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title: How do I add concrete panels, with cladding above them?
description: Add concrete panels around your shed or along a grid line, set their height, keep the cladding above them, and leave a bay open or clad to the ground.
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# How do I add concrete panels, with cladding above them?
Short answer: **click Add Things › On Shed › Concrete Panels › On Perimeter, then click your shed.** Panels go along every outside wall, and the wall cladding sits on top of them. Click any panel to set the height for all of them.
**Add concrete panels**
1. In the Shed Designer, click **Add Things** › **On Shed** › **Concrete Panels**
2. Click **On Perimeter**
3. Click your shed
4. Click a panel, type the **Height** and press Enter
5. Check the shed, then click **Save Shed**
### Add panels around the shed
| | Step |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | Open the job and click **Edit Shed**. Click **Add Things** (1), then **On Shed** (2) and **Concrete Panels** (3) |
| 2 | Click **On Perimeter** (4) for panels along every outside wall. **On grid** adds panels along one grid line you click instead |
| 3 | Click the shed. Nothing is added until you do. If the job has an awning, click the main shed or the awning, whichever should get the panels |
New panels are 2000 mm high and run along each wall, bay by bay (1). If you've removed a wall in **Walls & Slabs**, the panels in those bays stay, with nothing above them (2).
### Set the height
Click any panel. It turns blue (2), and the toolbar at the top shows the panel settings (1).
| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Height** | How tall the panels are. Type the new height and press Enter |
| **Thickness** | How thick the panels are (200 mm to start) |
**Height and Thickness apply to every panel on the shed,** not just the one you clicked. The toolbar also shows the mesh (SL72 to start) and the concrete strength (25 MPa). Leave **Offset**, **Intersect Walls** and **Intersect Girts** as they are unless we've talked you through a change. The toolbar is wide, so use the arrows at each end to scroll it.
### The cladding sits above the panels
Once the height is set (1), the wall cladding starts at the top of the panels, in the same bay (2). That's how you draw, say, 3 m concrete panels with steel cladding above.
### Leave a bay open, or clad it to the ground
**A bay opening takes the panel out of its bay.** That bay is open to the ground (3, above), and the other bays keep their panels. Add one with **Add Things** › **On Walls** › **Bay Opening**. See [Put doors and windows where your customer wants them](https://help.shedmate.com.au/knowledge/put-doors-and-windows-where-your-customer-wants-them?hsLang=en).
**To clad a bay to the ground instead,** click that bay's panel, then click **Delete** in the toolbar (1). The panel goes, and the cladding runs down to the ground in that bay. A red marker is left where the panel was, so you can find it and put it back.
| Button | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Delete** | Removes the panel you clicked |
| **Delete Grid Panels** | Removes every panel along that grid line |
| **Delete All Panels** | Removes all the panels from the shed |
| **Hide Panels** | Hides the panels from view while you work |
### Before you quote
- **Panels are counted by volume,** described as Concrete 25Mpa. Make sure your pricing database has a price for them. See [Set up your prices so you can quote](https://help.shedmate.com.au/knowledge/suggested-step-by-step-to-setup-your-pricing-for-quotation?hsLang=en).
- **Check the wall sheet lengths.** A sheet that crosses the join between two panels can be counted at full height, from the ground up, even though the panel hides it in the 3D view. If any wall sheets look too long, email us the job number.
- **Panels are for costing and quoting.** You can add them to any shed design, but ShedMate's engineering for cold-formed sheds doesn't cover them. They're most common on structural steel buildings, such as agricultural and commercial sheds. If a job needs the panels engineered, email us the job number before you quote. See [What can I quote straight away?](https://help.shedmate.com.au/knowledge/what-can-i-quote-straight-away?hsLang=en)
### Related
- The release note and video: [Concrete Panels](https://help.shedmate.com.au/knowledge/02/03/2026-0-0-0-0-0-0?hsLang=en)
- [How do I add an awning, shorten it or make it cantilevered?](https://help.shedmate.com.au/knowledge/how-do-i-add-an-awning-shorten-it-or-make-it-cantilevered?hsLang=en)
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