One of two tools for adding a turned element to a member. Consider using Turned Solid Element instead of Turned Shell Element or vice-versa.
Also consider adding the turned element as a miscellaneous member instead of a material. The operation is basically the same, but different tools are needed.
This page discusses how to add a turned element AS a legacy miscellaneous member as well as TO a member as a submaterial of that member. Regardless, the Turned Solid/Shell Element window is used to apply settings to the element.
The Turned Solid/Shell Element window :
This window is read-only if any material you are editing is part of a member that has its " Model completed " date set.
When a legacy miscellaneous member is first added, Add [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member options are shown on this window.
Once a legacy miscellaneous member is added, these options are shown on the [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member Edit window -- and they will no longer be shown on this window.
Adding a turned element material or legacy miscellaneous member :
To add a turned element TO a member (pre-selection method) :
Select the one (1) member that you want to add the material to (so that it is displayed in the " Primary selection color ") > press F3 > filter for " Other " > double-click " Turned ... Element " > locate material work points > make entries to the Turned Solid/Shell Element window > rotate the material into place > locate a material dimension reference point > right-click ( Return ) if done adding material to the member > Change All Options can be applied if the material being added is to a member that is batched together with other members that have the same member piecemark.
Instead of using F3, you can activate the Add Turned Solid Element or Add Turned Shell Element tool by clicking the icon represented at the top of this page or by using a keyboard shortcut or by using the classic menu system or etc.
To add a turned element AS a legacy miscellaneous member: In Modeling , press F2 > filter for " Miscellaneous steel " > double-click " Miscellaneous -- Turned Element " > locate material work points > make entries to the Turned Solid/Shell Element window > right-click ( Return ) when you are done adding legacy miscellaneous members that are the same or similar.
The following procedure applies to both shell and solid elements, except as noted below .
In step 1 of the above procedure, the user can optionally draw an open figure if a shell element is being added. The figure must be closed if a solid element is being added.
Also in step 1 , if a solid element is being added, middle-click ( Complete ) closes the figure by drawing a line from the last-added point to the first-added point. If a shell element is being added, middle-click ( Complete ) locates the point of the type selected that is nearest to the mouse pointer, thus allowing you to draw an open figure.
In step 3 , the user must enter a thickness if a shell element is being added (but cannot enter a thickness if a solid element is being added).
The following illustration shows a turned solid element and a turned shell element that were created using the steps described above . A " Thickness " was not entered for the solid element. The shell element has two walls, each with a user-specified " Thickness ."
The fundamental difference between a turned solid element and a turned shell element is that the wall of the shell element is hollow. This difference affects the " Weight of item " reported on the material's General Information window. On this window ( Turned Solid/Shell Element ), you can immediately tell if the element is solid or hollow by looking to see if there is a " Thickness " option on the window. " Thickness " is a control for shell elements, but is not available as an option for solid elements.
" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Load " buttons :
You'll find buttons like these at the top of this window. They apply to all user-editable settings (except " Piecemark ") that are on this window. Click here for more information.
You can " Copy " ( ) the settings on this window, then " Paste " ( ) those settings to a different turned solid/shell element.
" Save " ( ) saves a "form" file to the form/turned-solid or form/turned-shell folder ( ) that is used by your current version of this program. Give the form a name that will help other users identify its purpose. " Load " ( ) copies over all settings on this window (except " Piecemark ") with the settings that are stored in the file that you select.
" 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. Special cases: Form buttons do not operate on " Piecemark " or "ABM Options ."
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Piecemark: Blank or any character string (up to 61 characters). This is the submaterial piecemark .
If this field is left ' blank ', then when this material is generated (after you press " OK "), SDS2 piecemarking looks for materials in the current Job that are physically identical to this material and assigns to this material the same mark assigned to those materials. If no matching materials are found, the material is assigned the material mark prefix for " Miscellaneous ."
Any ' character string ' that you enter must be unique. Validation does not let you enter a piecemark that has already been assigned to materials. If you are adding a turned element material or legacy miscellaneous member, a piecemark entered here only applies if the material you are adding is unique -- if the material is exactly the same as previously added materials, the new material gets the piecemark of those previously added materials. On the other hand, if you are editing the material, all materials that are exactly like the material are re-assigned the unique mark you enter when the material is generated (after you press " OK "). The piecemark you enter remains a system piecemark , which means that it may be changed if you later edit a material just like this one and give that material a different piecemark.
Tip: If you want to change a submaterial mark, you should use Rename Project Items in Utility Options . That way all references to the submaterial mark are changed throughout the your current Job, even in Drawing Editor drawings.
Note: A submaterial mark is not yet assigned when this window opens for an add material or add legacy miscellaneous member operation. A piecemark is shown when you Edit Material or Review 2D Items . For the current quantity of materials assigned this piecemark, see the " Current quantity " listed on this material's General Information window.
Thickness: The wall thickness (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) of the turned shell element. This does not apply to turned solid elements.
This turned element has two walls because the user drew a closed shape (a rectangle) to be rotated around the axis. An open shape (a single line or L) would have generated a single wall.
Included angle: The number of degrees of turning that you want applied when you are Adding a turned element.
Fabrication method: Continuous rolling or Segmented bending .
' Continuous rolling ' results in the turned solid/shell element being generated with a smooth, continuous surface.
' Segmented bending ' requires that you specify a number of " Bend segments ."
Bend segments: The quantity ( 6 or 7 or 8 or ...) of bend segments used ' Continuous rolling ' is the " Fabrication method ."
Increasing the number of bend segments decreases the angle of bending and spacing between bends.
Steel grade: A36 or A572 or etc. The grade of steel for the turned solid/shell element whose settings are defined on this window.
Setup: If the steel grade you want is not on the list box ( ) for this field, you can use Home > Project Settings > Job > Steel Grades for Plates & Bar Stock to add it to the list.
Tip: Changing " Steel grade " " Color " and " Surface finish " do not cause the material to be regenerated. This means that, if you change those settings only, material operations such as a Cut on Plane may, optionally, be preserved.
Surface finish: None or Sandblasted or Red oxide or Yellow zinc or Gray oxide or Blued steel or Galvanized or Duplex Coating or Undefined 1 or Undefined 2 or Undefined 3 or Red oxide 2 or Any user added surface finish. This affects the colors of 'Solid ' members on erection views in the Drawing Editor . This also sets the color when "Output material color " is set to 'Surface finish ' for a VRML Export or a DWG/DXF Export . The "Color " ( not "Surface finish ") sets the color of this material in Modeling .
sand blasted
red oxide
yellow zinc
user surface finish 1
gray oxide
blued steel
galvanized
user surface finish 2
To assign a different surface finish, you can drop-down the current surface finish and select the one you want, or you can press the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) and double-click any surface finish that is on the list.
Auto or .
If this box is checked ( ), the material surface finish follows what is set on the member level.
If the box is not checked ( ), the material surface finish can be changed to whatever is available in the list of surface finishes. If the surface finish changes from what the member level has set, the auto checkbox will be unchecked automatically. When the auto check box is unchecked, the member edit window shows an information tag which notifies the user that an attached material is not following what was set on the member level.
Note 1:Submaterial piecemarkscan be split apart by surface finish. All surface finishes that do not have the 'Break Marks Material' checked on can be applied to any like material with out the material splitting. If the 'Break Marks Material' is checked on then only like materials with that specific surface finish can have the same piecemark, and because the submaterial marks differ so would the member's piecemark.
Note 2:When exporting a KISS file using "model" as the "Data source " surface finish data on the materials are compiled into the KISS download as follows, with a few exceptions (G=galvanized, N= none or sandblasted, P= others). Those exceptions are:
If the box for "Finish" routing in KISS export setup is set to a user routing
If the user has adjusted the Abbreviation for any of the default provided surface finishes
If you are using a user added surface finish
In these cases you will get what is provided in either the User routing, or the abbreviation field. For other exports it will always provide the abbreviation in the 'surface finishes' settings page.
Tip 1: "Surface area" is reported on the General Information window -- and this can be used to estimate the amount of coating required and its cost.
Tip 2: Changing "Steel grade " "Color " and "Surface finish " do not cause the plate to be regenerated. This means that, if you change those settings only, material fit operations such as a Fit Exact may, optionally, be preserved.
Color: A predefined color or a Custom Color . This is the approximate color of the turned solid/shell element when it is displayed in one of the three solid forms .
The predefined colors are set up on the Predefined Colors window. The color swatch next to the list box ( ) displays the color that is selected.
Select ' Custom Color ' (last choice on the list) to launch your operating system's color picker and define any color you like.
Tip 1: Different colors may be assigned to materials that have the same submaterial piecemark .
Tip 2: Changing " Steel grade " " Color " and " Surface finish " do not cause the material to be regenerated. This means that, if you change those settings only, material operations such as a Cut on Plane may, optionally, be preserved.
Special Buttons for Detailing this Material (these do not appear for Add operations)
This button opens a window with a list of preset views . Each preset view that you select on this list is drawn on the submaterial detail when you Detail Submaterial .
This button opens a list of views you can delete. If the material has only one view, you get a warning instead of a list of views since you cannot delete the current view.
This button does a Detail Submaterial on this material. Newly added views are drawn on the detail. Deleted views are not drawn.
To close this window :
" General Information " opens the General Information window, which provides additional information and settings that pertain to this solid/shell element.
Tip: You can even use the General Information window to change the material's " X ," " Y ," or " Z " global coordinates (and thus reposition the material within the 3D model).
Also: A " Properties " button at the bottom of the General Information window lets you Edit Properties for this material.
"OK" closes this window and applies the settings on it to the material(s).
if you are Adding a turned solid/shell element, press this button (or the Enter key on your keyboard) to continue the Add operation.
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.
Possibilities: If you are adding a new material or a legacy miscellaneous member, " Cancel " brings you back to the work point location step in the add operation. For an edit material operation, " Cancel " ends the operation.
"Reset" undoes all changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
"Clear" automatically selects the default " Steel grade, " " Surface finish ," etc. and zeroes out all fields that require numeric entry.
Note: The " Clear " button can be used when adding material or a legacy miscellaneous member. It is disabled during a Edit Material operation.
Add Turned Solid/Shell Element
Other " > double-click " Turned ... Element " > locate material work points > make entries to the Turned Solid/Shell Element window > rotate the material into place > locate a material dimension reference point > right-click ( Return ) if done adding material to the member > Change All Options can be applied if the material being added is to a member that is batched together with other members that have the same member piecemark.
" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Load " buttons :
) the settings on this window, then " Paste " ( 
) those settings to a different turned solid/shell element.
) saves a "form" file to the form/turned-solid or form/turned-shell folder ( 
) that is used by your current version of this program. Give the form a name that will help other users identify its purpose. " Load " ( 
) copies over all settings on this window (except " Piecemark ") with the settings that are stored in the file that you select.
) for this field, you can use Home > Project Settings > Job > Steel Grades for Plates & Bar Stock to add it to the list.
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button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.