Catalogues and Specifications
User Guide
Additional Tools : Steelwork : Create Category for Joints
Select Create > Catalogue to display the Create Catalogue window. Refer to Create Catalogue for further information. Create a new Steelwork Catalogue in the database hierarchy with the purpose set to STL.
Select Create > Section to display the Create Structural Section window. Refer to Create Section for further information. Create a new Steelwork Section in the database hierarchy with the purpose set to STL.
Select Create > Category > for Joints to display the Create Structural Category window. The Create Structural Category window is similar in layout to a standard Create Category, but contains additional sub windows specific to Steelwork Joints.
Click Negative Geom in the Model References part of the window to display the Negative Geometry References sub window.
In the height enter (APAR[2] + 20mm).
Check Tube Flag and leave the remaining fields as the default value.
Click Modify Points.
Click OK to close the Modify Points window and return to the NSEX.
Click Pline Ref in the Model References part of the window to display the Pline Definitions sub window.
Click Point Ref in the Model References part of the window to display the Point Set References sub window.
In the pulldown select Cartesian P-Point PTCA to expand the appropriate input window.
Click Data Ref in the Model References part of the window to display the Data References sub window.
