SmartBuild 1-66 Release Notes

New Features

More control over corner posts orientation and materials
- New location questions in Framing Rules:
  - Under the Wall Framing section, ‘Corner Post Placement’ defines whether corner posts will be in the Eave(default) or Gable wall
  - Also, under the Stud Framing section, there is ‘End Stud Placement’ which defines whether the double end stud will be in the Gable (default) or Eave wall
  - Posts will change orientation based on if eave or gable
- New ‘Corner Post Material’ question under ‘Wall Framing’ will change corner post material
  - This defaults to ‘(Match Post)’ which uses the answer for ‘Post Material’ in the current wall
  - The user can select a framing material including ‘None’
  - The selected material will be reported in the cross-section drawing
  - This uses the ‘Post’ span tables if ‘Auto’ is selected.
Option to not include oc girt with wainscot
New checkbox ‘Skip Girts Below Wainscot’, if checked no girt will be placed behind wainscot (defaulted to unchecked and hidden)
- When checked the girt is removed and the o.c. spacing is maintained for the remaining girts (i.e. we still measure from the bottom of the wall)

This is available under Wall Girt Framing, Interior Wall Framing, and Sliding Door Panel Framing

‘L’ wainscot backer option
- This ‘Wainscot Girt Backer’ option allows a backing material to be placed at a right angle and below the wainscot girt (removing nearby on-center girts if needed).
- Available under Wall Girt Framing and Interior Wall Framing
- Wainscot girt backing without a wainscot girt is not allowed.
Ledger style purlins
- New ‘Flush Purlin Ledger’ Material in the ‘Purlin Framing’ group.
- When used, sticks will appear perpendicular to and below the purlins in the following locations:
  - Left and Right of each truss
  - Inside of each Gable truss
  - Left and Right of each Rafter
  - Inside of each End Rafter
- This only applies to exterior purlins with a purlin type of ‘Flush’