacturer on bimobject.com that might work. That will likely use the ArchiCAD accessories addon to.

[fuzzytnth3]

Here is one I made earlier well a very long time ago..

Timber / Metal Framing

you insert it so it sits in the centre of an ArchiCAD wall composite with the correct stud width and layers of plasterboard then in plan or section you see the framing. You may need to correct the display order to get it to show the way you want.

There are a couple of glitches with the object and one day I hope to fix them but as yet it is "good enough for ukulele" as ukulele players say

[DGSketcher]

Depending on the accuracy of what you want to draw it should be possible to use the curtain wall tool for basic framing overlaid within your composite / complex wall profile, although the results are unlikely to be adequate for fabrication.

[RandyC]

You can make composite wall to show insulation, sheathing etc. then overlay it in section window with this library part. for more detail

[RandyC]

stud 6 attatchment

[fuzzytnth3]

Cheers Randy

Looks like your STud object is more sophisticated than mine. Well done