Thermal wall / sandwich wall

A new Allplan Precast module offers striking benefits

Fig. 1 Positioning plan for double walls, Casa Cascada. Katzenberger, Vienna.

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Residential building with core-insulated double walls. Attic story and section details.

Fig. 4 The new wall module includes various shell thicknesses, heights, corner details, joints etc.

Fig. 5, 6 and 7 Even tricky details are easy to plan using the new 3D features.

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Even tricky details are easy to plan using the new 3D features.

Fig. 8 Parameterized placement of additional reinforcement.
Automated placement of lattice girders and insulation anchors.

Fig. 9 and 10 Customizable plan layouts as a basis for the automatically generated working drawings.

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Customizable plan layouts as a basis for the automatically generated working drawings.

With today’s state-of-the-art software, it is very easy and efficient to design a double wall. However, dozens of man-years of development work have been invested in the dedicated programs, which provide a correspondingly wide range of features. The design exercise will become much more demanding, though, if inclined walls need to be planned, a core insulation is to be included, or various wall thicknesses need to be incorporated in a single shell. In addition, customers wish to receive high-quality plans, drawings and bills of materials from a single source. This requirement easily prolongs the planning period required.

oday, the requirements on a state-of-the-art program can be summarized as follows: provide production data for machinery; integrate a complete materials management system; create invoicing data in accordance with specific invoicing rules; provide clear and legible production schedules; provide element definition of the model.

As far as possible, all these features should be automated or executable at the push of a button.

The design drawn up by the architect is used as a basis to implement these client requirements. This design is transferred to a plan or precast component model in a manner...