Gable Wall Framer

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Gable Wall Framer completely specifies the layout of gable walls. Included is the length, position and angle of each member, i.e. the top and bottom plate layouts plus the lengths, locations and angles of the studs, king studs, cripple studs, peak studs, trimmers, headers, sills, etc. The area and board footage is also reported. The summary contains all of this information as well as a scaled drawing of the wall. As part of a MasterCarpenter 2.0 project, walls designed in Gable Wall Framer can immediately be published to your web site. Flat and rake walls can be designed using Flat Wall Framer and Rake Wall Framer. Included with the online help is an introduction to wall framing and extensive documentation related to using the tool. No need to clear off the decks and snap lines. With this tool gable walls can now be framed at the woodpile, saving you an enormous amount of time.

• Full rough opening specification, including raking headers.
• Layout offset for overlapping sheeting between walls.
• Custom lumber thickness for the timber framers.
• HTML formatted output with scaled drawings.
• Custom header specification.
• Complete framing in of rough openings.
• Board feet and area specification.
• Gable spanning headers.

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