Evu Cleanup Edit by Piecemarks ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Select members from a list of member piecemarks in your current 2D erection view to edit their section sizes and/or piecemarks and/or other marks.
• Using the Erection View Cleanup window, you can also hide the selected members or change the location of their marks.
• See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

• Drawing Editor (where Evu Cleanup Edit by Piecemarks is a tool)
• Erection View Cleanup (window opened with this tool)
• 2D erection view (drawing type this tool works on)
• Piecemarks (may be affected using this tool)
• Section sizes (may be affected using this tool)
• Camber annotations (may be affected using this tool)
• Elevation offsets (may be affected using this tool)
• From erection views to erection sheets (topic)

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke Erection View Cleanup by Piecemark using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Evu Cleanup Edit by Piecemark icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Tools ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Tools > Erection View Cleanup > Edit by Piecemarks .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Evu Cleanup Edit by Piecemark can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Method 6 : With Erection View Cleanup Mode mouse bindings active, left-click ( By Pcmk ).

Note: " Steel member style " on the Detail Erection Views window determines the form in which members are displayed when an erection view is detailed.

2 . A selection window opens. On it, all members in your current 2D erection view are listed by their piecemarks and their member numbers [num].

B_12 [20] B_24 [32] C_3 [5] C_4 [6] C_5 [7] VB_3 [14]

You can select one or multple members for cleanup.

Alternative 1 : To edit one member, double-click its piecemark (or select it, then press " OK " if User and Site Options > General > " Classic selection lists " is checked). Go to step 3.

Alternative 2 : To multi-select piecemarks, hold down the Ctrl or Shift key and select the piecemarks that you want (or just click the piecemarks if User and Site Options > General > " Classic selection lists " is on), then press the " OK " button. Go to step 3.

Alternative 3 : Press " Cancel " to end this operation.

3 . The Erection View Cleanup window opens for the one or more members that you selected in step 2. If you selected only one member, it remains selected, but is shown in its true color. If you selected multiple members, they are highlighted in green to show that they are selected.

Alternative 1 : Designate changes on this window, then press the " OK " button to close the window and apply the changes you made.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to not change the selected member(s).

4 . The mouse bindings that were active before you invoked Evu Cleanup Edit by Piecemarks become active again.

Note: Changes made to a 2D erection view using this tool become permanent when you Save those changes. Until you Save your changes, you can Revert back to the previously saved version of your drawing. You can Undo at any time, even after a Save , so long as the drawing remains open.

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