410 — Program Options: the whole panel in one place

Every feature a panel can carry, on one screen, with its limit written next to it.

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.

Where it is

Program Options, from the panel properties panel. It opens a grid of 21 entries — one per feature — and each is a door to that feature’s own dialog.

If you know AutoCAD’s Main Panel Details, this is the same idea: the map you come back to rather than a thing you fill in.

The limits are on the tiles

This is the part worth reading, because it is the answer to a question you would otherwise have to discover by hitting it:

Rough Openings	up to 4
Windows · Man Doors · Rect Blockouts · Round Blockouts	up to 6 each
Dock Levelers	up to 3
Horizontal Feature Strips · Vertical Feature Strips	up to 19 each

Nineteen reveal strips per direction is a lot of panel. Four rough openings is not — and knowing that before you plan a wall is worth more than finding out at the fourth one.

The rest of the grid

Geometry: Panel Dimensions, Pilasters, Ledgers, Top Profile, Top Steps, Footing Shapes, Side Slabs, Slope Details, Change Thickness.

Construction: Brace Points, Pick Points, Weld Connections.

Paperwork: Panel Attributes — quantity, finish, sealer.

Use it as a checklist

Because it lists everything a panel can have, it is a decent last pass before issuing: walk the grid and ask which of these the panel should carry. Features that are simply forgotten are the ones this catches.

What to take away

Twenty-one features, each with its cap on the tile. Read the caps before you plan; walk the grid before you issue.