Connection Cube Edit

General Attributes

Cube name: This is the name by which the connection cube will be identified in the Model Tree and in the selection list when you Detail Connection Cubes.

Revision: a revision number that will be listed on the default cover sheet when the connection cube report is generated.

Marked for detailing: or or . You can click this button to switch it between ' YES ' and ' NO '.

means this connection cube will automatically be selected for detailing the next time you Detail Connection Cubes from list . Connection Cubes are automatically marked for detailing if they have not yet been detailed, or if they have been altered in Modeling since the time their details were generated.

means that the member has undergone Detail Connection Cubes and has not been altered in Modeling since that time, or it means that the user has switched this button to ' NO ' to prevent a detail from being detailed again.

indicates mixed entries . You can set all connection cubes you are editing to ' YES ' or ' NO ' or keep them mixed.

Items to Report

Cover sheet: Custom or Default or None.

Custom : Applies a user specified PDF as the cover sheet for the Connection Cube report.

Company PDF document : First, use the Connection Cube Attachment Manager to add the PDF to the xxxx_xxxx/connection_cube/attachments folder in your current Job . Press the " Browse " button ( ) to browse for the cover sheet attachment.

Default : Applies the standard SDS2 cover sheet for the Connection Cube report. This will use the Cube name, Revision, and Contact information to populate the cover sheet.

Company logo image : First, use the Connection Cube Attachment Manager to add your company logo to the xxxx_xxxx/connection_cube/attachments folder in your current Job . Press the " Browse " button ( ) to browse for your company logo image.

None : If this is selected, a cover sheet is not included.

Applicable schedules of minimums:   or .

If this box is checked ( ), relevant schedules of minimums are included when you " Generate Report ." These may include the Schedule of Minimums for Structural Members and the Schedule of Minimums for Single Plate Shear Connections .

If the box is not checked ( ), schedules of minimums are not included.

Material solids U3D:   or .

If the box is not checked ( ), a U3D model is not embedded.

If this box is checked ( ), a U3D model of the structural node is embedded in the report that you generate.

Export with:  Choosing Holes and/or Bolts and/or Welds adds those items to the embedded U3D model when you "Generate Report." This applies when " Insert material solids U3D " is checked; otherwise, this option is disabled ( grayed out ).

Project Settings : or .

If this box is checked ( ), the connection cube report includes some of the project settings related to connection design.

If the box is not checked ( ), project settings are not included.

Critical connection guide : or .

If this box is checked ( ), a table is created for each connection in the connection cube. This will report what is selected below as well as the connection capacity and ratio.

You can choose Forced and/or Graphical and/or  Failed and/or User main mtrl and/or Plain end and/or Locked to populate in the table. This applies when " Critical connection guide " is checked; otherwise, this option is disabled (grayed out).

If the box is not checked ( ), a critical connection guide is not included.

2D detail:   or .

If this box is checked ( ), a 2D detail of the connection(s) is included when you " Generate Report ."

If the box is not checked ( ), a 2D detail is not included.

Tip:  You can create preset views for inclusion on the connection cube's 2D detail when you use Connection Cube Isolate .

Limit state summaries:   or .

If this box is checked ( ), allowable strength summaries for connections are included when you " Generate Report ," unless the connections are graphical.

If the box is not checked ( ), limit state summaries are not included.

Design calculations glossary :   or .

If this box is checked ( ), the "Design procedure and notes" is included in your cube report.

If this box is not checked ( ), the Design procedure and notes is not included.

Additional Notes

Entering text to the " Additional Notes " field adds a section containing that text when you " Generate Report ." If this field is left empty, an Additional Notes section is not added to the report. Long lines of text (typically those longer than 100 characters) will be wrapped to fit the page width of the generated report.

Expanded Calculations

or Member type, piecemark, and member number:

If this box is checked ( ), expanded connection design calculations are included in the " Report Layout " and to the connection cube report.

If the box is not checked ( ), expanded calculations are not included.

Select all : When select all is pressed, the expanded connection design calculations for all members that have design calculations in the connection cube will be checked ( ).

Deselect all : When deselect all is pressed, the expanded connection design calculations for all members in the connection cube will be unchecked ( ).

Documents

This shows the files that are attached to the connection cube. You can then add these documents to a connection cube report.

  Launch connection cube attachment manager

Opens the Connection Cube Attachment Manager .

Connection cube attachments -- including cover sheets -- are stored inside the xxxx_xxxx/connection_cube/attachments folder in your current Job . You can use the manager to add attachments to that folder or to remove them.

  Add document to connection cube

Opens the Attach to Connection Cube selection window, from which you can add attachments stored in the xxxx_xxxx/connection_cube/attachments folder to the " List of attachments ."

On the Attach to Connection Cube window, click an item in the list, or hold down the Shift key and click multiple items. Clicking the " Attach " button in the window adds the selected attachments to a the connection cube report and to the " List of attachments ." Press " OK " to close the window.

  Remove document from connection cube

Removes attachments from the " List of attachments ." Click an item in the list to select it for removal, or hold down the Shift key and click multiple items.

  Add document to report

Select the document(s) you want to include in the connection cube report and click this button to add them to the Report Layout list. When a document is added to the Report Layout, a green check mark ( ) is displayed next to it on the Documents list.

Report Layout

This list displays all items that you selected to be included in the cube report when you click Generate Report.

You can change the order attached documents are listed by selecting it and pressing one of the arrow buttons. The order of other items on this list cannot be changed. You can remove attached documents from the Report Layout by selecting them and clicking the trash bin ( ) icon. Other items on this list can be removed by changing their settings in the General Attributes area.

  Move document up one position

Move document down one position

Remove document from report

Contact information : when pressed, the Connection Cube Contact Information window opens. This allows you to set the Project name, Engineer name, and Fabricator name to be used in the report's header, footer and on the default cover sheet.

Generate Report : when pressed, generates the connection cube report.

A possibility: "   Include 2D detail " is checked, but the connection cube has not been detailed. In that case, a dialog will ask you whether you want to detail the connection cube. If, at that point, you click " No ," the report will be generated without a 2D detail and a warning that the "drawing cannot be found" will alert you to this. The Detail Selected Connection Cube tool provides way to detail cubes in advance of generating a report -- doing so will prevent the warning.

Auto launch viewer :   or .

If this box is checked ( ), the file that you output when you press " Generate Reports " will be written to the " Save location " and will automatically open in your workstation's default PDF viewer.

If the box is not checked ( ), the file that you output when you press " Generate Reports " will be written to the " Save location " but will not automatically open.

Status : opens the Connection Cube Status window, which can give you additional information about the connection cube, and which you can use to enter status information.

OK : (or the Enter key) closes the edit window and saves any changes you have made on the window to the connection cube.

Cancel : (or the Esc key or the button) closes the edit window without saving any changes that you have made. " Cancel " does not undo a " Generate Report " operation.

Tip: Any time you use Connection Cube Edit just to review a connection cube, the best way to close this window is to " Cancel. "

Reset : undoes any changes made since you opened this window.

Exception: " Reset " does not undo changes made to the " Documents " or " Report Layout " sections.

Copy, Paste, Save, Load buttons:

• The position of these "form" buttons on the window tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information.
• You can Copy ( ) the settings on this window, then Paste ( ) those settings to a different edit window of the same type.
• Save ( ) saves a file to a global folder ( ) that is used by your current version of SDS2. Give the file a name that will help other users identify its purpose. Load ( ) replaces the settings on this window (except Piecemark) with the settings that are stored in the file that you select.
• When editing multiple windows at the same time, Paste and Load replace mixed entries to a single field with a single entry. Copy and Save ignore fields with mixed entries, treating them as if they have no entry or do not exist.