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Lay out a light-gauge steel wall

The LGS module frames a cold-formed steel wall panel from two clicks — plates, studs, noggings and openings — computes the roll-former's dimples, notches and holes at every intersection, and writes the machine file.

Tool: Wall panel5 steps · 5 pictures

  1. Open the LGS group on the rail and pick Wall panel. A model frames with its LGS settings, or its organisation's; with none, it uses the market's usual profiles — here Howick 3200 on the Australian market. The tray sets the wall's Height, stud Spacing (0 uses the system's usual), Noggings and the corner at each end.

    Open the LGS group on the rail and pick Wall panel. A model frames with its LGS settings, or its organisation's; with none, it uses the market's usual profiles — here Howick 3200 on the Australian market. The tray sets the wall's Height, stud Spacing (0 uses the system's usual), Noggings and the corner at each end.

  2. Click the start of the wall's base line, then move along it: the panel follows the pointer.

    Click the start of the wall's base line, then move along it: the panel follows the pointer.

  3. Click the end. The panel is framed in one edit: top and bottom plates, studs on their centres and noggings between them.

    Click the end. The panel is framed in one edit: top and bottom plates, studs on their centres and noggings between them.

  4. Select any member of the panel — here W1-1 in the Objects list — and Entity Info shows the wall's form. Press Add an opening: the panel is framed again with jambs, a head, a sill and cripples around it.

    Select any member of the panel — here W1-1 in the Objects list — and Entity Info shows the wall's form. Press Add an opening: the panel is framed again with jambs, a head, a sill and cripples around it.

  5. Open LGS lists on the top bar. Members lists every member with its label, section, length and operations; Check confirms every intersection is connected, and Machine files writes the roll-former's file for each frame.

    Open LGS lists on the top bar. Members lists every member with its label, section, length and operations; Check confirms every intersection is connected, and Machine files writes the roll-former's file for each frame.

Good to know

  • Wall chain draws a whole house outline: click each corner, then the first point again to close it — one wall panel per side, the corners resolved.
  • The opening's From start, Width, Height and Sill (0: door) are edited in the same form, and the panel is made again.
  • Operations on the rail computes the roll-former's operations at every intersection of the model again.
  • The organisation's LGS settings (market, profile system, roll-former, default thickness) are what a new model frames with.

Related

ModulesConnect steel members in one editThe Steel module's Connection tool joins two members with everything the joint needs — plate, end cut, bolts with their holes and the weld — in a single edit you can undo, change or remove as one.

Recorded in Kozorosa by the help recorder, which checked that the result is in the model.