Example project 02 · Parametric Modelling
Four numbers in, a fabrication package out
The same idea pointed at fabrication, where no analysis is involved at all. Width, height, depth and shelf count drive the frame; the cut list and the fixings schedule follow. Then the model turns to face you as a dimensioned elevation, and the connection is drawn out at detail scale.
- Parametric model
- Cut list
- Fixings schedule
- Shop drawings
| Part | Section | Qty | Length |
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| Item | Spec | Qty |
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Geometry and quantities only. Every length in the cut list, every item in the fixings schedule and every dimension on the drawings comes from the same four numbers as the model. Nothing on this page is a structural check: the frame is not designed, the fixings are not designed, and an example like this carries no load claim.
A rack is the example, not the limit. The same approach suits anything made to a repeating pattern in varying sizes — a balustrade, a frame, a guard, a bracket. The members change; the cut list, the schedule and the connection detail come out the same way. Sheet sizes assumed 2440 × 1220 × 18 mm ply, no grain constraint.
What it does
Three things it changes.
A tool, not a drawing
A client sets the sizes and gets the package. The work is done once, as a definition, instead of once per order.
Nothing is measured off a drawing
Member lengths, bolt counts, weld runs and sheet quantities are all derived, so the schedule and the drawing cannot disagree with each other.
The connection is the transferable part
Detail A is where a fabrication package earns its keep. Swap the members and the same drawing serves a balustrade, a frame, a guard or a bracket.
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