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Fabrication schedules
Once you have designed connections, CivilKit Studio turns them into shop paperwork - a connection schedule, a fabricator worksheet and a member take-off - so an estimator or detailer can price and batch the steel.
Preliminary - verify before you build or quote
Connection design in Studio is still maturing and is not hardened. Everything on this page is built on top of it, so treat the fabrication output as a first-pass aid for estimators and detailers, not a shop-ready deliverable. Check every joint, plate, bolt group and quantity against the standard, the design drawings and a fabricator before you cut steel or send a quote.
Before you start
The connection outputs only have something to show once the model carries connections. If you open them on a bare model you'll see "No connections - run Auto-design first."
- Build or import the frame and assign real catalogue sections to the members.
- Open the Connections tab and Auto-design the joints (or design them by hand) - see Connections.
- Then open any of the three outputs below.
The member schedule is the exception - it lists members, so it works on any model with members and sections (no connections needed).
Connection schedule (PDF)
A one-page-style table for sanity-checking the total fabrication work content of every joint. Identical joints collapse to one row with a quantity, grouped by connection type.
- Open the File menu → Connection schedule (PDF).
- Review the table (joints are labelled N12, members M45, matching the model).
- Click Save as PDF to print, or Close.
What the document contains:
| Section | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Title block | Project, job no., client, engineer, rev (from the report header) |
| Schedule table | One row per joint type, grouped by template, with a thumbnail, joint refs, framing members, a standard/custom badge, and the per-joint operations - holes, bolts, weld length, cuts, copes, plates, plate area, plate cut length, fit-up, components |
| Subtotals & grand total | Operation totals per connection type and for the whole model |
| Bill of material | Manufacturing operations (one row per fabricated plate), plus model-wide weld and bolt summaries |
| Cost summary | An indicative cost estimate (see warning below) |
| Drawings | A dimensioned set-out drawing per unique plate type, with a typical bolt layout |
Cost is indicative only
The cost summary uses generic rates and is a rough first-pass estimation for the report. It is not a quote - the authoritative price comes from your estimator.
Connection worksheet (fab)
What a fabricator actually works from. Identical joints are grouped, and each unique joint type gets its own printable card.
- Open the File menu → Connection worksheet (fab).
- Read each card: a joint drawing, a big "x N off" quantity, and the full take-off.
- Click Save as PDF to print the cards, Download CSV for the take-off data, or Close.
Each joint-type card carries:
| On the card | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Code & quantity | A type code (FP-1, EP-2, GUS-1...), the joint template and the "x N off" count with the node refs it applies to |
| Drawing | A dimensioned elevation and isometric - or, for a gusset, the flat gusset-plate set-out |
| Specs | Plate sizes, bolt group (e.g. 6 x M20 8.8), weld, operations, fit-up and a components list tagged off-the-shelf or fabricated |
| Set-out (indicative) | Per-member section, bolts, bearing and rake angles, and the included angles between members |
| Procurement totals | A project-level shopping list: total bolts by spec, weld length by type, plate count and area, and holes to drill or punch |
The Download CSV button writes the same grouped take-off as a spreadsheet - one row per joint type (type, qty, template, class, sections, bolts, weld, plates, holes, cuts, copes, nodes) followed by the procurement totals.
Schedule vs worksheet
The schedule is a single table for checking total work content at a glance. The worksheet is one card per joint type, laid out for the shop floor and for ordering. Neither applies labour rates beyond the schedule's indicative cost estimate.
Member schedule (CSV)
A plain quantities table of every member - the steel take-off an estimator starts from.
- Open the File menu → Export… (or press
E). - Choose Member schedule (CSV).
- The CSV downloads as
<model>_members.csv.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Member | Member number |
| Name | Member name, if set |
| Section | Resolved section name |
| Node A / Node B | The end nodes |
| Length (m) | Straight node-to-node length |
| Mass (kg) | Length × the section's mass per metre |
Mass needs a catalogue section
Mass per metre comes from the resolved section. A member with an uncatalogued or custom section that carries no mass/metre is counted as 0 kg, so confirm every row has a real section before relying on the totals.
Where this fits
These outputs are downstream of the connection design - improve the joints in the Connections tab and the schedules update. The PDFs share the title block and print pipeline with the analysis report, and you can tune the deliverable wording from your templates.