Block-Cutting A development of the long established ‘Blocking’ process is available where the estimator determines where roof sheets can go and more particularly, shows where the offcuts must go, as… read more →
Panel Allowances Here you can set the standard allowances you want to apply for clearances or setbacks for the roof panel or sheet around ridges, hips and valleys. Also you… read more →
Delete Blocks Allows you to delete all blocks with one click so that you can start again or use a more appropriate method of waste minimisation for that roof shape.… read more →
Auto-Block-2 This method of blocking panels is a derivative of regular blocking of panels that simplifies the cutting list and the panel layout, but does require the field installers to… read more →
Tapered (Metal) Panels (Pulldown Menu Only) This function is only available from the Pulldown menu. It is used to create a cutting list for tapered standing seam panels automatically. The… read more →
Tally-Panels This command creates a panel/sheet list from the panels in the model. It will display up to 4 different materials, totalling 5000 different panel lengths. First, each panel is… read more →
Tally-Blocks This command creates a sheet list from the blocks in the model. It does this by accumulating all the annotations from each block in the model to create a… read more →
Set Panels These are a series of commands that allow you to set up the lay of the panels on the roof and the panel offsets according to settings defined… read more →
Modify-Panels This command brings up another menu with seven options for modifying the panels. Realign-Panel This command automatically draws individual sheets on a selected roof plane in the model. You… read more →
Modify Offcuts Modify Offcuts provides tools that permit viewing and liited changing the Off-cut Layout generated automatically. Verify-Combo highlights the matched pair of triangular areas of panels that will make… read more →