Automation of Timber Frame House Design

Engineering Graphics BALTGRAF-9 : Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Geometry & Engineering Graphics 2008
Andris Lujāns, Jānis Auzukalns, Modris Dobelis

This paper describes the efficiency of implementation of 3D CAD based timber frame design software SEMA for private house building design. The software provides direct design documentation transfer to CNC based sawmill facilities reducing the amount of required paper documentation. The use of SEMA software for the design and production of prefabricated timber frames allowed reducing the required amount of design blueprint documentation almost ten times for the identical private house project in comparison to conventional design prepared with AutoCAD drawings.

Keywords
CAD, Design Automation, Timber Frame Engineering, CNC

Lujāns, A., Auzukalns, J., Dobelis, M. Automation of Timber Frame House Design. In: Engineering Graphics BALTGRAF-9 : Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Geometry & Engineering Graphics, Latvia, Riga, 5-6 June, 2008. Riga: Riga Technical University, 2008, pp.132-137.

Publication language
English (en)