frame plan

  • Change to the 2D structural frame plan layer
  • The maximum post spacing is 3.85m, which is 6 modules on the default grid
  • Look at your plan and think where the frame lines will run
  • The frames will all run across the building in the same orientation
  • Try to align the posts in a grid formation as much as possible
  • The posts align within the tartan grid but at right-angles to the partitions, not inside them
  • Posts for the default grid are 50mm x 200mm:  use the frame post component
  • The posts determine how many foundation piles you will need to make and where they will go