So I'm building a timber framed and metal sheet cladded garden shed. It will be approx 6m x 3m x 2.5m, constructed from 4 x 2s and bolted down onto a concrete pad. The cladding sheets are just under a metre in width.

Question - How closely should I space the studs? Should the studs coincide with the edges of the metal cladding so that the vertical edges of the cladding can be screwed to them rather than just screwing adjacent sheets together with short screws? Would 1 metre be too far apart to space the studs?

Do I need to brace the stud walls or would the metal sheets provide sufficient bracing to stiffen everything up?

Edit: The cladding manufacturer suggests that aligning studs with overlaps of adjacent sheets is unnecessary and stitcher screws will do the job ok.

If I add noggings which would be staggered up and down along the wall, what's the best way of locating these noggings when I'm fixing the sheets so I can screw and not miss. Is it better to measure up from the bottom plate and mark a line, or use a square from the edge of the sheet and mark a line on it?