SMART Estimator

Gable Ends and Table Lifts

  1. Creating a Gable End

    To establish a Gable End, hover your mouse over the centre of the top face of the elevation, until you find a Highlighted Red Square. Then press the left button and drag this controller upwards. You may also use the Toolbox Dialog to set the height of the Gable by typing it in and pressing the Enter key.

    Table lifts will be generated automatically

    When you adjust the Gable upwards or downwards, an additional table lift will usually be created above the elevation. Depending on the height of the gable, additional Table lifts and the width of the Table lifts will automatically adjust accordingly.

    Create a Gable on one side of the elevation?

    In most cases, when you adjust a Gable, you can also adjust the symmetrical gable on the opposite side, if it is present. If you wish to prevent this from occurring, simply hold the Ctrl key whilst dragging the Gable End Controller.

  2. Creating an Asymmetric Gable

    Additionally, if you wish to create an asymmetric gable. The controller can be clicked and dragged left and right to change its position along the elevation. Alternatively, you can set the Gable’s position through the Toolbox Dialog by hovering over the controller, pressing Tab, and setting the desired position.

  3. Creating multiple Gable Ends and Table Lifts

    Due to the fact that each elevation has its own Gable End, if you simply split the elevations, then every elevation on either side of a split will have a Gable End. From there you can modify the additional Gable Ends to create the desired scaffold.

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