Creating a Sense of Depth with 3D Wall & Ceiling Panels

How SUPAWOOD supplies or designs three-dimensional framing 

SUPAWOOD has found it necessary to supply or design three-dimensional framing for contractors and builders due to these reasons:

1. With shrinking timeframes on many construction programs, installers often do not have time to build complicated framing modules on site.
2. When the joints between panels are very tight, as in a butt or mitred joint, the tolerance of onsite framing is not sufficient to achieve these joins, and any attempt to do so will lead to disaster.
3. Pre-programmed CNC-shaped fins and framing modules are more cost-effective and reliable than framing similar structures on-site.

SUPAWOOD has a few different ways of supplying a fixing system that integrates with a 3-D frame, which we will discuss in more detail later.

Once an enquiry for a 3-D fixing and framing system has progressed to a certain point, we will build a prototype and/ or supply a detailed drawing in three dimensions, which shows how the support framing will be supplied and built.

In some cases, we will develop the design with the architect and supply the architect with the necessary 3-D CAD files so that these can be incorporated into the architect’s own drawings.

What types of 3-D framing does SUPAWOOD supply? 

Broadly speaking, there are three types of three-dimensional framing that SUPAWOOD supplies.  We will list them in order of cost, from most economical to most expensive:

1. Loose framing components for fixing on site to conventional steel framing.  In the example shown below, CNC-shaped ribs are supplied to the site and are fixed to furring channels at regular intervals.  A jig is supplied to ensure even spacing of these ribs, as the spacing will affect the overall shape of the ceiling.   Panels are then fixed to these ribs, generally using a Supawood concealed fixing system.  Supacoustic NCK Sawtooth is an example of this type of framing system.