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Prework for Panelizer

Hannah Grenz
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Taking some time before loading a project into the Panelizer will help you optimize and minimize the time you spend setting up the project. You will need to review the plans and prepare the floorplans and elevations.

  • Have all your floorplans and elevations/facades in pdf format where you can easily reference them and drag and drop them into StoPanelizer.

Settings

  • Make a note of the most common heights to use when setting your global information in Settings > Dimensions.
    • Default floor height – the most common floor height. Can be slab to slab or floor to floor.
    • Default level structural slab thickness (SST).
    • Default level finished floor thickness (FFT).
    • Ground level structural slab thickness.
    • Ground level finished floor thickness.
    • Parapet height.
  • Note: Individual settings for each floor are set in Stacking
  • Take a look at which measurement system is used for the level height; slab to slab or floor to floor.

Floorplans

  • If you have a pdf with the floorplans on different pages, split the pdf into separate pdfs for each unique floorplan.
    • You’ll either have as many pdfs as there are floorplans or you can use one pdf for more than one floor if the floorplans are similar.
    • Note: It is best practice to merge as many floorplans as possible to reduce the number of items uploaded to the StoPanelizer. 
    • Note: It is also possible to have all floorplans on one page and use the same pdf for all floors.
  • In StoPanelizer, each floorplan must have an “origin” point added and an outline plotted. When viewing the floorplans, make sure you have a single, repeatable origin point. (e.g. an intersection of two axes)
    • The StoPanelizer will use this reference to stack the floors and create the 3D rendering from your 2D pages.

Elevations

  • If you only have floorplans and renderings, you may need to create your own facades using the information at hand (you may need to scale a window, person, door, or other known feature).
  • If you have a pdf with the elevations on different pages, split the pdf into separate pdfs for each unique elevation.
    • Note: It is also possible to have all elevations on one page and use the same pdf for all projections.

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