Build a stud partition or a joist floor

These are setting-out layouts, not structural design: spans, loads, fixings and Building Regulations are not checked. Get structural design for anything load-bearing.

Lay out a stud frame#

1. Click Library… in the toolbar.
2. Under Built from parameters, click Stud frame.
3. In the Properties panel, under Parameters, type the width and height, and press Enter.
4. If necessary, change the spacing of the studs. The default is 400 mm.

The sample File ▸ Sample projects ▸ C24 stud partition with door is a finished example.

Add a door or window opening#

In openings, type each opening, with a ; between two openings:

• A door: door:x=600,w=826,h=2040
• A window: window:x=1500,w=900,h=1050,sill=900

The value x is the distance from the left outer edge of the frame. The values w and h are the size of the opening. The value sill is the height of a window opening above the floor. Leave space each side for a king stud and a jack stud.

The head over an opening is a doubled flat member of the frame timber, not a designed lintel.

Lay out a joist floor#

1. Click Library… in the toolbar.
2. Under Built from parameters, click Joists.
3. In the Properties panel, under Parameters, type the span and the width.

For a stairwell or a hatch, type an opening, for example x=800,y=1000,w=900,l=1200. The value w is along the width, and l is along the span. The trimmers and trimming joists round it are doubled.

You can also ask the assistant, for example "a 3 m long, 2.4 m high stud partition at 400 centres".