Wall styles for metal buildings.

[mschuetz]

Does anyone know where I might obtain some wall styles for metal
buildings? I tried the MBMA (Metal Buildings Manufacturers Association) to no avail.

Our firm does a lot of industrial buildings and I would like to use
ADT to prepare the construction documents, but ADT does not (to my knowledge) include a wall style suitable for buildings with metal exterior skins.

A typical wall has 8" deep metal girts running horizontally starting
at about 7' above the floor line, and then spaced at about 5' or 6' above that.
The exterior cladding is typically a metal panel with vertical
corrugations. Various profiles are available. The interior may be
lined with metal panels or left exposed. Sometimes there is batt
insulation in the wall between the metal panel and the girt.

If you know of anyone who has created a wall style similar to this,
or someone who could help me create one, please advise.

[Steve_Bennett]

Look into using a curtian wall to achieve the look you want. The help system for ADT would be a good place to start.

[Chuckyd67]

While the curtain wall may work for the "look", a great deal of effort is required to insert doors and windows.

Girts and other horizontal items can be created in a wall, either as wall components or as wall sweeps. For drawings presented at the normal scales of 1/4" or 1/8" it serves little to show the corrugations of the metal, so lines representing the inner and outer bounds of the siding is sufficient. For elevation views patterns can be created to resemble the ribbed pattern, and even photographs of the siding may be used.

[markushahn74574077]

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[H-Angus]

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