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Framing design for production and manufacturing, from FieldBIM, Serenade’s design division. One coordinated model supports self-fabricators, stick framers and LBMs alike, carried through to the layouts, wall books, saw files and CAD you build from.

Site · elevations & options · multi-family · coordination · documents

Real project models, with job details removed.

A silent video. A community of houses is plotted lot by lot and framing rises on the lots. One house changes between its elevations, then options add pieces shown in yellow. Three multi-family buildings are cut through level by level. Framing fades so the electrical, plumbing and HVAC can be seen, then the view walks inside a unit and opens one wall's framing elevation. Layout sheets, wall panels and a joist heat map pass by, and the video ends on the Serenade Design Services name.

Built for whoever builds it.

The design stays the same whoever is framing the job. The documents change to suit how they work.

Panel shops and plants

Self-fabricators

  • Wall panels broken to your line’s limits
  • Saw files ready for your plate saw
  • Bundles in the order they get set
  • A wall book sheet for every panel
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Crews framing on site

Stick framers

  • Wall, anchor bolt, hold-down and snap layouts
  • A framing elevation and cut list for each wall
  • Hardware called out where it goes
  • The whole model in a browser, nothing to install
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Lumber and building materials dealers

LBMs

  • Material lists under your item codes
  • Separate packs for walls, floors, roof and hardware
  • Elevation and option lists for production plans
  • A model your customer can check the package against
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Production: every plan, elevation and option.

A production plan gets built many ways. Each elevation is designed as its own house and each option as the pieces it adds and removes, so the set matches the house that was sold.

A community of houses seen from above, some as massing blocks and some as framing models
Site viewEvery lot in the community with its plan, elevation and reversal, where the site plan puts it. Framing stands up lot by lot.
Framing model of a two-story house, elevation A
Elevation A
The same house as elevation B, with its changed roof pieces in yellow
Elevation B
The same house as elevation C, with its changed roof pieces in yellow
Elevation C
The rear of the house with a covered patio option added in yellow
OptionNew pieces in yellow

Multi-family: every unit, every level.

Mid-rise, podium and corridor buildings, modeled whole: walls, floor systems, beams, posts and hardware, with layouts, wall books and bundles broken out by level.

Framing model of a multi-story apartment building cut down to one level, showing the unit walls
Over a podium, cut through the levels
Framing model of a long four-story corridor building
A long corridor building, end to end
Framing model of a three-story building with wings, floor systems and roof framing
Winged plan with stairs and roof framing

Manufacturing: from the model to the saw.

Walls are broken to the lengths your line and your crane can handle, then bundled in the order they get set. Every panel has its own sheet, and the saw files come off the same model, so what the shop cuts is what the layout shows.

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A wall panel sheet from a wall book, tilted and cropped
Wall book sheet
A floor plan with wall panels colored by bundle, tilted and cropped
Bundle map

BIM coordination, in one model.

Framing, structure and the trades are drawn together, so you can see where they meet before anyone is on site.

A level of a building with the framing faded to grey and the ductwork and plumbing in color
Framing faded back, so the ducts and rough-ins read
A view from inside a unit, looking through the studs at headers, ducts and joists
Standing inside a unit, among the framing and the trades
Structure

From the structural set

Beams, posts, hold-downs, anchor bolts and straps, placed where the structural sheets call them.

Trades

Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire

In the walls and bays they run through, and on the layouts and wall panels too.

Any browser

Nothing to install

The model is one file. Open it in any browser, walk through it, and double-click a wall for its framing elevation.

If you need it printed, we print it.

Order the whole set, or only the pieces your crew or your shop runs on.

A wall layout sheet with the plan shown under it, tilted and cropped
Layout with plan layers
A floor plan colored by joist deflection, tilted and cropped
Joist heat map
A floor framing layout with joists in green, tilted and cropped
Floor layout
  • Layoutswall, shear, anchor bolt, hold-down, snap, floor and roof
  • Plan layersarchitectural, structural and MEP sheets you can switch on over the layout
  • Wall booksa framing elevation and cut list for every panel
  • Bundle mapswhat ships together, and where it gets set
  • Saw filesEHX and EZX for plate saws, with cutting reports
  • CAD and BIMDXF and IFC for whoever is coordinating the job
  • Material listsExcel, or formatted for your ERP with your SKUs
  • Joist heat mapsdeflection across the floor, joist by joist
  • Hardware packagesanchor bolts, hold-downs, hangers and straps, with submittals by manufacturer
  • 3D modelone file that opens in any browser

You name it. If your shop, your yard or your ERP needs something that isn’t listed, tell us what it is and we’ll output to it.

How a design job runs.

A person reviews the work at every step, and you see it before it is released.

01

Send plans and your standards

The plan set, plus how you build: panel lengths, stud and plate preferences, item codes, anything your shop or crew works to. We confirm scope and pricing before work begins.

02

We design and coordinate

The model comes together from the plans. Anything they don’t settle comes back to you as a question, with the default we carried, never a silent guess.

03

You review

You get the model and the sets to review. Changes go through the same model, and every revision is checked wall by wall.

04

We release the set

Layouts, wall books, saw files and CAD, as ordered.

Have a project in mind?

Send a plan set, or just tell us what you build. We’ll respond within 1 business day to talk through scope, documents and pricing.