Supports
Administrator Guide
Convert Supports
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The project structural steelwork elements must be converted to GENSEC elements. Refer to Convert Sections for further information.
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The templates must be updated. Refer to Template Data Upgrade for further information.
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Important:
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The checker scans each UDA in the MDB and displays the UDA checking tool window if any issues are found.
The UDA checking tool window displays error messages for UDA's that are missing from Support elements.
Right-click and select Export to Excel to save the results to an excel spreadsheet.
The Add Elements part of the Convert Supports window allows the administrator to select the ATTA elements for conversion.
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Select Current Element from the drop-down list to add the currently selected element to the list of selected elements.
Select Element Members from the drop-down list to add the members of the currently selected element to the list of selected elements.
Click Add to populate the list of selected elements with the current selection.
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Input an element name in the field and click Add to add an element to the list of selected elements.
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The Selected Elements part of the Convert Supports window allows the administrator to view and modify the elements included in the conversion.
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Allows the administrator to export the list of selected elements to an Excel file. Click to display the Save to Excel window. The administrator can navigate to a location and name the exported Excel file.
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Click to display the list of selected elements in the Print Preview window.
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The Conversion Options part of the Convert Supports window allows the administrator to define the creation ZONE for the converted supports.
Select the Create New Support Zone for Each Pipe Zone radio button to create the converted supports in a separate ZONE for each original pipe ZONE.
Select the Use Specific Zone for all Supports radio button to create the converted supports in a single ZONE. The ZONE can be selected from the drop-down list.
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The Conversion Summary part of the Convert Supports window allows the administrator to view the summary for converted elements.
The Log File part of the Convert Supports window allows the administrator to define the location of the conversion summary log file.
Click Browse to open the Log File for Supports Conversion Process window, the administrator can navigate to the required location and modify the filename of the log file.
Click View to open the View Log File window, the administrator can view the log file for the most recent supports conversion.
Click Convert to convert the ATTA elements to SUPPO elements.
