Set up a wall type
A wall type in Beme is set up in one panel, four tabs deep. Set it up the way you actually lay it, then reuse it on every job.
Set the basics
Name the wall, give it its height and pick the bond - stretcher or stack. The preview beside the form rebuilds as you type, so you see the wall you are describing before you save it.
Derived from Basics + Composition. Switch to Course pattern for full control.
Pick the block for each role
The Composition tab sets which unit lays where: base course, body, corners, free ends and the top course. Choose from the Australian, US or UK library, or one of your own custom blocks - the dimensions come with it, so the coursing is right from the start.
Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.
Derived from Basics + Composition. Switch to Course pattern for full control.
Spell out mixed-height courses
Walls that mix full-height courses with shorter height-makeup rows go on the Course pattern tab. Build the wall as a stack of bands and the math lands on the exact wall height, with Basics locking to the summed pattern.
For walls with mixed-height courses - e.g. several full-height courses then a row or two of shorter height-makeup blocks, repeating - the flat Height field can't land on the exact wall height on its own, because the shorter courses aren't a full course tall.
Spelling out the bands fixes the math. The Height field on Basics locks and shows the summed pattern height.
Convert this wall to a pattern + Add band from scratchDerived from Basics + Composition. Switch to Course pattern for full control.
Override specific courses
Need a bond-beam course mid-wall, or a heavier series for the bottom rows? Overrides swap the blocks on just those courses - anything left on Default keeps the main Composition pick.
Change the blocks on specific courses - one course (e.g. a bond-beam course mid-wall) or a range (e.g. a heavier block series for the bottom courses). Pick a Series to filter each entry's blocks; anything left on Default keeps the main Composition pick. Courses count from the base (course 1 = base).
Derived from Basics + Composition. Switch to Course pattern for full control.
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.