304 — Brace Plan, in cv-web¶
A panel standing on its own is held up by braces until the structure can hold it. This is where that is planned.
Note
This lesson also exists in the browser. Work it in ConstructiVision on the web — same steps, same values, so you can follow either and end up with the same panel.
Brace is a mode¶
Click Brace in the top bar, beside Cast. Like Cast Layout it is a mode, not a menu item — there is no Brace entry in the Elevations menu and there is not meant to be one.
You set rules, not braces¶
This is the thing to understand before anything else on the screen makes sense. You do not place braces one at a time. You set Brace Defaults, and the plan is generated from them for whichever panels you have selected.
setting |
what it decides |
|---|---|
Brace side |
which face the braces stand off |
Brace angle |
how steeply a brace runs from the panel down to the slab |
Insert height |
how far up the panel the brace attaches |
Max spacing |
the furthest apart two braces may be along a panel |
Min braces |
the fewest any panel gets, however short it is |
Max spacing and Min braces work as a pair, and that is deliberate: spacing alone would leave a short panel with a single brace, so the minimum overrides it. A long panel is governed by spacing; a short one by the minimum.
Choosing panels¶
The panel list has Select All and Clear. Select All when the whole lift needs bracing; otherwise pick the panels that stand alone longest — one tied into its neighbours early needs less than one left on its own while the next bay is poured.
Why the plan is in 3D¶
A brace is only clear of the next panel in three dimensions. Brace angle and Insert height together decide how far the foot of the brace lands from the panel, and that footprint is what has to stay clear of the next panel, the slab edge and anyone working. A layout that reads fine in plan can still foul at height.
Note
This lesson does not cover clash detection. Whether the product reports a brace fouling something is a separate question, and showing it honestly needs a deliberate clash to prove the check can fail — not a clean layout that reports nothing. That is not what this lesson shows, so it makes no claim either way.
What to take away¶
Bracing here is a set of rules, not a set of placements. Side, angle, height, spacing and a minimum count — choose those and the plan follows for every panel you selected.