Guide · 3 min

Add openings and lintels

Openings are where a manual takeoff slips. In Beme you place them and the coursing, the lintel and the schedule all keep up.

Drop in a window or door

Place the opening on the wall where the plan calls for it and set its width. The coursing reflows around it straight away, so the block count stays honest.

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Ground Floor · 14 walls · 48.6 m run · drawing as 190 External

Draw wall Cancel opening + Control joint + Step Ruler Clear all walls

Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

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▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▾ Wall types · 4 + Add

wall 190 External Active stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 8 walls 1 override Edit Duplicate Save to library Delete

wall 140 Internal stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 3 walls

wall 290 Garage stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 2 walls

wall 90 Partition stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 1 wall

▾ Supply items · 6 + Add

Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.

▸ Steel · 2

▸ Raw material · 1

▸ Cement · 3

▸ Block tally · 1,284

▾ Opening · 7 on this job

Width 1 810 mm

Sill height 900 mm

Head height 2 100 mm

Courses reflowed 0

Cut blocks 0

Set sill and head heights

Give the opening its sill height and head height. Beme works the courses above and below to suit, the same as you would on the wall.

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Display Home — Full Set + Reference ← 3 / 6 → + Add page − 100% + 2D 3D Scale: 1:100 Recalibrate Replace primary

Ground Floor · 14 walls · 48.6 m run · drawing as 190 External

Draw wall Cancel opening + Control joint + Step Ruler Clear all walls

Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

All pages

▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▾ Wall types · 4 + Add

wall 190 External Active stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 8 walls 1 override Edit Duplicate Save to library Delete

wall 140 Internal stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 3 walls

wall 290 Garage stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 2 walls

wall 90 Partition stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 1 wall

▾ Supply items · 6 + Add

Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.

▸ Steel · 2

▸ Raw material · 1

▸ Cement · 3

▸ Block tally · 1,284

▾ Opening · 7 on this job

Width 1 810 mm

Sill height 900 mm

Head height 2 100 mm

Courses reflowed 0

Cut blocks 0

Let the lintel pick itself

Add the opening and Beme selects a lintel to suit the span. It lands in the supply schedule automatically, so nothing gets left off the order.

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Display Home — Full Set + Reference ← 3 / 6 → + Add page − 100% + 2D 3D Scale: 1:100 Recalibrate Replace primary

Ground Floor · 14 walls · 48.6 m run · drawing as 190 External

Draw wall Cancel opening + Control joint + Step Ruler Clear all walls

Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

All pages

▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▾ Wall types · 4 + Add

wall 190 External Active stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 8 walls 1 override Edit Duplicate Save to library Delete

wall 140 Internal stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 3 walls

wall 290 Garage stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 2 walls

wall 90 Partition stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 1 wall

▾ Supply items · 6 + Add

Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.

▸ Steel · 2

▸ Raw material · 1

▸ Cement · 3

▸ Block tally · 1,284

▾ Opening · lintel

Span 1 810 mm

Selected Galintel 150×100

Bearing 150 mm each end

On this job 0

Check it in 3D

Spin the model and confirm the opening sits where it should. It is far cheaper to catch a wrong head height here than on site.

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Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

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✓ Fit ▣ Capture Nav Style 1 ⌄

Legend −

Cleanout Block 20.45

H Block 20.48

Half Block 20.03

Half-Height Block (90mm) 20.71

Knockout Block 20.20

Knockout Corner Block 20.21

Seven Eighths (7/8 Fraction) 20.22

Three Quarter (3/4 Fraction) 20.02

▸ Snapshots · 3

▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▾ Wall types · 4 + Add

wall 190 External Active stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 8 walls 1 override Edit Duplicate Save to library Delete

wall 140 Internal stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 3 walls

wall 290 Garage stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 2 walls

wall 90 Partition stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 1 wall

▾ Supply items · 6 + Add

Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.

▸ Steel · 2

▸ Raw material · 1

▸ Cement · 3

▾ Block tally · 1,284 blocks 14 walls

Total blocks 0 14 walls · 48.6 m run

4 types · 7 openings · 3 piers

Code Block Count

20.48 H Block 0

20.01 Standard Block 0

20.03 Half Block 0

20.45 Cleanout Block 0

20.20 Knockout Block 0

20.12 Standard Lintel Block 0

20.02 Three Quarter 0

40.925 400mm Pier Block 0

Put it to work.

Open a plan you've already quoted and run it through. 14-day free trial, card required.

Your plan, traced Load the PDF you were sent, calibrate once, walk the walls.
The whole schedule Every block by code — ends, lintels, cuts and piers included.
A PDF you can send Branded, referenced, and matching the model block for block.