How To Easily Design Metal Barndominiums — Inside And Out

Submitted by SmartBuild Systems

The recent surge in demand for barndominiums has created a great sales opportunity for the post-frame supply community. SmartBuild Systems’ software has been the gold standard for post-frame buildings for nearly a decade, and now it gets even better - SBS Software designs buildings using steel framing and metal panels for walls.

Metal is inherently fire-resistant, providing peace of mind and potentially lowering insurance premiums. Steel framework allows lightning charges to safely dissipate into the ground, minimizing the danger of fire and personal injury. Unlike wood, which can easily catch fire and spread flames, steel is much less likely to ignite and sustain a fire.

Like the original post frame software, SmartBuild’s interior floor layout tool features the familiar process of graphically designing structures on screen while automatically generating a 3D model, materials list, labor calculations, pricing, and a full set of drawings.

Because SmartBuild can spec out stud and track, users can bring fire resistance inside their barndominium. SBS floor plan design system displays rooms, floors, ceilings, additional stories, lofts, mezzanines, and more.

With SmartBuild’s Floor Plan Design System, users get all of the original software processes along with these additional functions:

• Interior design options

• Floor plans

• Material takeoffs in 2D or 3D

• First-floor ceilings

• Second-story floors

• Second-story floor plans

• Lofts and mezzanines

When adding the interior finishes to an all-metal barndominium, go the extra step and use fire-resistant materials that combine the rustic look of a barn with modern comfort. Examples include exposed metal beams, polished concrete floors, and stone accents.

For a free trial of SmartBuild Systems’ Interior floor plan design system, click here.

About SmartBuild Systems

SmartBuild Systems offers a complete design system for metal buildings, post-frame buildings, carports, porches, wrap-arounds, barndominiums, interior layouts, metal roofing and reroofing. Simple for anyone to use, this web-based software quickly generates a 3D model, material lists, pricing, proposals, and construction documents for almost any building, floor plan, carport, or roof. SmartBuild can feed its framing requirements automatically to roll forming machinery that is offered by its sister company, International Steel Framing, to produce all the cold formed steel material.

Roofing Passport is a fully automated roofing software platform for estimating and ordering that puts contractors in command of the bidding process. Applicable for residential and commercial roofs - new and existing construction - Roofing Passport’s database gives contractors complete control over inventory, pricing, and takeoff processes for all roofing materials, including metal.

For more information, visit https://smartbuildsystems.com.