Plans for the client, the crew and the shop

Nine documents generated from the design — elevations, footprint, post layout, opening schedule, cross section, assembly notes, material list and a one-sheet — filtered by who they are for.

What it is

A document set with an audience filter (Client, Crew, Shop). Elevations and plan for the client and crew; post layout, opening schedule, cross section and assembly notes for the crew; material list for the shop; a one-sheet plan combining elevations and materials for everyone.

Also called: plan sheet · elevations · post layout · opening schedule · assembly notes · print the plans

See it
Plans for the client, the crew and the shop
Prepared for
Ronan Petsch
1140 Ridge Line Rd · Fair Play
Shell package$37,405
Concrete & site$10,859
Doors & windows$7,240
Trim & finish$4,826
Total
$60,330
Signature
Plans tab with the audience filter and document cards, plus a printed one-sheet showing elevations and the takeoff table. Sample data — no customer information appears here.
How it works
  1. 1Documents are generated from the spec and takeoff and opened as printable pages.
  2. 2The one-sheet carries the building line (width, length, eave, pitch, foundation kind), the three elevation blocks and the categorised takeoff table.
  3. 3Bay placement for an opening is described the way a builder talks: 'Bay 3, 1ft-4in off the post'.
  4. 4Every sheet carries the design-aid disclaimer.
Why we built it

A customer, a permit office and a framing crew each need a different document off the same building, and drawing all three by hand at different times is how they end up disagreeing with each other. Plan, elevation and framing sheets are generated from the model, so all three describe one building. Openings are located in bays and inches off the post rather than as decimal offsets, which is the small thing that makes a sheet usable by someone holding a tape.

The problem
  • Hand-made site documents rebuilt for every job.
  • Offsets given in decimals nobody can lay out from.
Sound familiar?
What you get
Documents come from the design, so they cannot be stale.
Placement is described in bays and inches off the post.

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Twenty minutes, your numbers, no slide deck. We’ll build one of your real buildings in front of you and send you the estimate link at the end — yours to keep either way.

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