Creating a Cutting List for Wood Framed Walls
BC Framer® software has the ability to generate a cut list for wood walls modeled in the software. Wall Framing Sheets or Cutting Lists, like Material Lists, can be inserted into a drawing and viewed from a ViewPort on a Layout Sheet, or for a quicker takeoff, from a single Elevation View.
Using the Create Wall Framing Sheets tool is the easy approach and will achieve the quickest result but there are some other custom approaches.
*Most Common* Create Wall Framing Sheets
Printing a Single Elevation's Cutting List
Adding One (or Multiple) Elevations to a Layout Sheet
Create Wall Framing Sheets
1. Navigate to the Walls tab.
2. Click the Create Wall Framing Sheets icon.
3. Following the prompts in the lower left corner, select the wood walls to include in layout creation, or right-click to select all wood walls in a job.
Note: On some projects selecting ALL (right-click) will generate many additional pages or layout sheets. The default layout sheet will display (4) wall Framing Sheets.
If selecting specific walls, left-click each wall, then right-click to end selection.
4. Select the Layout Sheet Template "24x36 4 Wall Panels", then click OK
5. To access the new Layout Sheets, expand Layout Sheets in the Job Tree and double-click any of the layout sheets with the name "24x36 4 Wall Panels...".
Printing a Single Elevation's Cutting List
1. Double-click on a wood wall in Plan View to create an Elevation View tab. (It will be named after the wall that was selected).
2. From the Elevation View tab just created, click the Drawing and Markup ribbon, and under Material List, click the "Create Cutting List" icon.
3. Move the mouse down into the Elevation View to place the cutting list report. (Right-click in the white space to auto-place the cut list).
NOTE: It is not necessary to return to Plan View for opening other walls. If there will be multiple Cutting Lists to show on a Layout Sheet, select (double-click) walls from the Secondary View window and repeat steps 2 and 3.
4. Navigate to File > Print Layout.
5. From the Print Session dialogue, adjust your plot for best appearance, select a printer and click Print.
Adding One (or Multiple) Elevations to a Layout Sheet
1. Double-click on a wood wall in Plan View to create an Elevation View tab (it will be named after the wall that was double-clicked).
2. From the Elevation View tab just created, Navigate to the Drawing and Markup ribbon, and under Material List, click the "Create Cutting List" icon.
3. Move the mouse down into the Elevation View to place the cutting list report (Right-click in the white space to auto-place the cut list).
NOTE: It is not necessary to return to Plan View for opening other walls. If there will be multiple Cutting Lists to show on a Layout Sheet, select (double-click) walls from the Secondary View window and repeat steps 2 and 3.
4. From the Layout Sheet that will include the Cutting List(s), select the Layout Sheet ribbon, then click Insert ViewPort.
5. (1) Modify the ViewPort Properties and select: Type: Elevation. (2) Select the entity with Cutting List to be shown in the ViewPort from Entity Viewed: [wall of your choice].
Add an additional ViewPort for each wall you wish to include.