Author
Tony Huaulmé spent three years at a building frame manufacturer, in the workshop and then in the design office. In 2025 he started workshop management software. Along the way he built Stud, launched in early October 2026, which turns a 2D plan into a 3D structure ready for prefabrication, with its quantity take-offs.
On this site he writes about light gauge steel framing and offsite construction.
Articles and guides by Tony Huaulmé
- Light gauge steel framing glossary: terms a prefab shop uses
Article
- Light gauge steel panel detailing from 2D plans
Article
- Light gauge steel take-off from a plan
Article
- Light gauge steel vs timber frame panels: what changes
Article
- LSF wall panelization: where to split walls into panels
Article
- Roll former machine files explained
Article
- Why a good AI agent shows its assumptions (and what that means for your plans)
Article
- Construction take-off from 2D plans with AI: what works
Article
- DXF vs PDF vs image: what to give a take-off tool
Article
- How to export machine files, IFC and production PDFs
Tutorial
- How to get quantities from a 2D plan
Tutorial
- How to prepare a plan for Stud
Tutorial
- What an AI agent for construction actually does
Article
- Settings: your instructions, your skills, your roll-former
Update
- Two plans: Take-off for quantities, Framer for production
Update
- Production exports are live: machine files, IFC and production PDFs
Update
Prefabrication guides
He also writes about prefabrication and offsite construction on the Stud prefab guides site.