Design Parameter Sized Profiles

Bocad Steel Interface

Bocad Steel Interface : Supplementary Information : Design Parameter Sized Profiles

Design Parameter Sized Profiles

When exporting from the base product to Bocad, there must be an entry in the profile mapping file that corresponds to the profile in the base product.

If exporting channels (for example: channel_with_design_parameters) or angles (for example: angle_with_design_parameters) you must make sure the ABSI p-lines in the catalogue have been created otherwise issues with offsets from NA p-line will occur.

If exporting angle profiles, ensure that the required parameters are placed in the export file by correctly giving the order of parameters in the mapping file. If the thickness of the legs are the same, the parameter must be repeated in the Bocad profile name, for example:

Angle_with_design_parameters BLL@1@2@3@3@4@5@6@7@8 EUR

If exporting I (sometimes known as H) profiles (for example: Beam_with_design_parameters), all the design parameters must be completed consistently. If the depth between fillets, flange thickness and overall depth are not consistent, it is possible that the geometry in the base product and Bocad will not be the same. This can be avoided by using the BT_Variable profile supplied with the product (run !!boccatadespar() in PARAGONmodule).

Mapping files are primarily used on import. However the shape code is read from the mapping file when exporting from the base product and the Bocad name is ignored when importing design parameter profiles (those that have @ in the Bocad name) into Bocad.For this reason when re-importing profiles from Bocad into the base product the Bocad name can be different to that in the mapping file.

For example BT_Variable might be mapped to BT@3@1@4@2 but be returned as PRS300*50*1000*20.

If you add these names to the mapping file (in our example as PRS@3@1@4@2), you will still be able to export these profiles into the base product.

It is important to reorder the design parameters into the documented order using the mapping file. To see the order in the base product using the Query>Properties window.

When importing from Bocad to the base product, duplicate Bocad names are not allowed in the mapping file.


	Section Type	Bocad Profile Type	Bocad Generic Name	Denomination	Par 1
	I	1	BT	BT30010500*20	Depth
	L	2	BLL		Leg length Y
	Z	3	BLZ		Depth
	U	4	BLU		Depth
	Plate	5	BL,PL		Depth
	Full Tube	6	BAR, ROND,...		Out radius
	Tube	7	CHS, TUBE, PIPE,...		Out radius
	Square Tube	8	MSH, TUBER, TUBEC		Depth
	C	9	BLC		Depth
	T	10	BLT		Width
	Cone	13	CONE		Start diam
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	Par 2	Par 3	Par 4	Par 5
	Width	Web thick	Flange thick	Unit weight
	Leg length X	Thickness Y leg	Thickness X leg	X-offset
	Web thick	Width	Flange thick	X-offset
	Width	Web thick	Flange thick
	Width
	Thick	Unit weight
	Thick	Unit weight
	Width	Wall thick X	Wall thick Y	Unit weight
	Width	Web thick	Flange thick	X-offset
	Depth	Web thick	Flange thick	Depth to NA
	End diam	Wall thick
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	Par 6	Par 7	Par 8	Par 9
	Root radius	Cross sectional area	Depth between fillets	Nominal depth
	Y-offset	Unit weight	Root radius	Toe radius

	Unit weight	Root radius	Toe radius	Flange taper



	External corner radius	Internal corner radius
	Unit weight	Root radius	Toe radius	Flange taper
	Unit weight	Root radius	Nominal width	Nominal depth

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	Par 10	Par 11	Par 12	Par 13
	Nominal width
	Backmark for bigger leg	Backmark for smaller leg

	Depth between fillets	Nominal depth	Nominal width	Backmark




	Depth between fillets	Nominal depth	Nominal width	Backmark
	Original depth	Original width	Original weight	Backmark

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