Post-frame buildings
Post-frame garages and shops
The customer designs their pole barn garage or shop on a 3D model, column by column, and sees the built price as they go. You get the size, the doors, the lean-tos, the snow load and the site, ready for a site visit.
Demo version: submitting shows the completion screen, nothing is saved. Prices are ballpark.
How it works
For post-frame builders who put up garages, shops and equipment barns. The 3D model stands beside the steps for the whole configuration and is framed the way the trade frames it: laminated 3-ply 2x6 columns at most 8 ft apart, a doubled 2x12 truss carrier, a W truss over every column and one between them from 50 psf of snow, 2x4 purlins on edge and girts at 24 in on center on a treated splash plank. The customer starts from a two-car garage, a 30 × 40 shop, a shop with a porch or an RV barn and changes everything: width across the gable, length, sidewall height, a 3/12, 4/12 or 6/12 pitch, ribbed steel or engineered wood board and batten, a steel or architectural shingle roof, colors from the steel card, a wainscot, 12 or 24 in overhangs with a vented soffit, insulated overhead doors by size on the front end or the sidewall with windows and openers, a walk-in door, windows, a lean-to on either sidewall, open as a porch on wrapped columns or enclosed, cupolas, gutters, condensation control, fiberglass or spray foam, an interior liner. Buttons lift the steel off the frame and name every member, run the overhead doors up their tracks under the ceiling, open the walk-in door and make it rain. The form keeps to the trade's rules: a foot of sidewall over an overhead door for the track, doors that fit their wall with room for the columns, lean-tos only on sidewalls of 10 ft or more, shingles only from 4/12. The price is the building put up by the crew before sales tax, with the concrete floor and its apron, grading, the permit and travel as lines of their own, or the same building as a materials package; every rate is a parameter in the panel.
What this example shows
- 3D model beside the steps, framed like the trade frames it: 3-ply laminated columns, truss carrier, W trusses, purlins on edge, girts and the treated splash plank
- “Show the frame” lifts the steel and names the members; trusses close up to every 4 ft once the snow load reaches 50 psf
- Ribbed steel or board and batten walls, steel or architectural shingle roof, the steel color card, a wainscot, 12 or 24 in overhangs with vented soffit
- Insulated overhead doors by size on the front end or a sidewall, raised panel or ribbed, with windows and openers; they run up their tracks under the ceiling
- Lean-tos on either sidewall, open as a porch on wrapped columns or enclosed with their own walls, cupolas on the ridge, gutters with downspouts
- The trade's rules as blocking messages: a foot of sidewall over an overhead door, doors that fit their wall, lean-tos on 10 ft sidewalls, shingles from 4/12
- Condensation control, fiberglass or spray foam, an interior liner; concrete floor with the door apron, gravel or the owner's own, grading, permit and travel
- Built by the crew or a materials package; the price before sales tax pinned under every step, a receipt and a Letter-size PDF quote with the picture of the building
For post-frame garage, shop, and equipment barn builders
A post-frame building configurator for your website lets customers choose dimensions, siding, overhead doors, and lean-tos while viewing the building in 3D. Your team receives the configuration with floor, installation, and site choices, ready to discuss the project.
Start with the garage or shop the customer needs
A two-car garage, a workshop, and an RV barn need different door openings, sidewall heights, and floor areas. Customers can start from one of the example layouts and adjust width, length, height, and roof pitch in feet. The model shows the building as those choices change.
The frame view exposes columns, truss carriers, trusses, purlins, and girts. The example also changes truss spacing with the selected snow load. These rules describe the demonstration's building system; we adapt them to the structures your company supplies and confirms for each project.
Fit doors, roof options, and lean-tos to the building
Customers choose ribbed steel or engineered wood board and batten walls, a steel or architectural shingle roof, colors, wainscot, and overhangs. Overhead doors can sit on the front end or a sidewall, with size, style, window, and opener choices. The model opens the doors along their tracks so customers can see their position in the building.
The form checks door width and headroom against the selected walls. In this example, lean-tos require sidewalls at least 10 ft high, and shingles require a pitch of at least 4/12. Customers can add open or enclosed lean-tos, walk-in access, windows, gutters, cupolas, insulation, and an interior liner.
Price the building and site work with your own rates
The panel separates the starting charge, frame and roof area, wall area, and upgrades. Doors, windows, lean-tos, insulation, and the interior liner have their own rates. The displayed price is before sales tax and reflects the customer's selected scope.
Concrete or gravel flooring, grading, permit service, and travel are recorded separately. You can offer construction by your crew or a materials package, and control whether materials packages and concrete floors are available. Lead time, promotions, minimum order, deposit percentage, quote validity, and price visibility are also adjustable in the panel.
Review a complete configuration before the site visit
The request records the building, exterior, openings, lean-tos, insulation, selected snow load, floor, and site address. A Letter-size PDF includes the configuration and a picture of the building, giving the customer and your estimator a shared reference.
Before launch, compare a basic garage, a taller RV barn, and a shop with an enclosed lean-to against your estimates. Test door fit, roof restrictions, floor options, and the materials package calculation. Your team confirms site conditions, structural requirements, and the final scope before an order.
Questions from businesses in this trade
Can customers place overhead doors on a sidewall?
Yes. The example offers front-end and sidewall positions and checks whether the selected doors fit the wall with the required space for columns and tracks.
Can a lean-to be open or enclosed?
Yes. Customers can add lean-tos on either sidewall and choose an open porch or an enclosed space. The example requires sidewalls at least 10 ft high.
Does the displayed price include sales tax?
No. The example displays a price before sales tax, with the selected building options and site services included according to the rates in the panel.
Can the form quote a materials package?
Yes, when materials packages are enabled in the panel. The example uses a configurable percentage for that option. You can also disable it if your company only supplies installed buildings.
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Want a form like this for your business?
I will show you live how it works from the company side: the panel, the leads and the PDF quote. Tell us what you quote and you get a link to pick a time by e-mail.
- Free, no strings attached
- You pick the time in the calendar
- Online meeting in Google Meet
I run the demo myself: you will see how a form like this would work in your business.
Damian Krychowski, founder of Offerandum