The Status Display & Status Select windows

• Status Display (to open the Status Display window)
• Status Select (to open the Status Select window)
• Detail Erection Views > " Settings " > " Set status ... " > " Define Status " (opens Status Display )

General status options Detailing and processing Approval and modeling Fabrication status Shipping & erection status Member status Group member status Material status Bolt status Hole status Weld status Search Connection type Connection auto loads Concrete member Concrete material	Conditions can be selected from these categories. For example, the " Failed connection " condition (shown above), is under the " Search " category.

To delete a status display file from this window , right-click over that file's area in the file tree (left panel) and choose " Delete status " on the context menu. In this example, the status display file that will be removed is "Sequences." The tree shown here has files named "default" "Plate Thickness" and "Sequences." If you choose " Delete status " when there is only one file, that one file will be replaced on this window by a default file. At least one file is always shown on the Status Display window. " Delete status " does not delete a file from your computer, but removes it from this window only.

What is true?

A status condition is true when it is able to color-code an item in the model.

Also see :

VIDEO Various widgets on the Status Display window are explained and demonstrated. .A status display configuration is a status display file. Multiple status display files can be loaded on this window. Only one of those files can be the active status display file .

• Member Status Review window (status input)
• Update Attributes (status input)
• By Status Display (selection filter) ( ) )
• Status display criteria ( User and Site Options > Modeling > set default status display file(s)) ( )
• Status Configuration list box (sets the active display file without opening this window) ( )
• Status Display check box (turns status display in the model on/off)
• Isolate Member (alternative for isolating members)
• Find Material (alternative for isolating members)
• Display Options (alternative for isolating members)
• Search Options (alternative for identifying members)
• Change Options (alternative for identifying members)
• Status Report by Detail (alternative in report form)
• Status Report by Sheet (alternative in report form)
• Status Report by Category (alternative in report form)
• Set the status display criteria (on erection view drawings) ( )

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File widgets (except for active/inactive , these affect only the file name that is shown) :

File name : The name of a status display file is shown in a banner above the priorities and conditions that are stored in that file. For example, the file name might be "default":

default

Multiple files may be shown on this window, each with its own banner and unique file name.

The widgets that are embedded in file's banner apply only to that file.

To delete a status display file from this window, right-click in the file tree (left panel) and choose " Delete status " as shown in the example at the top of this page. " Delete status " does not delete a file from your computer, but removes it from this window only.

(active) or (inactive):

You can have multiple files loaded on this window. Each will have its file name displayed in a blue banner. One (1) of these files can be your active file ( ). All other files are inactive ( ).

The active status display file is the file that controls status display in your current view when you press the " OK " button.

The active status display file also controls status display when you press the " Apply " button.

The summary that you get when you press the " Legend " button summarizes the contents of the active status display file.

To make a different status file into your active file, click that file's button so that it turns into a button. This makes the formerly active status display file inactive.

Outside of this window, you can use the toolbar item named Status Configuration to set the active status display file.

The Status Display check box can be used outside of this window to turn status display on or off ( or ). When status display is off, the active status file will no longer affect display in the model, but it will remain active ( ).

From this window, the " Cancel " button can be used to turn status display off. The active status display file will no longer affect display in the model. The Status Display check box will go from to .

(others in gray) or (others as usual):

VIDEO Materials that are not displayed in a status display color can be displayed in gray.

If ( others in gray ) is selected, members or materials that are not color coded or masked by status display will be displayed in gray.

If ( others as usual ) is selected, then members or materials that are not color coded or masked will be displayed in their usual colors.

(Save):

Lets you save to a file the status information that is under a particular file name banner .

By default, the file will overwrite the contents of the original file. You can, however, instead choose to save the file to a new location and/or to give it a new name.

The " Save " button at the bottom of this window can be used to save all files on this window. The button only lets you save one file at a time.

(Open):

Lets you open a different file, which on this window will take the place of the file whose file name banner the button you pressed is embedded in.

To open a file that you want to be shown in addition to the file(s) that are already shown on this window, you can press the " Load " button at the bottom of this window. That " Load " button also lets you open more than one file at a time.

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Priority widgets (priority 1 is listed 1st in a file) :

Disable: or . You can have a status file that includes multiple priorities that you can easily turn on and off to suit your needs. When you want a certain priority, turn it on while turning other priorities off.

If this box is checked ( ), the priority is disabled ( grayed out ), Conditions stored in the priority will not affect the display of members or materials.

If the box is not checked ( ), the priority is enabled, If the priority is part of the active status display file , conditions stored within that priority will, when you press " OK ," affect the display of members and/or materials in your 3D model.

(Add New Priority):

Creates a new priority that is, initially, an exact copy of this priority.

You can modify the new priority to suit your purposes.

(Delete Priority):

Removes a priority (and all conditions stored within that priority).

This only applies when there are multiple priorities in the file. If there is only one priority in a file, then pressing the button removes that priority and replaces it with a default priority.

/ (Move Up / Move Down)

This applies when there are multiple priorities in the same status display file .

moves the priority your cursor is in up.

moves the priority your cursor is in down.

The priority number changes as you move a priority up or down. Priority 1 is always the first priority in a status display file.

Changing a priority's number (position) can affect status display. See this example from the Status Display tool page. Where conditions in different priorities are true for particular members or materials, the conditions in the higher priority (lower number) are the conditions that control the display.

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Display logic :

or or etc. This sets the way that stick members and solid members/materials that meet the " Conditions " in the active status file are displayed in the 3D model. When ' Member ' and ' any ' are selected, members for which at least one of the conditions is true will be made invisible (masked) if ' Masked ' is selected. If a color is selected, members for which at least one of the conditions is true will be displayed in that color.

	Status Display can mask, color code, or isolate members.

To set opacity instead of a color:

' Member ' must be selected as the type of item to be displayed.

If you uncheck ( ) the box next to the selected color (in this example, Cyan), you can set an " Opacity " instead of a color.

To isolate members: Select ' Member ' and ' Masked ' and ' none '. The members for which the " Conditions " are true will be isolated (not masked).

Note: Members that are masked cannot be selected for operations such as Move/Stretch Members and Move/Stretch Members, Include Material and Member Copy . Also, their vertex points or exact points cannot be located during operations such as Construction Line Add .

Opacity lets you make solid members translucent. It applies only when ' Member ' is the item to be displayed with the selected opacity. Also, opacity does not apply to members in stick form. The opacity of members can be set with a slider or by typing a number between 0.1 and 1.0. An opacity of 0.1 makes the status display color nearly invisible, so that you can easily see through the color-coded item. An opacity of 1.0 makes the status display color entirely opaque. Note that you can set opacity instead of a color .

VIDEO Varying degrees of opacity are set for colors in various priorities.

applies the opacity entry (e.g., 0.5 ) to solid form items in the model that are displayed in the selected status display color.

turns opacity off. The opacity of a member's status display color depends on which solids display form the member is displayed in.

any or all or none : This is the display logic function.

' any ' independently evaluates each of the conditions in the priority you are working in and, where at least one condition is true for a member/material in the model, causes that member or material to be displayed as specified .

' all ' evaluates each of the conditions in this priority and, where all conditions are true for a member/material in the model, causes that member or material to be displayed as specified .

' none ' is the opposite of ' any '. For example, if selecting ' any ' causes three members to be blue (when " Apply " or " OK " is pressed), then selecting ' none ' causes all members except those three members to be blue.

Note: For a priority with only one condition, ' any ' and ' all ' will give the exact same results.

Member or Ends or Left or Right . The display item that is to be color coded or etc.. ' Masked ' and ' Opacity ' are not applicable to ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

VIDEO The priority used to color code the entirety of members in this example is priority 3. The priorities for member ends are priority 1 (left end) and priority 2 (right end). This priority order allows members for which all conditions are true to be color coded with all three colors.

' Member ' results in the entire member being color coded, masked or etc. when the status condition is true for either the left or right member end or true for the member as a whole. It should also be used for most bolt , weld , hole or material status conditions.

' Ends ' results in both ends of the member being color coded when the status condition is true for both ends of a member or true for the member as a whole. Only one end of the member is color coded if the condition is true for only that one end of the member.

' Left ' results in the left end of the member being color coded when the status condition is true for the entire member or true for the left end of the member.

' Right ' results in the right end of the member being color coded when the status condition is true for the entire member or true for the right end of the member.

Special cases: For a bolt , weld , hole or material status condition, selecting ' Member ' results in bolts or welds or holes or materials being color coded or etc. You may not get any results when you select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' for such conditions. It is generally best to select ' Member ' when you want to color code bolts, welds, holes or material.

(Add New Condition): Pressing this button adds a new condition.

The condition is added to this priority (the priority your cursor is in) and will be a default condition. You should modify it to suit your purposes.

Conditions are independently evaluated for their truth value. Their truth value can be used to color code or mask based on whether any or all or none is selected.

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Condition(s) :

(Delete Condition):

A priority can have one or multiple conditions.

removes a condition when there are other conditions in that priority.

If there are no other conditions in the priority, then replaces that condition with a default condition.

Condition(s):

You can select a condition from any of the following categories:

General status options > Detailing and processing > Approval and modeling > Fabrication status > Shipping and erection status > Member status > Group member status > Material status > Bolt status > Hole status > Weld status > Search > Connection type > Connection auto loads > Concrete member > Concrete material >
		CMU material Beam template CMU template Column template Thickened slab template Grade beam template Continuous footing template Rebar > Concrete cover surface

Within a priority , all conditions are acted on by the same display logic . The following example has two conditions. Since ' all ' is selected, both conditions have to be true for a member in order for status display to color code that member.

This example of a status priority would, since ' all ' is selected, color code members that have both an auto standard connection and an end plate connection. This priority would find two potentially overlapping situations:1) beams with an end plate on one end and an auto standard connection on the other. 2) beams with auto standard end plates on either end or both ends. If you were to change ' Member ' to ' Ends ', only those beam ends with auto standard end plates would be color coded cyan.

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------ General status options ------

Zone: ' is / is not ' from ' a zone ' to ' a zone '. The same zone twice (e.g., 1 to 1 ) designates a single zone.

To enter a zone range: press the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) to open a list of zones that have been defined on the Zone Names window in setup. On the list, select the range of zones that you want. After you press " OK " to close the list, " From " and " To " is filled out with the first and last zones that you selected.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter 'is' and a particular zone range here to define the condition . You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign a display color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view that are within the zone range you entered are displayed in the color you selected.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member edit windows: Sequence
Setup: Zone and Sequence window
Tools: Update Attributes , Sequence By Area
Status Report by XXX: Zone
Report Writer: Member.ErectionZone
Advanced Selection: ErectionZone
Parametric module: ErectionZone

Sequence: ' is / is not ' from ' a sequence ' to ' a sequence '. The same sequence twice designates a single sequence (e.g., 2 to 2 ).

VIDEO Members that are in sequence 1 are masked. Then sequences 2 through 5 are masked, with only sequence 1 displayed. Sequence 1 is selected again and the 'is' part of the expression is changed to ' is not ' to mask all sequences except sequence 1. The Status Display user interface has changed since this video was made.

To enter a sequence range, press the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) to open a list of sequences that have been defined at Home > Project Settings > Job > Zone and Sequence > press Sequence Names . On the list, select the range of sequences that you want. After you press " OK " to close the list, " From " and " to " is filled out with the first and last sequences that you selected.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular sequence range to define the condition . You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Masked ' as the display option and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view that have a sequence within the range you designated are made invisible. It does not matter if those members are in stick or in one of the three solid forms. You might do this to prevent members in the designated sequence range from being worked on.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member edit windows: Sequence
Setup: Zone and Sequence screen
Tools: Update Attributes , Sequence By Area
Status Report by XXX: Sequence
Report Writer: Member.ErectionSequence
Advanced Selection: ErectionSequence
Parametric module: ErectionSequence

Revision: ' is / is not ' from ' a number ' to ' a number '. This option is for tracking member revisions, not sheet revisions. It can track any range of " Short revision descriptions " that are currently assigned to members. The same number twice (e.g., 1 to 1 ) designates a single " line " number in Member Revisions setup. The first line in Member Revisions setup is line 0. A number entered here also corresponds to the order (beginning with 0) that a revision is listed on the list box ( ) for " Short revision description " in Member Status Review .

Example: To line 4 in Member Revisions , CO-4 is entered as the short revision description. In Member Status Review , ' CO-4 ' is entered as the " Short revision description " for two different beams. On this window, for priority 1 in the active status display file , you select a " Revision " range of ' 4 ' to ' 4 ' and ' Member ' and a color and ' any '. When you press " OK ," the two members that were assigned the CO-4 short revision description are displayed in the color you selected.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Tip: To color code those members that users have assigned a revision to, enter " is not " from ' 0 ' to ' 0 '. This works because 0 is the default revision, and users must select a revision other than 0 to have that other revision assigned.

Setup: Member Revisions
Member Status Review: Short revision description
Status Update: Revision
CIS/2 Import: Assign member revision
Reports: Member Revisions by Member , Members in Member Revisions
Status Report by XXX: Revision level
Sheet revisions: revision chart on a detail sheet
Parametric member module: mem1.RevisionLevel

Hold status: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that a user has put ' On hold '. A user can put a member ' On hold ' using Update Attributes or the Member Status Review window. Holding a member is usually interpreted as meaning holding a member's detail from release to the shop.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that are not on hold.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select " Hold status " as the a condition and select ' Yes '. You then select ' Member ' as the display item, ' Blue ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view that are on hold are displayed in the color blue. Be aware, though, that if there are other conditions in priority 1, other members that are not on hold may also be displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Update: Member hold status
Member Status Review: Member hold status
Status Report by XXX: Member hold status
Report Writer: Member.MarkedForHold

Reason for hold: Any string of characters. Text case does not matter (e.g., " under review " is interpreted as being the same as " UNDER REVIEW ").

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , if a string of characters is entered for this condition and the same string is entered to " Reason for member hold " on the Member Status Review window for particular members, then (when you press " OK ") those members are color coded in the selected display color .

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Update: Reason for member hold
Member Status Review: Reason for member hold
Status Report by XXX: Member hold status
Report Writer: Member.DescriptionOfHold

Existing member: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for any member that has been marked as an " Existing member ." Existing members are members that exist in the 3D model but are not to be fabricated. Members that are marked as existing can undergo Process and Create Solids but cannot be automatically detailed, nor will they be included on any reports that have to do with cataloging or ordering materials for fabrication purposes. If a bolt is on an existing member and does not bolt to a non-existing member, it is excluded from reports. Automatic connections can be generated on existing members and on members framing into existing members.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that are not marked " Existing member ." All members are not existing by default. To mark a member as existing, a user can use Update Attributes or Member Status Review .

Example: Several members that already existed at a construction site were added to the model as existing members so that the modeler could frame to-be-fabricated members to those members. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' here and ' Member ' as the display item and ' Masked ' as the display option and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any existing members that are in your current view are made invisible. By thus making the members invisible (masked), you prevent them from being worked on.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Hide Items: Existing
Status Update: Existing member
Member Status Review: Existing member
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.IsExisting
Advanced Selection: IsExisting
Parametric module: IsExisting

Piecemark: A member piecemark . Only one piecemark can be entered. Text case does not matter (e.g., b_4 is interpreted as being the same as B_4 ).

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' B_4 ' as the " Piecemark ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Blue ' as the item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press the " OK " button, any members in your current view that have the piecemark B_4 are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Display Options: Member piecemarks
Advanced Selection: Piecemark
Parametric module: Piecemark
Status Display:   Member status > Member piecemark (multi-select)

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------ Detailing and processing ------

Needs to be processed: Yes or No . This applies mainly when User and Site Options > Modeling > " Process within member edit " is turned off and " Automatically process after modeling operation " is set to ' Do nothing '.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have not yet undergone any phase of Process and Create Solids or, for some other reason, have been marked for processing. Since process on the fly takes place for processable members as they are added or edited, you will find that it is fairly unusual for members to be marked for all phases of Process and Create Solids .

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that are not marked for processing.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' for " Needs to be processed ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Magenta ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view that need to be processed are displayed in the color magenta.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Process and Create Solids: When members are marked for Process or marked for Create Solids
Member edit windows: Marked for processing
Hide Items: Process required
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MarkedforProcess

Needs solids created: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have not yet undergone the Create Solids phases of Process and Create Solids . When User and Site Options > Modeling > " Automatically process after modeling operation " is set to ' Process ' or ' Do nothing ', you will find that members will more commonly still require Create Solids .

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that are not marked for Create Solids .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' for " Needs solids created ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Green ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view that need solids to be created are displayed in the color green.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Process and Create Solids: When members are marked for Process or marked for Create Solids
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.MarkedforCreate3d
Advanced Selection: MarkedForCreate3d
Parametric module: MarkedForCreate3d

Needs to be detailed: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members, including group members , whose details have not yet been created or which have been modified in the 3D model since the time that their details were created. To change the " needs to be detailed " status of such a member, Detail Members .

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have undergone Detail Members and which have not been altered since the time that they underwent Detail Members .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' No ' for " Needs to be detailed ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Aqua ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," each member that has an up-to-date member detail is displayed in the color aqua.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The option " Detail completed " has no effect on this status display option. To display detail complete status, see Approval and modeling status options .

Hide Items: Detail required
Member edit windows: Marked for detailing
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.Markedfordetail
Advanced Selection: MarkedForDetail
Parametric module: MarkedForDetail

Needs to be piecemarked: Yes or No . This applies mainly when User and Site Options > Modeling > " Process within member edit " is turned off and " Automatically process after modeling operation " is set to ' Do nothing '.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have not yet been piecemarked. To change the " Needs to be piecemarked " status of such a member, Process and Create Solids .

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have been assigned piecemarks.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Advanced Selection: MarkedForReAssignPiecemark
Parametric module: MarkedForReAssignPiecemark

On sheet: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose details have been placed onto detail sheets and to members that are part of any group member that has been placed onto a detail sheet.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for any member whose detail has not yet been placed onto a detail sheet. The condition is also true for members that have no details. To change the status of such a member, you can use Detail Sheet Autoloading or Sheet Item Add to place the detail of the member onto a sheet.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' here to define a single priority 1 condition. You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Magenta ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any member in your current view whose detail is on a sheet is displayed in the color magenta.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Drawing Data: On sheet
Hide Items: On sheet
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.detailIsPlacedOnDetailSheet
Advanced Selection: DetailIsPlacedOnDetailSheet
Parametric module: DetailIsPlacedOnDetailSheet

Plotted: Yes or No . This Status Display option tracks printing of members on sheets using Plotting . It does not track members that have been printed using Home > Export > 2D > Export PDF Drawings .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose details have been printed. A printed detail is a member detail that has been placed onto a detail sheet and been printed.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose details have not yet been printed. To change the status of a member whose detail has not yet been printed, Plot the sheet on which that member's detail has been placed.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' for " Plotted ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Green ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any member in your current view whose detail has been printed is displayed in the color green.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Drawing Data: Last printed
Status Report by XXX: Last printed
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.MarkedForPlot
Advanced Selection: MarkedForPlot
Parametric module: MarkedForPlot

Graphically altered members: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose main material has been altered by the user -- for example, by cutting the main material or by doing an Edit Material operation on the main material. On the General Information window of the main material for a " Graphically altered member ," you will find that the material is tagged as " User modified main member material ." All miscellaneous member materials that are " Main member material " are tagged as user modified. On the edit window of a non-miscellaneous " Graphically altered member " such as a beam, column, vertical brace or horizontal brace, you will find the following indicator:

Main material :

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that do not have graphically altered main material. On the General Information window for the main material of such members, you will find that the material is tagged as " System generated main member material ."

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' for " Graphically altered member ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, ' Maroon ' as the display item's color and ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with main material that has been graphically altered (cut using material options ) are displayed in the color maroon.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Also see: To change the status of a " graphically altered member ," you can change the member's " Main material " to (or do a Change User Main Material to System ), then press " OK " so that Create Solids is performed and the main material is regenerated.

Report Writer: Member.Conditions.MarkedAsGraphicallyAltered
Advanced Selection: MarkedAsGraphicallyAltered
Parametric module: MarkedAsGraphicallyAltered

Graphically altered material: Yes or No . ' Member ' must be selected in order to permit this option to color code materials. This option does not work when ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected as the item to be color coded.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for system connection material that has been made graphical . On the General Information window for graphically altered material, you will find that the material is tagged as " User modified connection material ." Under the " Information " leaf on the edit windows of members that have graphically altered connection material, you will find that the box for " Graphical " is checked:

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that are not graphically altered system connection materials.

Material display: This condition affects the display of material. Members must be displayed in one of the three solid forms in order for you to color code materials. Also, ' Member ' must be selected as part of the display logic for this condition.

Tip: To get a similar status display, but for members instead of materials, use " Graphical connections " under " Search ."

Topic: Graphical connections
Change Options: Change Graphically Altered to System Connections

Non-graphical main material with user added holes: Yes or No . This applies to the member types beams, columns, vertical braces, horizontal braces, girts, purlins, stairs. It does not apply to miscellaneous members. On stairs, the stringers are the main material.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for non-miscellaneous members whose main material has holes that were added using Add Holes . Matched holes generated durin g Create Solids or Match Holes are not user holes. To change the status of the member, you need to delete the holes.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose main materials do not have user-added holes.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Purpose of this option: When a user places holes on a member main material using Add Holes , the main material does not turn graphical, and the holes are preserved through Create Solids . This status option gives you a way to color code such members so that you easily identify them on screen for quick checking.

User created material: Yes or No . ' Member ' must be selected in order to permit this option to color code materials. This option does not work when ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected as the item to be color coded.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for material that has been added using Add Miscellaneous Member , Add Material , Copy Material , Add Assembly or Run Parametric .

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for system connection material. That is, it is true for material generated during Create Solids , for example, when beams, columns and braces were added or edited.

Material display: This status condition affects the display of submaterials. Members must be displayed in one of the three solid forms in order for this condition to be capable of affecting the display of the submaterials of those members. Also, ' Member ' must be selected as part of the display logic for this condition.

User assigned piecemarks: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have been assigned user piecemarks or which have not yet been assigned any piecemark.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have automatically been assigned piecemarks in the last phase of Create Solids .

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Advanced Selection: SystemPiecemark
Parametric module: SystemPiecemark
Hide Items window: User assigned piecemarks
Modeling and Drawing Editor: Change User Piecemarks to System
Modeling and Drawing Editor: Change System Piecemarks to User

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------ Approval and modeling ------

Model complete date: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

This example results in all model complete members in your current Modeling view being color coded cyan . To enter ** NOT SET ** , type 0 then press Tab . See example 2.

Example 1: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " Model complete date ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign a display color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with a " Model complete " date that is within the date range you entered are displayed in the color you selected.

Example 2: Same as above, except that you enter ' is not ' and enter '** NOT SET **' for both " From " and " To ." Those members in your current view that have a " Model complete date " other than '** NOT SET **' are displayed in the color you designated.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: Process and Create Solids cannot change a member that has its " Model complete " date set, nor can it generate connections on members that frame to such a member. Materials , bolts , welds and holes cannot be added to, copied to, deleted from, or changed on the member. The member cannot be erased or deleted. All settings on the member's edit window become read-only ( disabled ), although users can change status settings that do not affect piecemarking or detailing. Also, users can change the member's detail.

Status Update: Model completed
Member Edit Window: Model complete date
Search: Frames to Model Complete
Hide Items: Model complete
Status Report by XXX: Model complete
Report Writer: Member.DateModelCompleted

Detail complete date: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " Detail complete date ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Blue ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view whose details have been assigned a " Detail complete " date within the designated date range are displayed in blue.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: Setting a detail complete date prevents a drawing from being automatically detailed . Users can Save changes made in the Drawing Editor to a drawing designated as complete, but to do so they need to override the detail complete date. A detail complete date can be assigned to a group member as well as to a member.

Warning: In views that display a great number of members, setting a status display color for members with a detail complete date may cause Redraw to slow down.

Hide Items: Detail complete
Drawing Data: Detail complete
Status Update: Detail complete
Other ways to set: Open and Exit
Status Report by XXX: Detail complete
Report Writer: Member.DateDetailCompleted
Status Display (for materials): Material status > Material detail complete date

Member left end locked: Yes or No . The check box found on the [ Left end settings ] banner of a member's edit window can be used to lock/unlock that member's left end .

Member left end locked ( ):

Member left end unlocked ( ):

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have their [ Left end settings ] locked ( ) on their edit window ( Beam or Column or Horizontal Brace or Vertical Brace or etc.).

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have their [ Left end settings ] unlocked ( ) ..

A column member's left end is its bottom end. The check box for locking the left end of a column is found on the column edit window's [ Bottom end settings ] banner.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Update: Lock left/right end
Model complete: Lock Ends on Model Complete Members

Member right end locked: Yes or No . Same as " Member left end locked ," except that this applies to a member's right end.

Member piecemark frozen: Yes or No .

Member piecemark frozen :

Member piecemark not frozen :

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members with frozen piecemarks. Members with frozen piecemarks have a number greater than 0 entered as the " Piecemark group " on their edit window ( Beam Edit or Column Edit or etc.).

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose piecemarks are not frozen. Members whose piecemarks are not frozen have ' 0 ' assigned as their " Piecemark group " on their edit window.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Tools: Freeze Piecemark , Thaw Piecemark
Status Update: Piecemark status (can be set to ' Freeze ' or ' Thaw ')
Member edit windows: Frozen piecemark , Piecemark group
Also see: Frozen piecemarks (topic)

Member detail frozen: Yes or No . When a member detail is frozen, it is in a read-only state.

Member detail frozen :

Member detail not frozen :

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have a " Detail frozen " date set on their Drawing Data window in the Drawing Editor.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose details have ' **NOT SET** " as their entry to " Detail frozen " on their Drawing Data window. The condition is also true for members that have no details.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Related tools: You can press the " View detail " button on the member edit window to confirm that the detail is or is not frozen. Or choose View > Show detail .

Drawing Data: Detail frozen
Status Update: Detail frozen date

Submitted for approval: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' to " Submitted for approval ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Orange ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with a " Submitted for approval " date within the date range are displayed in orange.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: A " Submitted for approval " date may be the date when documents pertaining to particular members were sent for engineering approval, but ultimately the term is entirely user-definable.

Status Update: Submitted for approval
Member Status Review: Submitted for approval
Status Report by XXX: Submitted for approval
Report Writer: Member.SentForApprovalDate

Received from approval: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " Received from approval ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Maroon ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with a " Received from approval " date within the date range are displayed in the color maroon.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: A " Received from approval " date may be the date when documents pertaining to particular members were returned from the engineering office after having been reviewed, but ultimately the term is entirely user-definable.

Status Update: Received from approval
Member Status Review: Received from approval
Status Report by XXX: Received from approval
Report Writer: Member.DateReceivedApproval

Approval status: ' Approved ' or ' Approved as noted ' or ' Resubmit ' or ' Rejected ' or ' Not reviewed '.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Update: Approval status
Member Status Review: Approval status
Status Report by XXX: Approval status
Report Writer: Member.ApprovalStatus

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------ Fabrication status ------

Projected: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example 1: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " Projected ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign a particular display color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with a " Projected for fabrication " date within the date range you entered are displayed in the color you selected.

Example 2: Same as above, except that you enter ' is not '. Any members in your current view with a " Projected for fabrication " date that is not within the date range are displayed in the color you designated (including members to which no " Projected for fabrication " date has been assigned).

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: A " Projected for fabrication " date may signify the date at which the member is scheduled to be fabricated, but ultimately the term is entirely user-definable.

Status Update: Projected for fabrication
Member Status Review: Projected fabrication complete
Status Report by XXX: Projected for fabrication
Report Writer: Member.ProjectedDateToShop

Approved: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. See entering dates

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " Approved ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign a particular display color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view whose " Approval status " is ' Approved ' or ' Approved as noted ' and whose " Received from approval " date is within the range entered above are displayed in the color you selected.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Released: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' to " Released ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Blue ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press the " OK " button, any members in your current view with a " Released for fabrication " date within the date range you entered are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The " Released for fabrication " date may signify the date on which the member's detail was sent to the shop so that the member could be fabricated, but ultimately the term is entirely user-definable.

Status Update: Released for fabrication
Member Status Review: Released for fabrication
Status Report by XXX: Released for fabrication
Report Writer: Member.ActualDateToShop

Completed: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' to " Completed ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Cyan ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with a " Fabrication completed " date within the date range you entered are displayed in the color cyan.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The " Fabrication complete " date may signify the date which the member was fabricated in the shop and is ready to ship, but ultimately the term is user-definable.

Status Update: Fabrication complete
Member Status Review: Fabrication completed
Status Report by XXX: Fabrication complete
Report Writer: Member.DateFabricationCompleted

Schedule met: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose " Fabrication complete " date is less than its " Projected for fabrication " date.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for any member whose " Fabrication completed " date is greater than its fabrication " Projected for fabrication " date.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Report by XXX: Fabrication completed on time

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------ Shipping and erection status ------

Shipping projected: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example 1: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range " Shipping projected ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Orange ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press the " OK " button, any members in your current view with a " Projected to ship " date within the date range you entered are displayed in the color orange.

Example 2: Same as above, except that you enter ' is not '. Any members in your current view with a " Projected to ship " date that is not within the date range are displayed in the color orange (including members to which no " Projected to ship " date has been assigned).

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The " Projected to ship " date may signify the date which the member is scheduled to be shipped, but ultimately the term is user-definable.

Status Update: Projected to ship
Member Status Review: Projected shipped date
Status Report by XXX: Projected to ship
Report Writer: Member.ProjectDateToShip

Shipping actual: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " Shipping actual ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Magenta ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with an " Actual ship date " within the date range you entered are displayed in the color magenta.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The " Actual ship date " may signify the date which the member was transported to the construction site, but ultimately the term is user-definable.

Status Update: Actually shipped
Member Status Review: Actual ship date
Status Report by XXX: Actually shipped
Report Writer: Member.ActualDateShipped

Shipping schedule met: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true when a member's shipping schedule has been met. A member's shipping schedule is met when its " Shipping actual " date is less than its " Shipping projected " date.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true when a member's shipping schedule has not been met. A member whose shipping schedule has not been met is any member whose " Shipping actual " date is greater than its " Shipping projected " date.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Report by XXX: Shipped on time

At job site: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range to " At job site ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign ' Orange ' as the display item's color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with a " Received on job site " date within the date range you entered are displayed in the color orange.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The ' Received on job site " date is usually interpreted as signifying the date which the member was taken into inventory at the construction site, but ultimately the term is user-definable.

Status Update: Received on job site
Member Status Review: Received on job site
Status Report by XXX: Received at jobsite
Report Writer: Member.DateReceivedAtJobsite

Erected: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example 1: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range here, to " Erected ." You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign a particular display color and choose ' any ' as the display logic function. When you press " OK ," any members in your current view with an " Erected " date within the date range you entered are displayed in the color you selected.

Example 2: Same as above, except that you enter ' is not '. Any members in your current view with an " Erected " date not within the date range are displayed in the color you selected (including members to which no " Erected " date has been assigned).

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Note: The " Erected " date is usually interpreted as signifying the date which the member was actually incorporated into the structure being built, but ultimately the term is user-definable.

Status Update: Erected
Member Status Review: Erected
Status Report by XXX: Erected
Report Writer: Member.DateErected

Member lift assignment ' is / is not ' assigned to be lifted by a particular ' crane (placement) '. In the example below, TEREX is the crane and P2 is the placement .

VIDEO The Status Display condition " Member lift assignment " is used to display all members that have been assigned to a particular crane placement. This result is then shown to match the list of lifts that opens for Managed Lifts . The Status Display user interface has changed since this video was made.

When you select a particular ' crane (placement) ', the condition reported in the " Legend " becomes " Members assigned to be lifted by crane ' crane ' at placement ' (placement) '."

To get a crane: Your current version of this program ( SDS2 ) may or may not have crane tools enabled.

Example: The crane named TEREX has two placements, P1 and P2. Consequently, ' TEREX (P1) ' and ' TEREX (P2) ' are selectable options for this field. You select ' TEREX (P1) ' then press create a new condition and select ' TEREX (P2) '. You select ' Member ' as the display item, then assign a display color and ' any ' as the display logic to apply to the two condition statements, which in the " Legend " are as follows:

" Members assigned to be lifted by crane 'TEREX' at placement 'P1 ' 
" Members assigned to be lifted by crane 'TEREX' at placement 'P2'

Since P1 and P2 are the only placements assigned to crane TEREX , when you press the " OK " button or the " Apply " button, all members that are to be lifted by the crane TEREX are displayed in the color you specified.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Display Options: Cranes , Crane placements .
Member edit window: Lift assignment

Assigned members liftable: Yes or No . Members may be assigned to be lifted at a particular crane placement using Assign Member Lifts or various other tools that may or may not be enabled in your current version of this program ( SDS2 ).

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members that are liftable.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have failed or which have not yet had any lifts assigned.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Assigned members critical: Yes or No . A member has its lift " Status " marked as ' Success (Critical) ' when the " % Capacity " for either the pick point or set point is higher than a percentage value such as 75% or 80%. The exact percentage at which a crane's lift is considered to be critical is dependent on the crane. Members may be assigned to be lifted at a particular crane placement using Assign Member Lifts or various other tools that may or may not be enabled in your current version of this program ( SDS2 ).

VIDEO Managed Lifts is used to add weight to create a critical lift. Status Display is used to show the " Assigned members critical " member in orange and the other members assigned to a particular placement in green. The Status Display user interface has changed since this video was made.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members whose lift " Status " is marked as ' Success (Critical) '.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members other than those members whose lift " Status " is marked as ' Success (Critical) '.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

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------ Member status ------

Member section size: ' any section size ' that is listed in the local shape file . Text case does not matter (e.g., w14x90 is interpreted as being the same as W14x90 ).

Or you can type in the section size.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' W14x90 ' along with ' Member ' as the display item, a display color and ' any ' as the display logic. The " Legend " will read: "[the selected color] when any of these conditions are true: Member Section Size is W14x90." When you press the " OK " button or the " Apply " button, those members in your current view with the above-listed section size are displayed in the selected color.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Also see: To set the display of submaterials (including member main material), see " Material section size ." The function keys F10-F12 and the * key on the keypad can be used to type in a section size.

Advanced Selection: SectionSize
Parametric module: SectionSize

Member type: ' Beam ' and/or ' Joist ' and/or ' Horizontal brace ' and/or ' Miscellaneous ' and/or ' Column ' and/or ' Stair ' and/or ' Vertical brace ' and/or ' Purlin ' and/or ' Anchor rod ' and/or ' Embed plate ' and/or ' Handrail ' and/or ' Anchor rod ' and/or ' Embed plate ' and/or ' Handrail ' and/or any other custom member type whose parametric script has been placed in the plugins folder that is used by your current version of SDS2 or into the plugins folder that is used by your current Job. For example, if the caged ladder custom member plugin has been placed into either of those folders, ' Caged Ladder ' is selectable on the list box ( ) for this option.

VIDEO ' By Status Display ' is selected as the selection filter and configured -- using Member status > Member type on the Status Display window -- to select handrail members.

This example is for Status Select , not Status Display . It selects all W18x35 beams in your current view.

You can select multiple member types (items) as demonstrated below:

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Example: You want to hide handrail members because they clutter your view. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Handrail ' as the " Custom member type " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' masked ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," any handrail custom members that are in your current view are made invisible.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Steel grade: ' any steel grade ' that is listed at Home > Project Settings > Job > Material Grades .

Example: All main materials in your current Job have a steel grade of A992. All connection materials use A36 as the steel grade. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' A992 ' as the " Steel grade " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Steel grade is A992." When you press " OK ," all members are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Advanced Selection: MaterialGrade
Parametric module: MaterialGrade
Change Options: Steel Grade ( )

Galvanized: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for any member that has been set to be " Galvanized " on its edit window.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that have not been set to be galvanized.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member edit windows: Galvanized
Status Update: Galvanized
Hide Items: Galvanized

Surface Finish: any surface finish ' that is listed at Home > Project Settings > Job > Surface Finishes

Example: All members in the current Job have a surface finish of Red oxide. Two members are set to Gray Oxide For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Red oxide ' as the " Surface finish " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Surface finish is Red oxide." When you press " OK ," all members except for two are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Report Writer:MemberMaterial.Material.SurfaceFinish
Setup:Surface Finish Settings
Update Attributes:Surface finish reset:
Update Attributes:Surface finish value:

Composite: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for beams with " Composite design " checked ( ) on their Beam Edit windows.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members (any type) that are not composite.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Beam Edit window: " Composite design "
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.Composite
Advanced Selection: m.Composite
Parametric module: m.Composite

Has field weld: Yes or No .

The Priority 2 condition color codes (cyan) those members that have at least one field weld. The Priority 1 condition color codes red the field welds themselves. Switching the order of these priorities would give different results. If the priority 2 condition were to be made priority 1, the field weld would not be red -- it would be cyan along with the member.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true when a member has a 3D weld that is set to " Field weld ."

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true when a member does not have any of its 3D welds set to " Field weld ."

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Erection view detailing: Show field welds

Has input setback: Yes or No .

Edit window option that affects " Has input setback "
Beam	" Input material setback "
Column	" Material setback "

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when a user has entered a value to " Input material setback " on a Beam Edit window, or when a user has made an entry to " Material setback " on a Column Edit window. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with input setbacks (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those ends that have an input setback are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have a left-end input setback are color coded. For a column, the bottom end is its left end.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) when no entry has been made to " Input material setback " (both ends, Beam Edit window) and an " Auto " entry has been made to " Material setback " (both ends, Column Edit window).

Change: Input to AUTO Material Setback

Category: ' any category ' that is listed in Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Category Settings .

Example: You enter $xx/hr and a number of other categories to Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Category Settings . You apply these categories to individual members in the model using " Member category " on the Status Review window. For priority 1 in the active status display file (this window), you select ' $xx/hr ' using the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Green ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," those members in your current view that are assigned the category " $xx/hr " are displayed in the color green.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Update: Category
Member Status Review: Member category
Status Report by XXX: Category
Hide Items: Category
Report Writer: Member.CategoryDescription

Member route 'Mult Cutting #' or ' ... ': ' any routing definition ' entered to the User Routing Settings window under the tab (on that window) for routing configuration 1 '.

Example: In Fabricator Options , you enter " Galvanized " and a number of other categories to the User Routing Settings window for routing configuration 1. You apply these categories to individual members in the model using " Member route . . . " on the Status Review window. For priority 1 in the active status display file (this window), you select " Galvanized " using the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Cyan ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," those members in your current view that have been assigned the route definition " Galvanized " are displayed in the color cyan.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Update: Route...
Member Status Review: Mult Cutting # or . ..
Status Report by XXX: Mult Cutting # or . .
Report Writer: Member.Route1Description

Member route 'Labor Code' or ' ... ': Same as above , except that here you enter a definition from user routing configuration 2 .

Member route 'Job Cost Code' or ' ... ': Same as above , except that here you enter a definition from user routing configuration 3 .

Member route 'Remarks' or ' ... ': Same as above , except that here you enter a definition from user routing configuration 4 .

Member custom property: This status option lets you select a particular custom property and write an expression to color code, isolate, mask or make translucent those members which have been assigned a particular value or range of values for that custom property. Before using this option , you should have assigned properties to members by pressing the " Properties " button on a member edit window (for example, " Properties " on the Column Edit window).

Example :

-- is true for members whose "BackCheckedBy" entry is 'dld'

1 . Select a custom property. All custom properties for members are listed on this list box ( ). Example: "BackCheckedBy" is the custom property selected for the expression in the above example. If you find that no properties are listed , then you probably selected ' None ' as the " Flavor " at startup time.

2 . Select the operator you want to use to evaluate values that have been entered for the selected custom property. Example: "=" is the operator selected in the above example.

=	equal to		|=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

3 . Enter (or select) the value you want to evaluate. Example: "dld" is the value entered in the above example. Tip : Be aware that specific types of custom property fields allow specific types of entries -- see Note 1.

4 . Set the status display logic , etc.

Note 1: Entries to a custom property can be a ' String ' (allows any characters) or ' Number ' (allows decimals, whole numbers or fractions) or ' Boolean ' ( or ) or ' Dimension ' (allows dimensions) or ' Date ' (allows dates).

Note 2: Even strings (aaa < bbb) can be evaluated numerically. And so can dates (**NOT SET** < Feb 5 2007 < Feb 8 2007).

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member notes: Yes or No . Notes may be added to a particular member by pressing " Properties " button on a member edit window (for example, " Properties " on the Column Edit window).

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members for which " Notes " have been entered.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members for which no " Notes " have been entered.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member description: Any string of characters. Text case does not matter.

Example :

Typing misc or Misc would get you the exact same result.

This condition is true for members whose " Member description " is composed of the same letters as the string that is entered here.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member Status Review: Member description
Drawing Data: Drawing description

HSS long side orientation: Vertical or Horizontal . This applies to vertical braces and horizontal braces whose " Section size " is an HSS rectangular or tube section.

When ' Vertical ' is selected, the condition is true for vertical braces whose " Long side " is set to ' Vertical ' and horizontal braces whose " Long side " is set to ' Vertical ."

When ' Horizontal ' is selected, the condition is true for vertical braces whose " Long side " is set to ' Horizontal ' and horizontal braces whose " Long side " is set to ' Horizontal '.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Vertical Brace Edit: Long side
Horizontal Brace Edit: Long side

Swap member ends : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for beams, braces and joists that have " Swap member ends " turned on (checked) on their edit window.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for beams, braces and joists that have " Swap member ends " turned off (not checked) on their edit window. The ' No ' condition is also true for columns.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Swap member ends
Horizontal Brace Edit: Swap member ends
Vertical Brace Edit: Swap member ends
Joist Edit: Swap member ends

Auto minus dimension : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that may be true for members that have " Automatic minus dimension " selected on their edit windows. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with an auto minus dimension (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have an auto minus dimension are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have a left-end auto minus dimension are color coded.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for members that do not have an auto minus dimension on either end. If ' Ends ' or ' Lef t' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may also be true for other circumstances.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Automatic minus dimension (left or right end)
Column Edit: Minus dimension (left or right end)
Horizontal Brace Edit: Automatic minus dimension (left or right end)
Vertical Brace Edit: Automatic minus dimension (left or right end)

Auto material setback : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that may be true for beams and columns that have auto material setbacks (either end) . The ' Yes ' condition may also true for braces and joists. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with an auto material setback (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have an auto material setback are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have a left-end auto material setback are color coded.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for members that do not have an auto material setback on either end. If ' Ends ' or ' Lef t' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may also be true for other circumstances.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Automatic material setback (left or right end)
Column Edit: Material setback (left or right end)

Left end minus dimension : A positive or negative distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ). Normally a minus dimension is positive, but users are permitted to enter a negative minus dimension in order to extend the member.

Left end minus dimension   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Left end display: When this condition is true, ' Ends ' or ' Left ' along with a color selection color codes a member's left end only. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Input minus dimension or Automatic minus dimension
Column Edit: Minus dimension
Horizontal Brace Edit: Input minus dimension or Automatic minus dimension
Vertical Brace Edit: Input minus dimension or Automatic minus dimension

Right end minus dimension : Same as " Left end minus dimension ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end field clearance : A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ).

Left end field clearance   =  distance

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Left end display: When this condition is true, ' Ends ' or ' Left ' along with a color selection color codes a member's left end only. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Field clearance (left end)
Horizontal Brace Edit: Field clearance (left end)
Vertical Brace Edit: Field clearance (left end)

Right end field clearance : Same as " Left end field clearance ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end material setback : A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ).

Left end material setback   =  distance

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Left end display: When this condition is true, ' Ends ' or ' Left ' along with a color selection color codes a member's left end only. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Input material setback or Automatic material setback (left end)
Column Edit: Material setback (left end)

Right end material setback : Same as " Left end material setback ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end connection setback : A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ).

Left end connection setback   =  distance

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 25mm ' is converted to ' 1 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1in ' is converted to ' 25 '.

Left end display: When this condition is true, ' Ends ' or ' Left ' along with a color selection color codes a member's left end only. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Connection setback

Right end connection setback : Same as " Left end connection setback ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end shear load : A load (in kips for ' Imperial ', kilonewtons for ' Metric ').

Left end shear load  = shear

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Left end display: When this condition is true, ' Ends ' or ' Left ' along with a color selection color codes a member's left end only. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Shear load

Right end shear load : Same as " Left end shear load ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end story shear : A load (in kips for ' Imperial ', kilonewtons for ' Metric ').

Left end story load  = story load

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Left end display: When this condition is true, a color and either ' Ends ' or ' Left ' color codes a member's left end. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Story shear

Right end story shear : Same as " Left end story shear ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end moment load : A moment load (in kip-in or kip-ft for ' Imperial ', kilonewton-meters for ' Metric '). Note that moment loads can be positive or negative. On a beam, the sign of the left end moment defaults to positive and that of the right end defaults to negative.

Left end moment load  = moment (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Note: A beam must have a left-end moment connection (see " Moment type ") before this condition can discover a moment load on the left end of that beam. Moment loads on the end of a member are not applicable when the member does not have a moment connection.

Left end display: When this condition is true, a color and either ' Ends ' or ' Left ' color codes a member's left end. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s ' can be selected.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Moment load
Column Edit: Moment

Right end moment load : Same as " Left end moment load ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end tension load : A load (in kips for ' Imperial ', kilonewtons for ' Metric ').

Left end tension load  = tension

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Left end display: When this condition is true, a color and either ' Ends ' or ' Left ' color codes a member's left end. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Tension load
Column Edit: Splice uplift
Horizontal Brace Edit: Tension load
Vertical Brace Edit: Tension load

Right end tension load : Same as " Left end tension load ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end compression load : A load (in kips for ' Imperial ', kilonewtons for ' Metric ').

Left end compression load  = compression

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Left end display: When this condition is true, a color and either ' Ends ' or ' Left ' color codes a member's left end. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Compression load
Column Edit: Load
Horizontal Brace Edit: Compression load
Vertical Brace Edit: Compression load

Right end compression load : Same as " Left end compression load ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Left end moment type : Non moment or Welded moment or Bolted moment . Beams can have their " Moment type " set to ' Welded moment ' or ' Bolted moment '.

Moment type  Non moment

Example: Columns and braces and joists are, by default, considered to be ' Non moment ," and you can't add moment connections to them. If you want to find beams with non moment connections, you can set two conditions under the priority and make sure that ' all ' those two conditions are true. Those two conditions should be "Left end moment type = Non moment" and " Member type = Beam."

Left end display: When this condition is true, a color and either ' Ends ' or ' Left ' color codes a member's left end. ' Member ' color codes the entire member.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit:   Moment type

Right end moment type : Same as " Left end moment type ," except that this applies to a member's right end .

Rolling operation : No roll or Camber annotation or Weak axis or Strong axis or Camber or Camber (both) . A " Rolling operation " can be applied to beams. A " Rolling operation " can also be applied to miscellaneous members that are rolled sections or bars.

Rolling operation  No roll

Example: Columns and braces and joists and stairs are, by default, considered to be ' No roll ," and you can't add rolling operations to them. If you want to find beams with rolling operations, you can set two conditions under the priority and make sure that ' all ' those two conditions are true. Those two conditions should be "Left end moment type = Non moment" and " Member type = Beam."

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit:   Rolling operation

Mid-ordinate : A positive or negative distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ).

Mid-ordinate   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit:   Mid-ordinate

Included angle : A positive or negative angle (degrees).

Included angle   =  angle

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Included angle

Rolling radius : A positive or negative distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ).

Rolling radius   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 1524mm ' is converted to ' 5-0 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 5-0in ' is converted to ' 1524 '.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Rolling radius

Spiral offset : A positive or negative distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ).

Rolling radius   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Beam Edit: Spiral offset

Member number : You can select one or more members. All members in the model are available on the list that you can select from. Each listing represents a single member.

Example :

Member number  [17] B_17

More than one member can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Topic: Member number
Topic: Member piecemarks

Member piecemark : You can select one or more members . All members in the model are available on the list that you can select from. Since multiple members may be batched under a single member piecemark, each listing may represent one or more members.

Example :

Member piecemark  B_17

More than one piecemark can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Topic: Member piecemarks

Grouped member : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for members that have been grouped using Create Group Member .

' No ' sets a condition that is true for members that have not been grouped.

Member display: The same members (all members in each member group) are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Color codes members in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Tool for grouping members: Create Group Member

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Group piecemark : You can select one or more group members. All group members in the model are available on the list that you can select from. Since multiple group members may be batched under a single group member piecemark, each listing may represent one or more group members.

Example :

Member piecemark  GM_102

More than one piecemark can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The same members (all members in each member group) are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Group Member Edit: System piecemark or User piecemark .

Group description : Any string of characters. Text case does not matter.

Example :

Group description    TRUSS

Typing truss or Truss would get you the exact same result.

Member display: The same members (all members in each member group) are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Group Member Edit: Description

Group galvanized : Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for group members that have been set to " Galvanized ."

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for group members that are not galvanized as well as for beams, columns and braces.

Example: If you want to color code group members that have not been group galvanized, you can set two conditions under the priority and make sure that ' all ' those two conditions are true. Those two conditions should be "Group galvanized = No" and " Grouped member = Yes."

Member display: The same members (all members in each member group) are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Group Member Edit: Galvanized

Group custom property : A group member property applies to the group member itself, not to any of the submembers that make up that group member. This status option lets you select a particular custom property and write an expression to color code, isolate, mask or make translucent which custom group members have been assigned a particular value or range of values for that custom property. Before using this option, you should have assigned properties to group members by pressing the " Properties " button on the Group Member Edit window.

Example :

Custom property   CheckedBy =  John

-- is true for members whose "CheckedBy" entry is 'John'

1 . Select a custom property. All custom properties for group members are listed on this list box ( ). Example: "CheckedBy" is the custom property selected for the expression in the above example. If you find that no properties are listed , then ' None ' was probably selected as the " Flavor " at startup time.

2 . Select the operator you want to use to evaluate values that have been entered for the selected custom property. Example: "=" is the operator selected in the above example.

=	equal to		|=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

3 . Enter (or select) the value you want to evaluate. Example: "John" is the value entered in the above example. Tip : Be aware that specific types of custom property fields allow specific types of entries -- see Note 1.

4 . Set the status display logic , etc.

Note 1: Entries to a custom property can be a ' String ' (allows any characters) or ' Number ' (allows decimals, whole numbers or fractions) or ' Boolean ' ( or ) or ' Dimension ' (allows dimensions) or ' Date ' (allows dates).

Note 2: Even strings (aaa < bbb) can be evaluated numerically. And so can dates (**NOT SET** < Feb 5 2007 < Feb 8 2007).

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Status Select & Filter: Can select ' Members ' or ' Member ends ' or ' Connection component s '.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Group Member Edit: The " Properties " button at the bottom of the window.

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------ Material status ------

Material section size: ' any section size ' that is listed in the local shape file '. Text case does not matter (e.g., w14x90 is interpreted as being the same as W14x90 ).

Or you can type in the section size

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' W16x50 ' as the " Material section size " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Red ' and ' any '. The " Legend ' will read: "Red when any of these conditions are true: Section size is W16x50." When you press the " OK " button or the " Apply " button, those W16x50 sections in your current view that are in a solids form are displayed in the color red.

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. To color code all materials, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only member main materials, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Also see: See " Member section size " to color code the entire member (in stick or solids form) per its main material section size. The function keys F10-F12 and the * key on the keypad can be used to type in a section size.

Material steel grade: ' any steel grade ' that is listed at Home > Project Settings > Job > Material Grades . This condition can affect the display of submaterials and member main materials.

Note that ' None ' is used in this example. The condition and display logic color codes ( maroon ) those materials in your current view that do not have A36 or A992 as their steel grade.

Available grades: The list box for this condition includes all of the grades that are listed at Home > Project Settings > Job > Material Grades .

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. To color code all materials, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only member main materials, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material steel grade ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Material plate thickness: This applies to all plate materials, including rectangular plate , bent plate , round plate , rolled plate , flat plate layout and bent plate layout materials.

1/2 inch plates are included in both ranges in this example. Since priority 1 takes precedence, 1/2 inch plates will be displayed in the color cyan (not as orange).

Imperial or metric: You can enter thicknesses in the primary dimension " Units " or other units .

Gage thicknesses may be designated with an entry such as 11ga .

Range: You can enter a range (e.g., 0 to 1/2 ) or the same thickness twice (e.g., 1/2 to 1/2 ).

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. To ensure that all plate materials are color coded, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only the main materials of welded plate members, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material plate thickness ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Rectangular Plate Material: Material thickness
Bent Plate Material: Material thickness
Round Plate Material: Material thickness
Rolled Plate Material: Material thickness
Flat Plate Layout: Material thickness
Bent Plate Layout: Material thickness

Material fitted, mitred or coped: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for materials on which any of the following Fit operations have been performed: Exact Fit or Mitre or Cope or Notch . The condition is also true when certain " Drain/Vent Hole " patterns have been added in the Base/Cap Plate Schedule . To undo a Fit operation, open the affected material's edit window, press " OK ," then press the " Yes " button on the confirmation dialog that opens.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials on which a Material Fit operation has not been performed.

Material display: This status condition affects the display of submaterials. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per the display logic that is set for this status condition. ' Member ' should be selected as the display item.

Material Edit Warning: Cut or fit operation will be lost
Advanced Selection: IsMaterialFittedMitredOrCoped
Parametric module: IsMaterialFittedMitredOrCoped

Material bent: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that have been bent using Bend on Line or Bend on Radius Point . To undo such a bend operation, open the affected material's edit window, press " OK ," then press the " Yes " button on the confirmation dialog that opens.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that have not been bent using Bend on Line or Bend on Radius Point .

Material display: This status condition affects the display of submaterials. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per the display logic that is set for this status condition. ' Member ' should be selected as the display item.

Advanced Selection: IsMaterialBent
Parametric module: IsMaterialBent

Material stretched: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true when a Stretch Material operation has been performed on a material. To undo a Stretch Material operation, open the affected material's edit window, press " OK ," then press the " Yes " button on the confirmation dialog that opens.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that have not been stretched.

Material display: This status condition affects the display of submaterials. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per the display logic that is set for this status condition. ' Member ' should be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material stretched ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Advanced Selection: IsMaterialStretched
Parametric module: IsMaterialStretched

Material surface finish: 'is/is not ' ' 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 '.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' is not ' along with ' Red oxide ' for " Material Surface finish " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Cyan ' and ' any '. The " Legend ' will read: "Cyan when any of these conditions are true: Material surface finish is not Red oxide." When you press the " OK " button or the " Apply " button, all materials with a surface finish other than red oxide are shown in the color cyan.

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. To color code all materials, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only member main materials, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material surface finish ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Report Writer: MemberMaterial.Material.SurfaceFinish

Channel toe direction: In or Out .

The condition and display logic shown here can display channels whose " Toe direction " is set to ' In ' in the color orange .

Material display: This status condition affects the display of submaterials. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per the display logic set for this status condition. To color code all materials, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only member main materials, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Rolled Section Material: Toe direction

Angle long leg orientation: Vertical or Horizontal .

The condition and display logic shown here can display channels whose " Long leg " is set to ' Vertical ' in the color green .

Material display: This status condition affects the display of submaterials. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per the display logic set for this status condition. To color code all materials, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only member main materials, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Rolled Section Material: Long leg

Material route 'Mult Cutting #' or ' ... ': ' any routing definition ' entered to the User Routing Settings window for user routing configuration 1 '.

Example: In Fabricator Options , you enter " Galvanized " and a number of other categories to the User Routing Settings window for routing configuration 1. You apply these categories to individual members in the model using " Material route . . . " on the General Information window. On the Status Display window (this window), you select " Galvanized " using the "file cabinet" browse button ( ), and then you enter ' Member ' and ' Aqua ' and ' any ' to define the condition statement. When you press the " OK " button, materials in your current view that have been assigned the route definition " Galvanized " are displayed in aqua.

Material route 'Labor Code' or ' ... ': Same as above , except that this applies to definitions set up for user routing configuration 2 .

Material route 'Job Cost Code' or ' ... ': Same as above , except that this applies to definitions set up for user routing configuration 3 .

Material route 'Remarks' or ' ... ': Same as above , except that this applies to definitions set up for user routing configuration 4 .

Material custom property: This status option lets you select a particular custom property and write an expression to color code which materials have been assigned a particular value or range of values for that custom property. Before using this option: Material schema must have been defined in Setup , and you also should have assigned custom properties to materials by pressing the " Properties " button on the General Information window. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per a status condition that is set using this option.

Example :

-- is true for materials whose "date_checked" date is **NOT CHECKED** or earlier than Feb 6 2007.

1 . Select a custom property. All custom properties for materials are listed in the list box ( ). Example: "date_checked" is the custom property selected for the expression in the above example. If no custom property is listed, then no material schema have been added in Setup .

2 . Select the operator you want to use to evaluate values that have been entered for the selected custom property. Example: "<" is the operator selected in the above example.

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

3 . Enter (or select) the value you want to evaluate. Example: "Feb 6 2007" is the value entered in the above example. Tip : Be aware that specific types of custom property fields allow specific types of entries -- see Note 1.

4 . Set the status display logic , etc.

Note 1: Entries to a custom property can be a ' String ' (allows any characters) or ' Number ' (allows decimals, whole numbers or fractions) or ' Boolean ' ( or ) or ' Dimension ' (allows dimensions) or ' Date ' (allows dates).

Note 2: Even strings (aaa < bbb) can be evaluated numerically. And so can dates (**NOT SET** < Feb 5 2007 < Feb 8 2007).

Material notes: Yes or No . Notes may be added to materials by pressing the " Properties " button on the General Information window.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that have " Notes " entered to them.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that do not have " Notes " entered to them.

Material display: This status condition affects the display of materials. Members must be in a solid form before any submaterials of those members can be displayed per the display logic set for this status condition. ' Member ' should be selected as the display item.

Material description: A string of characters. Text case does not matter (e.g.," L4x3 1/2X5/16 " is interpreted as being the same as " L4x3 1/2x5/16 ").

The condition and display logic shown here can color code ( orange ) all L4x3 1/2x5/16 angles. The angles may be of various lengths.

Standard descriptions: For materials in Shapes Properties , the standard description is the " Section Size " entered in the local shape file . For materials not in Shapes Properties , the appropriate description prefix is applied from the Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Member and Material Piecemarking .

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. ' Member ' should be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material description ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

General Information: Description .

Material usage description: A string of characters. Text case does not matter (e.g.," rafter_web_0 " is interpreted as being the same as " RAFTER_WEB_0 ").

The condition and display logic shown here can color code ( cyan ) materials that have the usage description 'rafter_web_0'.

Material usage descriptions: For members such as beams, columns, etc., material usage descriptions are not applied automatically. Users need to manually apply them to a material using " Material usage description " on the material's General Information window. However, parametrically added material such as, for example, a material that is a part of a custom member , may automatically include a material description that might be used for tracking purposes or for detailing with templates.

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. ' Member ' should be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material usage description ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Job Setup: Material Usage Descriptions
General Information: > Material usage description

Material detail complete date: ' is / is not ' from ' a date ' to ' a second date '. ' ***Not Set*** ' is also a valid entry -- see entering dates .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is ' and a particular date range here, to " Material detail complete date ." You set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," those members in your current view whose details have been assigned a " Detail complete " date within the designated date range are displayed in blue.

Relevance: Setting a detail complete date prevents a drawing from undergoing Detail Submaterial . Users can Save changes made in the Drawing Editor to a drawing designated as complete, but to do so they need to override the detail complete date.

Warning: In views that display a great number of materials, setting a status display color for materials with a detail complete date may cause Redraw to slow down.

Drawing Data: Detail complete
Other ways to set: Open and Exit
Hide Items: Detail complete
Status Display (for members): Approval and modeling > Detail complete date

Main material : Yes or No . This applies to materials that are parts of member types such as beams, columns and braces. It does not apply to miscellaneous members and stairs.

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for materials that are designated as User modified main member material or System created main member material on their General Information windows.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for connection materials.

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. The same member main materials are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those member main materials are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Main material ." When " Main material " is ' No ," ' Connection components ' can be selected. This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Hide Items: Main material
General Information: User modified main member material
General Information: System created main member material

Material type : You can select one or more material types . Any supported material type can be selected from the list. Each listed material type may represent multiple pieces in the model since many different pieces can be the same material type.

Example :

Material type   Channel

More than one material type can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For materials to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. This is also required for the selection of ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. To color code all materials, ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item. To color code only member main materials, you can select ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right '.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Materials ' or ' Connection components ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Material type ."

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select materials using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Topic: Supported Material types

Checkered plate material: Yes or No . Material types that can be checkered are bent plate , bent plate layout , multi-sided flat plate , rectangular plate , rolled plate , round plate .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for plate materials that are set to be " Checkered ."

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that are set to " Checkered ."

ABM candidate: Yes or No .

YouTube video: Status Display is used to color code member materials that are candidates for the ABM. Due to choices made on the ABM Qualifiers window, most of these candidates are member main materials.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for materials whose " ABM " check box is checked ( ).

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials whose " ABM " check box is not checked ( ).

Update Attributes: ABM

Material ABM page number: ' is / is not ' from ' a number ' to ' a second number '. Each number must be a whole number. The first page in an ABM is page 1.

The condition is true for materials that have the page component of their " ID " on their material windows within the range that is entered here.

Material ABM line number: ' is / is not ' from ' a number ' to ' a second number '. Each number must be a whole number. The first line in an ABM page is line 1.

The condition is true for materials that have the page component of their " ID " on their material windows within the range that is entered here.

Material ABM ID: Any string of characters. Text case does not matter.

Example :

Material ABM ID    3.2.0

For an ID like this, " Tracking ID Method " is ' System ABM ID '

The condition is true for materials that have an " ID " entered on their material windows that is a case-insensitive match to the text string that is entered here.

Material ABM ID assigned: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that have an ABM file name and ABM ID .

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for materials that are not yet included in any ABM file.

Material ABM length: ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

The condition is true for materials whose ABM " Length " (non point-to-point) on their material windows is within the distance range that is entered here.

Material ABM uses point to point: Yes or No .

The condition is true for materials whose ABM " Length " on their material windows is set to ' Point to Point '.

Material ABM point to point length: ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

The condition is true for materials whose ABM point-to-point " Length " on their material windows is within the distance range that is entered here.

Material ABM note: Any string of characters. Text case does not matter.

Example :

Material ABM Note    Changed ptp length

The condition is true for materials that have a " Note " entered on their material windows that is a case-insensitive match to the text string that is entered here.

Status Update: Note

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------ Bolt status ------

Bolt type: A325N or A325SC or A325X or etc. Bolt types that can be selected in the list box ( ) for this field come from the Bolt Specifications .

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' A325SC ' to " Bolt type " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Cyan ' and ' any '. The " Legend " will read: "Cyan when any of these conditions are true: Bolt type is A325SC." When you press " OK ," any A325SC bolts that are visible in your current view are displayed in the color cyan.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt type description ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Bolt type
Advanced Selection: BoltTypeDescription
Parametric module: BoltTypeDescription

Bolt material: A307 or A325 or A490 or F1852 or F2280 are the bolt materials that are supported by default. Any other bolt materials that can be selected on the list box ( ) for this field were added to the Bolt Specifications by users.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' A490 ' and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " will read: "Blue when any of these conditions are true: Bolt material is A490." When you press the " OK " button or the " Apply " button, any A490 bolts that are visible in your current view are displayed in the color blue.

Why these five bolt materials? Connection design recognizes A325/F1852 and A490/F2280 as materials for high strength connections. A307 material is recognized as material for "soft bolts" and used for " Erection bolts ."

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Selection Filter: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt material ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Bolt type

Bolt diameter: ' is / is not ' from ' a bolt diameter ' to ' a second bolt diameter '. The same bolt diameter twice (e.g., 5/8 to 5/8 ) designates a single bolt diameter.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 22mm ' is converted to ' 7/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 7/8in ' is converted to ' 22 '.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter 'is' and a particular diameter range to " Bolt diameter " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Green ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," any bolts that are visible in your current view and that are within the diameter range you entered are displayed in the color green.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt diameter ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Diameter
Advanced Selection: Diameter
Parametric module: Diameter

Bolt length : ' is / is not ' from ' a bolt length ' to ' a second bolt length '. The same bolt length twice (e.g., 2 to 2 ) designates a single bolt length.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 25mm ' is converted to ' 1 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1in ' is converted to ' 25 '.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter 'is' and a particular range to " Bolt length " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Aqua ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," any bolts that are visible in your current view and that are within the length range you entered are displayed in the color aqua.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt length ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Bolt length

Bolt grip : ' is / is not ' from ' a bolt grip ' to ' a second bolt grip '. The same bolt grip twice (e.g. 5/8 to 5/8 ) designates a single bolt grip.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 22mm ' is converted to ' 7/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 7/8in ' is converted to ' 22 '.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter ' is not ' and a particular range to " Bolt grip " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Lavender ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," any bolts that are visible in your current view and that are not within the length range you entered are displayed in the color lavender.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt grip ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Bolt grip

Field bolt : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for bolts that have " Class " set to ' Field bolts ' on their Bolt Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds field bolts.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for bolts that have " Class " set to ' Shop bolts ' on their Bolt Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds shop bolts.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Field bolt ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Class

Tension control : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for bolts that have " Tension control " checked on their Bolt Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds tension control bolts.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for bolts that have " Tension control " not checked on their Bolt Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds non-TC bolts.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Tension control ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Tension control

Bolt finish : ' is / is not ' plated with a particular ' finish '.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt finish ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' ( ) selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Finish

Bolt custom property: This status option lets you select a particular custom property and write an expression to color code which bolts have been assigned a particular value associated with that custom property. Before using this option : Bolt schema must have been defined in Setup , and you should have assigned properties to bolts by pressing the " Properties " button on the Bolt Edit window. Members must be in a solid form before any bolts are displayed in the model.

Example :

-- is true for bolts whose "property_x" check box is checked.

1 . Select a custom property. All custom properties for bolts are listed in the list box ( ). Example : "property_x" is the custom property selected for the expression in the above example. If no custom property is listed , then no bolt schema have been added in Setup .

2 . Select the operator you want to use to evaluate values that have been entered for the selected custom property. Example: "=" is the operator selected in the above example.

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

3 . Enter (or select) the value you want to evaluate. Example: " " is the value entered in the above example. Tip : Be aware that specific types of custom property fields allow specific types of entries -- see Note 1.

4 . Set the status display logic , etc.

Note 1: Entries to a custom property can be a ' String ' (allows any characters) or ' Number ' (allows decimals, whole numbers or fractions) or ' Boolean ' ( or ) or ' Dimension ' (allows dimensions) or ' Date ' (allows dates).

Note 2: Even strings (aaa < bbb) can be evaluated numerically. And so can dates (**NOT SET** < Feb 5 2007 < Feb 8 2007).

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Bolt custom property ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Primary nut type : None (no primary nut) or Heavy hex or Heavy square or Jam . If a bolt has two nuts, the primary nut is the one closest to the material that is being fastened. The secondary nut is the one closest to the end of the bolt.

Primary nut type   Heavy hex

Note: ' None ' as the " Primary nut type " normally indicates a bolt without a nut.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Primary nut type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Primary nut type

Primary nut grade : A563 or A563-C or A563-DH or A194 or etc. .

Primary nut grade   A563

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Primary nut grade ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Primary nut grade

Secondary nut type : None (no secondary nut) or Heavy hex or Heavy square or Jam . If a bolt has two nuts, the primary nut is the one closest to the material that is being fastened. The secondary nut is the one closest to the end of the bolt.

Primary nut type   Heavy hex

Note: ' None ' is the default " Secondary nut type " since bolts are not normally design with two nuts.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Secondary nut type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Secondary nut type

Secondary nut grade : A563 or A563-C or A563-DH or A194 or etc. .

Secondary nut grade   A563

Note: Even if a bolt does not have a secondary nut, a secondary nut grade is assigned on that bolt's edit window.

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Secondary nut grade ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Secondary nut grade

Primary washer under nut : None (no primary washer) or Hardened or Square plate or Round plate or Flat or Bevel or Direct tension indicator or Hillside or Double thick hardened or Heavy plate .

Primary washer under nut  Hardened

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Primary washer under nut ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Type (of primary washer under nut)

Secondary washer under nut : None (no secondary washer) or Hardened or Square plate or Round plate or Flat or Bevel or Direct tension indicator or Hillside or Double thick hardened or Heavy plate .

Secondary washer under nut  Flat

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Secondary washer under nut ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Type (of primary washer under nut)

Tertiary washer under nut : None (no tertiary washer) or Hardened or Square plate or Round plate or Flat or Bevel or Direct tension indicator or Hillside or Double thick hardened or Heavy plate .

Tertiary washer under nut  Bevel

Bolt display: For bolts to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Bolts ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Bolts ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Tertiary washer under nut ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select bolts using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Bolt Edit: Type (of primary washer under nut)

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Hole diameter : ' is / is not ' from ' a hole diameter ' to ' a second hole diameter '. The same hole diameter twice (e.g., 1/2 to 1/2 ) designates a single hole diameter.

VIDEO ' By Status Display ' is selected as the selection filter and configured to select holes that are in the specified range of diameters from 1 1/6 to 1 1/16.

VIDEO Model > Status Select is used to select holes that are in a specified range of diameters from 1 1/16 to 1 1/16. Members need to be displayed in solids form before the holes are selected. After changing members to solids form, Status Select is run again in order to select the holes. Also, by showing depth check turned on then off, the video demonstrate that Status Select can only select items that are within the depth check limits of a view.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes whose " Hole diameter " is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 22mm ' is converted to ' 7/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 7/8in ' is converted to ' 22 '.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you enter 'is' and a particular diameter range to " Hole diameter " and set the display logic to ' Fuchsia ' and ' any '. When you press " OK ," any holes that are visible in your current view and that are within the diameter range you entered are displayed in the color fuchsia.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Hole diameter ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Hole diameter

Hole type : Standard round or Short slot or Oversized round or Long slot or Cope hole or Erection pin hole or Anchor bolt hole or Plug weld hole or Grout or User slot #1 or User slot #2 or Vent/Drain .

Hole type   Long slot

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes whose " Hole type " matches the selection that is made here.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Hole type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Hole type

Slot rotation : ' is / is not ' from ' a positive or negative number ' to ' another such number '. Validation for " Slot rotation " on the Hole Edit window prevents rotations that are outside of a range from 90 to -90 degrees. This means, at least theoretically, that you should never see a slot in your model with a rotation that is less than -90 or greater than 90.

Example: Round holes, by default, have a " Slot rotation " of 0. This means, for example, if you want to find short slots with a slot rotation of zero, you should enter two conditions under the priority and make sure that ' all ' those two conditions are true. Those two conditions should be "Slot rotation = 0" and " Hole type = Short slot."

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Slot rotation ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Slot rotation

Slot length : ' is / is not ' from ' a slot length ' to ' a second slot length '. The same slot length twice (e.g., 1 to 1 ) designates a single slot length.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with a " Slot length " that is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 25mm ' is converted to ' 1 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1in ' is converted to ' 25 '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Slot length ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Slot length

Plug type : No plug or Zinc plug or Plug weld or Aluminum or Epoxy .

Plug type   Zinc plug

Example: Most of these apply only when the " Hole type " is ' Vent/Drain '. However, ' No plug ' is, by default, assigned to holes of all types. This means, for example, if you want to find vent/drain holes with no plugs, you should enter two conditions under the priority and make sure that ' all ' those two conditions are true. Those two conditions should be "Plug type = No plug" and " Hole type = Vent/Drain."

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Plug type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Plug type

Matchable : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Matchable " turned on (checked) on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds holes that are matchable.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Matchable " turned off (not checked) on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds holes that are not matchable.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Matchable ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Matchable

Preferred bolt type : A325N or A325SC or etc. The types of bolts that can be selected come from the Bolt Specifications .

Preferred bolt type   A325N

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes whose " Preferred bolt type " matches the choice made here.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Preferred bolt type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Preferred bolt type

Thru hole : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Hole depth " set to ' Thru ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds thru holes.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Hole depth " set to ' Blind ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds blind holes.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Thru hole ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Hole depth

Blind hole : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Hole depth " set to ' Blind ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds blind holes.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Hole depth " set to ' Thru ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds thru holes.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Blind hole ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Hole depth

Blind hole depth : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '. The same distance twice (e.g., 9/16 to 9/16 ) designates a single blind hole depth.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with a " Countersink " diameter that is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 15mm ' is converted to ' 9/16 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 9/16in ' is converted to ' 15mm '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Blind hole depth ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Hole depth = Blind

Countersink : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Head type " set to ' Countersink ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds countersink holes.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Hole head " set to ' No head (straight) ' or ' Counterbore ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds holes that are not countersink holes.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Countersink ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Head type = Countersink

Countersink diameter : ' is / is not ' from ' a diameter ' to ' a second diameter '. The same countersink diameter twice (e.g., 1 1/4 to 1 1/4 ) designates a single countersink diameter.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with a " Countersink " diameter that is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 25mm ' is converted to ' 1 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1in ' is converted to ' 25 '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Countersunk diameter ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Head type = Countersink

Countersink angle : ' is / is not ' from ' an angle (degrees) ' to ' a second angle (degrees) '. The same countersink number of degrees twice (e.g., 90 to 90 ) designates a single countersink angle.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Countersink angle ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Head type = Countersink

Counterbore : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Head type " set to ' Counterbore ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds counterbore holes.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Hole head " set to ' No head (straight) ' or ' Countersink ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds holes that are not counterbore holes.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Counterbore ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Head type = Counterbore

Counterbore diameter : ' is / is not ' from ' a diameter ' to ' a second diameter '. The same counterbore diameter twice (e.g., 1 1/4 to 1 1/4 ) designates a single counterbore diameter.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with a " Counterbore " diameter that is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 18mm ' is converted to ' 11/16 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 11/16in ' is converted to ' 18 '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Counterbore diameter ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Head type = Counterbore

Counterbore depth : ' is / is not ' from ' a depth ' to ' a second depth '. The same counterbore depth twice (e.g., 5/8 to 5/8 ) designates a single counterbore depth.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with a " Counterbore " depth that is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 16mm ' is converted to ' 5/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 5/8in ' is converted to ' 16 '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Counterbore depth ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Head type = Counterbore

Threads : Yes or No . Be aware that only standard round holes can have threads. Other types of holes, such as slots, have no threads.

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Threads " turned on (checked) on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds standard round holes with threads.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Threads " turned off (not checked) on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' No ' finds holes that do not have threads.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Threads ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Threads

Thread major dia./size # : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes whose " Major Dia / Size # " is within the range that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 20mm ' is converted to ' 13/16 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 13/16in ' is converted to ' 20 '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Thread major dia./size# ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Major Dia / Size #

Threads per unit : An integer (whole number of 0 or greater).

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with the " Threads per inch " or " Pitch " that is entered here.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Threads per unit ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Threads per inch or Pitch

Thread form/series : None or UN or UNC or UNF or UNEF

Thread form/series   UNC

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with the " Form / Series " that is entered here.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Thread form/series ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Form / Series

Right hand thread direction : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Direction " set to ' RH ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds holes with right-handed threads.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that do not have " Direction " set to ' RH ' on their Hole Edit window. Be aware that ' No ' will find holes that do not have threads.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Right hand thread direction ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Direction = Right hand

Left hand thread direction : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for holes that have " Direction " set to ' RH ' on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds holes with left-handed threads.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that do not have " Direction " set to ' LH ' on their Hole Edit window. Be aware that ' No ' will find holes that do not have threads.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Left hand thread direction ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Direction = Left hand

Thread thru : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for threaded holes (" Threads " turned on) that have " Termination " set to ' Thru " on their Hole Edit window. In other words, ' Yes ' finds threaded thru holes.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for holes that do not have " Direction " set to ' LH ' on their Hole Edit window. Be aware that ' No ' will find holes that do not have threads.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Thread thru ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Threads and Termination = Thru

Thread depth : ' is / is not ' from ' a depth ' to ' a second depth '. The same thread depth twice (e.g., 5/8 to 5/8 ) designates a single depth.

Interpretation: This condition is true for holes with " Threads " whose " Termination " is the thread depth that is entered here.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 16mm ' is converted to ' 5/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 5/8in ' is converted to ' 16 '.

Hole display: For holes to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Holes " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These are also requirements for the selection of ' Holes ' using Status Select or the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Holes ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Thread depth ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select holes using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Hole Edit: Threads and Termination = Thread depth

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Shop weld : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for welds whose " Weld class " is set to ' Shop '. In other words, ' Yes ' finds shop welds.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for welds whose " Weld class " is set to ' Field '. In other words, ' No ' finds field welds.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Shop weld ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Weld class

Field weld : Yes or No .

The Priority 2 condition color codes (cyan) those members that have at least one field weld. The Priority 1 condition color codes red the field welds themselves. Switching the order of these priorities would give different results. If the priority 2 condition were to be made priority 1, the field weld would not be red -- it would be cyan along with the member.

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for welds whose " Weld class " is set to ' Field '. In other words, ' Yes ' finds field welds.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for welds whose " Weld class " is set to ' Shop '. In other words, ' No ' finds shop welds.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Field weld ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Weld class
Erection view detailing: Show field welds

Spacer bar : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for welds for which " Spacer bar " is turned on (checked) on the Edit Weld(s) window.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for welds for which " Spacer bar " is turned off (not checked) on the Edit Weld(s) window. In other words, ' No ' finds welds that do not have spacer bars.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Spacer bar ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Spacer bar

Weld type : None (no weld, that side) or Fillet or Square groove or etc.

Weld type   Fillet

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Type " (arrow side) and/or " Type " (other side) is the type that is entered here.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld type ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Type (arrow side) or Type (other side)

Weld size : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Size " (arrow side) and/or " Size " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 9mm ' is converted to ' 3/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 3/8in ' is converted to ' 9 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld size ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Size (arrow side) or Size (other side)

Weld length : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Length " (arrow side) and/or " Length " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 250mm ' is converted to ' 10 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 10in ' is converted to ' 25 0'.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld length ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Length (arrow side) or Length (other side)

Left setback : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Left setback " (arrow side) and/or " Left setback " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 25mm ' is converted to ' 1 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1in ' is converted to ' 25 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Left setback ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Left setback (arrow side) or Left setback (other side)

Right setback : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Right setback " (arrow side) and/or " Right setback " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 25mm ' is converted to ' 1 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1in ' is converted to ' 25 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Right setback ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Right setback (arrow side) or Right setback (other side)

Root face : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Root face " (arrow side) and/or " Root face " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 3mm ' is converted to ' 1/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1/8in ' is converted to ' 3 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Root face ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Root face (arrow side) or Root face (other side)

Root opening : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Root opening " (arrow side) or " Root opening " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 3mm ' is converted to ' 1/8 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1/8in ' is converted to ' 3 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Root opening ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Root opening (arrow side) or Root opening (other side)

Effective throat : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Effective throat " (arrow side) or " Effective throat " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 7mm ' is converted to ' 1/4 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 1/4in ' is converted to ' 7 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Effective throat ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Effective throat (arrow side) or Effective throat (other side)

Finish symbol : A string of characters, usually a single character.

Finish symbol  f

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Finish symbol " (arrow side) or " Finish symbol " (other side) exactly matches the character that is entered.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Finish symbol ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Finish symbol (arrow side) or Finish symbol (other side)

Weld contour : None or Flush or Concave or Convex .

Weld contour  Concave

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld contour ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Contour (arrow side) or Contour (other side)

Groove angle : ' is / is not ' from ' an angle (degrees) ' to ' a second angle '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Groove angle " (arrow side) or " Groove angle " (other side) are within the specified range.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Groove angle ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Groove angle (arrow side) or Groove angle (other side)

Fillet backup : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for welds that have " Fillet backup weld " (arrow side) and/or " Fillet backup weld " (other side) is/are turned on (checked) on their Edit Weld(s) window.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for welds that have both " Fillet backup weld " (arrow side) and " Fillet backup weld " (other side) turned off (not checked) on their Edit Weld(s) window. In other words, ' No ' finds welds that that do not have a fillet backup weld. .

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Fillet backup ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Fillet backup weld (arrow side) or Fillet backup weld (other side)

Stitch : Yes or No .

' Yes ' sets a condition that is true for welds that have " Stitch weld " turned on (checked) on their Edit Weld(s) window.

' No ' sets a condition that is true for welds that have " Stitch weld " turned off (not checked) on their Edit Weld(s) window. In other words, ' No ' finds welds that are not stitch welds.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Stitch ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Stitch weld

Stitch length : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Length " (arrow side) or " Length " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 76mm ' is converted to ' 3 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 3in ' is converted to ' 76 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Stitch length ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Length (arrow side) or Length (other side)

Stitch spacing : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Spacing " (arrow side) or " Spacing " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 102mm ' is converted to ' 4 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 4in ' is converted to ' 104 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Stitch spacing ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Spacing (arrow side) or Spacing (other side)

Left termination : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Left termination " (arrow side) or " Left termination " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Left termination ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Left termination (arrow side) or Left termination (other side)

Right termination : ' is / is not ' from ' a distance ' to ' a second distance '.

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Right termination " (arrow side) or " Right termination " (other side) are within the specified range.

Unit Conversion: If " Lock primary units " is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Imperial (feet-in frac) ', an entry such as ' 51mm ' is converted to ' 2 '. If that same option is on and the primary dimension " Units " are ' Metric ', an entry such as ' 2in ' is converted to ' 51 '.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Right termination ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Right termination (arrow side) or Right termination (other side)

Prequalified tail text : A string of characters.

Prequalified tail text   B

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Prequalified tail text " matches the entry that is made here.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Prequalified tail text ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Prequalified tail text

Weld joint : None or Butt joint or Corner joint or T-joint or Butt or Corner joint or Butt, T-, or Corner joint .

Weld joint  Butt joint

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Joint type " matches the entry that is made here.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld joint ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Joint type

Weld penetration : None or Limited thickness or Unlimited thickness, full pen or Partial-pen .

Weld penetration  Partial-pen

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Penetration " matches the entry that is made here.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld penetration ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Penetration

Joint designation : A string of characters , usually a single. lower case letter. See " Joint designation ."

Joint designation  b

Note: Table 8-2 on page 8-34 of the AISC Thirteenth Edition states, "The lower case letters (e.g., a , b , c , d , etc.) are used to differentiate between joints that would otherwise have the same joint designation."

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Joint designation ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Joint designation

Weld process : None or Submerged arc welding (SAW) or Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) or Flux cored arc welding (FCAW) or GMAW/FCAW (GF) .

Weld process  GMAW/FCAW (GF)

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Process " matches the entry that is made here.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld process ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Process

Weld position : None or Flat or Horizontal or Vertical or Overhead .

Weld position  Overhead

Interpretation: This condition is true for welds whose " Position " matches the entry that is made here.

Weld display: For welds to be color coded or masked or made translucent, the display of " Welds " needs to be turned on in Display Options , and members must be displayed in a solid form. These same requirements also apply to the selection of ' Welds ' using Status Select or to selecting welds manually using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter. For Status Display , ' Member ' must be selected as the display item.

Status Select: ' Members ' or ' Welds ' can be selected based on the choice made to " Weld position ." This is also true for the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Selection filter: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient if you want to be able to select welds using the ' By Status Display ' selection filter.

Edit Weld(s): Position

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Failed connection: Yes or No . This condition applies to members with system connection . Beams, columns, braces and joists can have system connections.

VIDEO Status Display is used to show which ends of members in the model have failed connections.

The display logic shown here color codes ( cyan ) those member ' Ends ' that have a connection failure. Because the display logic function is set to ' all ', only beam ends with connection failures are color coded.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members with at least one failed connection. An end connection failure message (such as the example below) is shown on the edit windows of members with failed connections. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with failed connections (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends with a failed connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end failed connection are color coded.

Beam web shear capacity failed

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends do not have failed connections. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true when one end does not have a failed connection.

Example: For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Yes ' for " Failed connection " and set the display logic to ' Ends ' and ' Cyan ' and ' any '. When you press the " OK " button, any member end that is in your current view and has a failed connection is displayed in the color cyan.

Topic: End connection failure messages
Advanced Selection: ConnectionHasFailed

#Selects all members with failed connections on either end:> m.Ends[0].ConnectionHasFailed == True or m.Ends[1].ConnectionHasFailed == True

Parametric module: ConnectionHasFailed
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.ConnectionhasFailed
Search: Members with failed connections . ( )

Bolt diameters changed by system: Yes or No . This search can find beams and columns with system connections for which SDS2 connection design has incremented bolt diameters. Incrementing of bolt diameters may be done for clip angles , shear connections, end plates , bent plates , AISC moment end plates , splice plates on beams, and for splices on columns. Bolt diameters can also be incremented on brace gusset plates and gusset clip angles when, for example, " Rows " and " Columns " are locked . Connection design does not increment bolt diameters on moment flange plates.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members with at least one system connections whose bolt diameters have been increased by connection design in order to design a connection that stand up to the applied load. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with system connections that have system-changed bolt diameters (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends with a connection that has system-changed bolt diameters are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end connection that has system-changed bolt diameters are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members that do not have system connections on either end whose bolt diameters have been increased by connection design. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for additional situations.

Advanced Selection: m.Ends(0).BoltSizeIsNonStandard
Parametric module: m.Ends(0).BoltSizeIsNonStandard
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.BoltSizeIsNonStandard
Search: Bolt Diameters Changed by System
Setup: Available bolt diameters

Connections changed by system: Yes or No . This search can find beams, columns, joists and braces with system connections that SDS2 connection design has, in some way, changed.

Conn changed. Possibly: Angle vs Plate

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when connection design has deviated from user-specifications in order to create a connection that works. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with system connections that have been system-changed (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends with a system-changed connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end connection that has been system changed are color coded. A connection changed message like the one shown above appears on the member edit window, under the appropriate end.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members with no connection that has been changed by connection design. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for one end of a member that has a not-changed system connection.

Advanced Selection: m.Ends[0].DesignHasChanged
Parametric module: m.Ends[0].DesignHasChanged
Search: Connections Changed by System ,
Also see: connection changed message (a topic).

Connection below minimum setup: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when a beam's system connection has a number of bolt rows less than the minimum number of bolt rows that are specified at Home > Project Settings > Job > Structural Members Schedule of Minimums for a beam with that particular nominal depth. This condition is also true for members with welds that are less than the " Minimum weld size for this job ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with connections below minimum setup (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends with a connection below minimum setup are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end connection below minimum setup are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose connection on either end does not have a number of bolt rows or weld size that is less than minimum. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for additional situations.

Advanced Selection: m.Ends[0].ConnectionIsBelowMinimumSetup
Parametric module: m.Ends[0].ConnectionIsBelowMinimumSetup
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.ConnectionIsBelowMinSetup
Search: Connections Below Minimum Setup .

Shear loads below minimum setup: Yes or No . A " Shear load " can be applied to a beam.

Shear load:       Auto   calculated or Shear load:       Auto   user-entered

A " Shear load " that is set to " Auto " can potentially have a user-entered value that is below the minimum setup value.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when a beam end's " Shear load " is lower than that which it would be had connection design determined the shear load. This can only happen when a user has changed the shear load. A user might lower a shear load to, for example, clear a connection failure message. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with below-minimum shear loads (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends with a below-minimum shear load are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end shear load below minimum setup are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, " the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for all members that do not have a user-entered " Shear load " (either end) that is less than what connection design would have otherwise calculated it to be. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end does not have a user-entered shear load.

Job Setup: Base beam design reaction on % of ( Design Settings -- used for determining the minimum setup value)
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.ShearIsBelowSetupMin
Search: Shear Loads Below Minimum Setup .

Non-square cut ends: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when connection design has created at least one non-square cut end on a member. This happens when one member frames skewed or sloped into another member. For instance, a sloping beam has a non-square cut end when that end frames to a perfectly vertical column. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with at least one non-square end (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only non-square member ends are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end non-square end are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends are square cut. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for one square-cut end of a member.

Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.EndIsNonSquareCut
Search: Non-Square Cut Ends .

Connection design locks set: Yes or No . Connection design locks are system connection options for beams, columns, braces and joists.

Connection design locks set.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when a user has locked ( ) one or more connection design locks on either end connection on a member. On a Beam Edit , Column Edit , Vertical Brace Edit , Horizontal Brace Edit or Joist Edit window, the banner shown above appears in the " Information " leaf to notify you that a user has locked ( ) at least one connection design lock. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with at least one connection design lock set are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only the member ends on which at least one connection design lock is set are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members on which at least one connection design lock is set are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members that have all connection design locks unlocked ( ) on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end has all of its locks unlocked.

Defaults: The unlocked state is the default state of a connection design lock . For a connection design lock to be locked, a user must have locked it.

Search: Connection design locks set .
Design Calculations Report: Connection Design Lock Summary

Beam web doublers: Yes or No . The connection design locks for beam web doublers can be found on the Beam Edit window in a leaf named " Beam Web Doubler ."

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when connection design has created web doubler plates on beams in order to compensate for copes in the beam's main material. For example, web doublers might be designed when a wide flange beam needs to be coped so that it can frame to another wide flange beam. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with web doublers are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only beam ends with web doublers are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams with left-end web doublers are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends do not have system-designed web doubler plates. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end does not have system-designed beam web doublers.

Advanced Selection: m.Ends[0].WebDoublerPlate
Parametric module: m.Ends[0].WebDoublerPlate
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.WebDoublerPlate
Search: Beam Web Doublers .

Non-AISC single-plate shear connections: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true when shear plate connections that are thicker than the AISC per-edition maximum have been designed. Shear plates can be thicker than maximum per Home > Project Settings > Job > Schedule of Minimums for Single-Plate Shear Connections when Home > Project Settings > Job > Design Settings > " Design non-AISC single-plate shear connections " has been checked ( ). When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with non-AISC shear connections are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only beam ends with a non-AISC shear connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams with a left-end non-AISC shear connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends do not have non-AISC shear tab connections. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end does not have a non-AISC shear tab connection.

Advanced Selection: m.Ends[0].ConnectionIsNonAISC
Parametric module: m.Ends[0].ConnectionIsNonAISC
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.ConnectionIsNonAISC
Search: Non-AISC Single-Plate Shear Connections .

Indeterminate ends: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members with at least one end that does not frame into another member. An indeterminate end may have a plain end or clip angles or an end plate or bent plates or a user base/cap plate . When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with at least one indeterminate end are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, member ends that are indeterminate are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members whose left ends do not frame to other members are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends frame to at least one other member. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end is not an indeterminate end.

Search: Indeterminate Ends .

Braces with different thickness gussets: Yes or No .

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for braces whose gusset plate on one end has a different thickness than the gusset plate on the other end.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members that are not braces with gussets that have different thicknesses.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Advanced Selection: m.NonEqualBraceGussetThickness
Parametric module: m.NonEqualBraceGussetThickness
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Conditions.NonEqualBraceGussetThickness
Search: Braces with Different Thickness Gussets . ( )

Graphical connections: Yes or No . Tip: A functionally similar status display setting called " Graphically altered material " lets you color code the display of graphical materials instead of the entire member.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members with graphical connections . Graphical connections are connections which the user has designed or modified interactively using options like Add Material , Add Holes , and Add Bolts , either from scratch or by modifying system connections. On the General Information window for graphically altered connection material, you will find that the material is tagged as " User modified connection material ." Under the " Information " leaf on the edit windows of members that have graphically altered connections, you will find that the box for " Graphical " is checked. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with graphical connections are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends with a graphical connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members with a left-end graphical connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends do not have graphical connections . If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end does not have a graphical connection.

Advanced Selection: m.IsGraphicalConnection
Parametric module: m.IsGraphicalConnection
Search: Graphical Connections

Frames to model complete member: Yes or No .

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member that has " Model complete date " set on its member edit window. On such a member's edit window, you will find a left- and/or right-end banner like the yellow one shown above. In addition to that banner, you may (but will not necessarily) find a red end connection failure message . When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with at least one end framed to a model complete member are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only member ends that frame to a model complete member are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members whose left end frames to a model complete member are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members whose both ends do not frame to a model complete member. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a member whose one end does not frame to a model complete member.

Advanced Selection: m.DateModelCompleted
Parametric module: m.DateModelCompleted
Search: Members that Frame to Model Complete Members

CNC downloaded: Yes or No .

The condition and display logic shown here color codes ( cyan ) those members that have been CNC downloaded.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition is true for members for which the option " Downloaded to CNC " is checked ( ) in the Member Status Review window.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true for members for which the option " Downloaded to CNC " is not checked ( ) in the Member Status Review window.

Member display: The same members are color coded regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected. Both ends of those members are color coded when ' Ends ' is selected.

Member Status Review: Downloaded to CNC

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Plain end: Yes or No .

The display logic shown here color codes ( cyan ) those ends of members that have plain ends due to a connection failure. If the failed connection condition were removed, the display logic would additionally find members whose " Input type connection " was set to ' Plain end '.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Plain end '. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with system-designed plain ends (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have a system-designed plain end are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have a left-end system-designed plain end are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members with connections other than system-designed plain ends on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a connection other than a system-designed plain end on one end of a member.

Topics page: Plain End

Clip angle: Yes or No . Connection design can create clip angles for beams and braces. This search finds beams that have clip angle system connections .

VIDEO Status Display is used to show which ends of members in the current view have clip angles and shear connections. The member ends are displayed in different colors based on their connection type. Two priorities are used, one for each connection type and its associated color.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Clip angle '. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with system clip angles (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those beam ends that have a clip angle connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams that have a left-end clip angle connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than clip angles on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a connection other than a clip angle on one end of a member.

Topics page: Clip Angle Connections
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: NS Clip and others
Connection Guide: examples of clip angles

Bent plate: Yes or No . Connection design can create bent plates for beams and horizontal braces. This search finds bent plate system connections for beams.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Bent plate '. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with system bent plates (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those beam ends that have a bent plate connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams that have a left-end bent plate connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, " the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than bent plates on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a connection other than a bent plate connection on one end of a member.

Topics page: Bent Plate Connections
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: Bent Plate and others
Connection Guide: examples of bent plates

End plate: Yes or No . Connection design can create end plates for beams and braces. This search finds beams that have end plate system connections .

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is an ' End plate '. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with system end plates (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those beam ends that have an end plate are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams that have a left-end end plate are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than end plates on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a connection other than an end plate on one end of a member.

Topics page: End Plate Connection
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: End Plate and others
Connection Guide: examples of end plates

Column base or cap plate: Yes or No . This search finds columns that have base or cap plate connections. The connections can be user base/cap plates or auto base/cap plates.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Auto base/cap plate ' or ' User base/cap plate '. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , columns with system base or cap plates (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those column ends that have a base or cap plate are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the bottom ends of columns that have a bottom-end base or cap plate are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than column plates on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-column-plate connection on one end of a member.

Topics pages: Auto Base/Cap Plate and User Base/Cap Plate
Connection specifications: Auto Base/Cap Plate and User Base/Cap Plate
Connection design locks ( auto base/cap ): Column Plate and others
Connection design locks ( user base/cap ): Column Plate and others
Connection Guide: examples of column connections

Shear: Yes or No . Connection design can create shear connections for beams and braces. This search only finds beams that have shear plate, tee or thru plate system connections .

VIDEO Status Display is used to show which ends of members in the current view have clip angles and shear connections. The member ends are displayed in different colors based on their connection type. Two priorities are used, one for each connection type and its associated color.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Shear ' connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with shear connections (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those beam ends that have a shear connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams that have a left-end shear connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than shear tabs, shear thru connections, shear moment connections, or shear tee connections on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-shear connection on one end of a member.

Topics page: Shear Plate Connection
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: Shear Tab and others
Connection Guide: examples of shear connections

Seated: Yes or No . Connection design can create seated connections for beams and joists. This search only finds beam seat system connections .

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Seated ' beam connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with seated connections (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those beam ends that have a seated connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams that have a left-end seated connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than beam seats on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-beam-seat connection on one end of a member.

Topics page: Seated Beam Connection
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: Seated Plate and others
Connection Guide: examples of beam seats

Splice: Yes or No . This search finds beams and columns that have splice plate system connections . The search does not find end plate splices and clip angle splices.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams and columns on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Splice ' connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with splice plate connections (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have a splice plate connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have a left-end splice plate connection are color coded. A column's bottom end is its left end.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than splice connections on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-splice connection on one end of a member.

Topics pages: Beam Splice Connections and Column Splice Connections
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Column window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks, beam: Web Plate and others
Connection design locks, column: Outer Flange Plate and others
Connection Guide: examples of beam splices and examples of column splices

Fully welded moment: Yes or No .

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Fully welded moment ' connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , beams with fully welded moment connections (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those beam ends that have a fully welded moment connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of beams that have a left-end fully welded moment connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than fully welded moment connections on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-fully-welded-moment connection on one end of a member.

Also see: " Moment type " is automatically set to ' Welded ' when a beam's " Input connection type " is ' Fully welded moment '. Click here ( ) for an example from the Connection Guide.

Vertical brace: Yes or No .

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for vertical braces on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " for at least one end is a ' Vbrc plate ' connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , vertical braces with a ' Vbrc plate ' connection (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those vertical brace ends that have a ' Vbrc plate ' connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of vertical braces that have a left-end ' Vbrc plate ' connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for those members (of any type) with connections other than vertical brace connections on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-vertical-brace connection on one end of a member.

Topics page: 'Vbrc plate' connections
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: Gusset One Member and others
Connection Guide: examples of vertical brace connections

Horizontal brace: Yes or No .

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for horizontal braces on whose edit windows the " System designed connection " on at least one end is a ' Hbrc plate ' connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , horizontal braces with a ' Hbrc plate ' connection (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those horizontal brace ends that have a ' Hbrc plate ' connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of horizontal braces that have a left-end ' Hbrc plate ' connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members (of any type) with connections other than horizontal brace connections on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-horizontal-brace connection on one end of a member.

Topics page: 'Hbrc plate' connections
Beam window settings: Connection specifications
Connection design locks: Gusset One Member Square and others
Connection Guide: examples of horizontal brace connections

User defined: Yes or No . User defined connections can be applied as an " Input connection type " to beams, columns, braces and joists.

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When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members on whose edit windows the " Input connection type " on at least one end is a ' User defined ' connection. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with a user defined connection (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have a user defined connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have a left-end user defined connection are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members with connections other than user defined connections on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-user-defined connection on one end of a member.

Job Setup: User Defined Connections
Advanced Selection: FinalConnectionIsUserDefined

# Selects members with user defined connections, either end. any(m.Ends).FinalConnectionIsUserDefined == True

Parametric module: FinalConnectionIsUserDefined
Report Writer: Member.Conditions.HasAUserDefinedConnection

Specific user defined connection: Press the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) and select the name of the user defined connection that you want.

The display logic shown here color codes red the ends of members with either of two similar user defined connections. The two conditions could be put into different priorities in order to have each member end with one or the other user defined connection displayed in a distinct color.

When a name has been entered, the condition may be true for members that have that name entered as the " User defined connection " for at least one end on the beam , column , horizontal brace , vertical brace or joist window. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with the specific user defined connection (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have the specific user defined connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have the specific user defined connection on its left end are color coded.

More about the display logic in the example: If, in the example shown above, ' any ' were changed to ' all ', the statement would never be true since a member end can only have one user defined connection assigned to it at any one time. However, if ' Ends ' was then changed to ' Member '' along with ' any ' changed to ' all ', the statement would be true when a member has a user defined connection named EndPlate1 on its one end and a user defined connection named EndPlate2 on its other end.

Job Setup: User Defined Connections

Auto standard: Yes or No .

This example of a status priority would, since ' all ' is selected, color code members that have both an auto standard connection and an end plate connection. Because ' Member ' is selected, the priority would find two overlapping situations:1) Beams with an end plate on one end and an auto standard connection on the other. 2) Beams with auto standard end plates on either end or both ends.

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for members on whose edit windows the " Input connection type " is ' Auto standard ." Beams and columns and joists can have auto standard connections. When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with auto standard connections (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends that have an auto standard connection are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have an auto standard connection on its left end are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for members on whose edit windows the " input connection type " is a choice other than ' Auto standard ' on both ends. It also is true for miscellaneous members and custom members. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-auto-standard connection on one end of a member.

Beam Edit: Input connection type
Column Edit: Input connection type

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Auto beam shear: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask only beams . The ends of beams can be color coded, but not masked.

VIDEO Status Display is used to show which ends of members have auto shear loads.

The condition and display logic shown here color codes ( aqua ) those beam ends that have a user-entered " Shear load ."

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams whose " Shear load " on either end or both ends is set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with auto shear loads (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends with auto shear loads are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have left-end auto shear loads are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for beams whose " Shear load " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-auto shear load on one end of a member.

Beam Edit: Shear load

Auto beam moment: Yes or No . So long as the display logic function is a choice other than " none ," an auto beam moment condition (' Yes ' or ' No ') is able to color code beams only. The ends of beams can be color coded, but not masked.

Priority 1 color codes the ends of beams that have an auto moment load. Priority 2 color codes the ends of beams that have a user-entered " Moment load ."

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for beams with a non-zero " Moment load " that is set to " Auto " (either end). When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , members with auto moment loads (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those member ends with auto moment loads are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of members that have left-end auto moment loads are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for beams whose " Moment load " is set to " Auto " on both ends. If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true for a non-auto moment load on one end of a member.

Note: A beam has a non-zero " Moment load " when the " Moment type " is ' Bolted ' or ' Welded '. The " Moment load " is calculated regardless of whether the connection passes or fails.

Beam Edit: Moment load

Auto column load: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask columns . The ends of columns can be color coded, but not masked.

Load:        Auto    calculated or Load:        Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns whose " Load " on either end or both ends is set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , columns with auto column loads (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those column ends with auto column loads are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of columns that have left-end auto column loads are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for columns whose " Load " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true even if the required choice was made on only one end.

Column Edit: Load

Auto column moment: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask columns . The ends of columns can be color coded, but not masked.

Moment:        Auto    calculated or Moment:        Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns whose " Moment " load on either end or both ends is non-zero and set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , columns with a non-zero auto column moment (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those column ends with a non-zero auto column moment are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of columns that have a non-zero left-end auto column moment are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for columns whose " Moment " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true even if the required choice was made on one end.

Note: A column can have a non-zero auto moment when the connection is a splice plate. For column connections other than splice plates, the auto moment is zero.

Column Edit: Moment

Auto column splice uplift: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask columns . The ends of columns can be color coded, but not masked.

Splice uplift:     Auto    calculated or Splice uplift:     Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns whose " Splice uplift " on either end or both ends is non-zero and set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , columns with a non-zero auto splice uplift (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those column ends with a non-zero auto splice uplift are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of columns that have a non-zero left-end auto splice uplift are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns with splice plates whose auto splice uplift has been changed to " Auto ."

Note: A column can have a non-zero auto splice uplift when the connection is a splice plate. For column connections other than splice plates, the auto splice uplift is zero.

Column Edit: Splice uplift

Auto column horizontal shear: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask columns . The ends of columns can be color coded, but not masked.

Horizontal shear:    Auto    calculated or Horizontal shear:    Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns whose " Horizontal shear " on either end or both ends is non-zero and set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , columns with a non-zero auto horizontal shear (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those column ends with a non-zero auto horizontal shear are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of columns that have a non-zero left-end auto horizontal shear are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition may be true for columns whose non-zero auto horizontal shear has been changed to " Auto ."

Note: A column can have a non-zero auto horizontal shear when the connection is a splice plate with " Web plates ." For column connections other than splice plates with web plates, the auto horizontal shear is zero.

Column Edit: Horizontal shear

Auto vertical brace tension: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask only vertical braces .

Tension load:    Auto    calculated or Tension load:    Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for vertical braces whose " Tension load " on either end or both ends is set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , vertical braces with auto tension (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those vertical brace ends with auto tension are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of vertical braces with left-end auto tension are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for vertical braces whose " Tension load " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true even if the required choice was made on one end.

Vertical Brace Edit: Tension load

Auto vertical brace compression: Yes or No . This condition, whether set to ' Yes ' or ' No ', can color code or mask members other than vertical braces only when ' none ' is the display logic function.

Compression load:    Auto    calculated or Compression load:   Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for vertical braces whose " Compression load " on either end or both ends is set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , vertical braces with auto compression (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those vertical brace ends with auto compression are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of vertical braces with left-end auto compression are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for vertical braces whose " Compression load " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true even if the required choice was made on one end.

Vertical Brace Edit: Compression load

Auto horizontal brace tension: Yes or No . When the display logic function is ' any ' or ' all ', this condition can color code or mask only horizontal braces .

Tension load:    Auto    calculated or Tension load:    Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for horizontal braces whose " Tension load " on either end or both ends is set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , horizontal braces with auto tension (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those horizontal brace ends with auto tension are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of horizontal braces with left-end auto tension are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for horizontal braces whose " Tension load " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true even if the required choice was made on one end.

Horizontal Brace Edit: Tension load

Auto horizontal brace compression: Yes or No . This condition, whether set to ' Yes ' or ' No ', can color code or mask members other than horizontal braces only when ' none ' is the display logic function.

Compression load:    Auto    calculated or Compression load:   Auto    user-entered

When ' Yes ' is selected, the condition may be true for horizontal braces whose " Compression load " on either end or both ends is set to " Auto ." When ' Member ' is selected as the item to be color coded , horizontal braces with auto compression (either end) are color coded. When ' Ends ' is selected, only those horizontal brace ends with auto compression are color coded. When ' Left ' is selected, the left ends of horizontal braces with left-end auto compression are color coded.

When ' No ' is selected, the condition is true (regardless of whether ' Member ' or ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected) for horizontal braces whose " Compression load " on both ends is set to " Auto ." If ' Ends ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' is selected, the condition may be true even if the required choice was made on one end.

Horizontal Brace Edit: Compression load

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Concrete member strength: ' any concrete strength ' that is listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Concrete Strength window.

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Example: All concrete members in your current Job have a PSI strength of 2000. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' 2000.000000 ' as the " Concrete member strength " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete member strength is 2000. " When you press " OK ," all members are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Member edit windows: Strength
Setup: Concrete Strength window
Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.strength_index
Advanced Selection: strength_index

Concrete member finish: ' any concrete finish ' that is listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Concrete Finish window.

Concrete member finish   Smooth

Example: All concrete members in your current Job have a smooth finish. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Smooth ' as the " Concrete member finish " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete member finish is Smooth. " When you press " OK ," all members are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Member edit windows: Finish
Setup: Concrete Finishes window
Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.finish_index
Advanced Selection: finish_index

Concrete member volume (cubic yards): ' the stored read only volume ' reported in the " Volume (cubic yards) " field on a concrete member edit window.

Concrete member volume (cubic yards)   =  volume (+ or -)

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Rounding: A concrete member's displayed volume measurements are rounded, but its stored values are not. (You can see the exact value by right-clicking the volume field on the concrete member's edit window.) Stored values are very precise. If a status display with that level of precision is not desirable, you can instead add two concrete member volume conditions to display members whose volumes fall within a range of values.

Example: A concrete slab's " Volume (cubic yards) " field displays '5.9375', but when you right click it, the field displays a stored value of '5.96604938272'. Other members in your current Job have stored values in this field that are very close to this member's stored value. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' all '. You add both of the following conditions to the priority:

Concrete member volume (cubic yards)   >  5.9

Concrete member volume (cubic yards)   <  > 6

The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete member volume (cubic yards) is > 5.9 " and " Concrete member volume (cubic yards) is < 6. " When you press " OK ," all members whose volumes in cubic yards are between 5.9 and 6 are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.
Member edit windows: Volume (cubic yards)

Concrete member volume (cubic feet): ' the stored read only volume ' reported in the " Volume (cubic feet) " field on a concrete member edit window.

Concrete member volume (cubic feet)   =  volume (+ or -)

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Rounding: A concrete member's displayed volume measurements are rounded, but its stored values are not. (You can see the exact value by right-clicking the volume field on the concrete member's edit window.) Stored values are very precise. If a status display with that level of precision is not desirable, you can instead add two concrete member volume conditions to display members whose volumes fall within a range of values.

Example: A concrete slab's " Volume (cubic feet) " field displays ' 132 ', but when you right click it, the field displays the a stored value of ' 131.998602141 '. Other members in your current Job have stored values in this field that are very close to this member's stored value. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' all '. You add both of the following conditions to the priority:

Concrete member volume (cubic feet)   >  131.9

Concrete member volume (cubic feet)   <  > 132

The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete member volume (cubic feet) is > 131.9 " and " Concrete member volume (cubic feet) is < 132. " When you press " OK ," all members whose volumes in cubic feet are between 131.9 and 132 are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Volume (cubic feet)

Concrete member perimeter length: ' the stored read only distance ' reported in the primary dimension " Units " in the " Perimeter length " field on a concrete member edit window -- for example, on the Concrete Slab Edit window.

Concrete member perimeter length   =  distance (+ or -)

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>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Rounding: A concrete member's displayed perimeter length measurement is rounded, but its stored value is not. (You can see the exact value by right-clicking the perimeter length field on the concrete member's edit window.) Stored values are very precise. If a status display with that level of precision is not desirable, you can instead add two perimeter length conditions to display members whose perimeters fall within a range of values.

Example: A concrete slab's " Concrete member perimeter length " field displays ' 47-11 3/4 ', but when you right click it, the field displays the a stored value of ' 575.776457135 '. Other members in your current Job have stored values in this field that are very close to this member's stored value. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' all '. You add both of the following conditions to the priority, typing "575.7" where "47-11 11/16" is displayed and typing "575.8" where "47-11 13/16" is displayed:

Concrete member perimeter length   >  47-11 11/16

Concrete member perimeter length   <  > 47-11 13/16

The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete member perimeter length is > 575.7 " and " Concrete member perimeter length is < 575.8. " When you press " OK ," all members whose perimeter lengths are between 575.7 and 575.8 inches are displayed in the color blue

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Perimeter length

Concrete member surface area: ' the stored read only area ' reported in the " Surface area (sq. ft.) " field on a concrete member edit window.

Concrete member surface area   =  area (+ or -)

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Rounding: A concrete member's displayed surface area measurement is rounded, but its stored value is not. (You can see the exact value by right-clicking the surface area field on the concrete member's edit window.) Stored values are very precise. If a status display with that level of precision is not desirable, you can instead add two surface area conditions to display members whose perimeters fall within a range of values.

Example: A concrete slab's " Concrete member surface area " field displays ' 145.75 ', but when you right click it, the field displays the a stored value of ' 145.779097888 '. Other members in your current Job have stored values in this field that are very close to this member's stored value. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' all '. You add both of the following conditions to the priority:

Concrete member surface area   >  145.7

Concrete member surface area   <  > 145.8

The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete member surface area is > 145.7 " and " Concrete member surface area is < 145.8. " When you press " OK ," all members whose surface areas are between 145.7 and 147.8 square feet are displayed in the color blue

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Surface area (sq. ft.)

Concrete member total length: ' the read only distance ' reported in the primary dimension " Units " in the " Total length " field on a concrete member edit window -- for example, on the Continuous Footing Edit window.

Concrete member total length   =  distance (+ or -)

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>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Total length

Concrete member total wall length: ' the read only distance ' reported in the primary dimension " Units " in the " Total wall length " field on a concrete member edit window -- for example, on the CMU Wall Edit window.

Concrete member total wall length   =  distance (+ or -)

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>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Total wall length

Concrete member thickness: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) in the " Thickness " field on a concrete member edit window -- for example, on the Concrete Wall Edit window.

Concrete member thickness   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Thickness

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.thickness
Advanced Selection: thickness

Concrete member depth: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) in the field that describes the member's depth on a concrete member edit window

Concrete member depth   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Depth or Thickness (For example, the " Depth " of a precast hollow core member, or the " Thickness " of a concrete slab)

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.depth
Advanced Selection: depth (concrete slab); _depth (precast hollow core member)

Concrete member height: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) in the " Height " field on a concrete member edit window.

Concrete member height   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Height (For example, the " Height " option on a concrete wall edit window.)

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.depth
Advanced Selection: height

Concrete member reference: Center or Interior or Exterior .

Concrete member reference   Center

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.
Member edit windows: Reference (For example, the " Reference " of a concrete wall.)

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.origin
Advanced Selection: origin

Concrete member width: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) in the " Width " field on a concrete member edit window -- for example, on the Precast Hollow Core Edit window.

Concrete member width   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display : Members can be in a stick or solid form.
Member edit windows: Width

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.origin
Advanced Selection: _width

Concrete member length: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) -- for example, the length of a concrete wall member. This distance is not entered into any option on a concrete member edit window. Instead, it's the sum of the length of the centerline the member.

Concrete member length   =  distance (+ or -)

= equal to   != does not equal < less than   <= less than or equal to  > greater than   >= greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Concrete member rotation: An angle -- for example, the angle entered into the " Rotation " field on some concrete member edit windows.

Concrete member rotation   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Status Display: Members can be in a stick or solid form.

Member edit windows: Rotation

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Concrete material strength: ' any concrete strength ' that is listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Concrete Strength window.

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Example: All concrete materials in your current Job have a steel strength of 2000. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' 2000.000000 ' as the " Concrete material strength " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete material strength is 2000. " When you press " OK ," all members are displayed in the color blue.

Material display: For concrete material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

Material edit windows: Strength
Setup: Concrete Strength window
Report Writer: MemberMaterial.CustomMaterials.ConcreteMaterial.strength_index

Concrete material finish: ' any concrete finish ' that is listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Concrete Finish window.

Concrete material finish   Smooth

Example: All concrete materials in your current Job have a smooth finish. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you select ' Smooth ' as the " Concrete material finish " and set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' any '. The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete material finish is Smooth. " When you press " OK ," all members are displayed in the color blue.

Material display: For concrete material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

Member edit windows: Finish
Setup: Concrete Finishes window
Report Writer: MemberMaterial.CustomMaterials.ConcreteMaterial.finish_index

Concrete material volume (cubic yards): ' the stored read only volume ' reported in the " Cubic yards " field on a concrete material edit window.

Concrete material volume (cubic yards)   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Rounding: A concrete material's displayed volume measurements are rounded, but its stored values are not. (You can see the exact value by right-clicking the volume field on the concrete material's edit window.) Stored values are very precise. If a status display with that level of precision is not desirable, you can instead add two concrete material volume conditions to display materials whose volumes fall within a range of values.

Example: A concrete slab's " Volume (cubic yards) " field displays ' 5.9375 ', but when you right click it, the field displays a stored value of ' 5.96604938272 '. Other members in your current Job have stored values in this field that are very close to this material's stored value. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' all '. You add both of the following conditions to the priority:

Concrete material volume (cubic yards)   >  5.9

Concrete materialr volume (cubic yards)   <  > 6

The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete material volume (cubic yards) is > 5.9 " and " Concrete material volume (cubic yards) is < 6. " When you press " OK ," all members whose volumes in cubic yards are between 5.9 and 6 are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Material display: For concrete material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.
Report Writer: MemberMaterial.CustomMaterials.ConcreteMaterial.volume_cubic_yards

Concrete material volume (cubic feet): ' the stored read only volume ' reported in the " Cubic feet " field on a concrete material edit window.

Concrete material volume (cubic feet)   =  distance (+ or -)

=	equal to		!=	does not equal
<	less than		<=	less than or equal to
>	greater than		>=	greater than or equal to

Rounding: A concrete material's displayed volume measurements are rounded, but its stored values are not. (You can see the exact value by right-clicking the volume field on the concrete material's edit window.) Stored values are very precise. If a status display with that level of precision is not desirable, you can instead add two concrete material volume conditions to display materials whose volumes fall within a range of values.

Example: A concrete slab's " Volume (cubic feet) " field displays ' 5.9375 ', but when you right click it, the field displays a stored value of ' 5.96604938272 '. Other members in your current Job have stored values in this field that are very close to this material's stored value. For priority 1 in the active status display file , you set the display logic to ' Member ' and ' Blue ' and ' all '. You add both of the following conditions to the priority:

Concrete material volume (cubic feet)   >  5.9

Concrete materialr volume (cubic feet)   <  > 6

The " Legend " reads: " Blue when any of these conditions are true: Concrete material volume (cubic feet) is > 5.9 " and " Concrete material volume (cubic feet) is < 6. " When you press " OK ," all members whose volumes in cubic feet are between 5.9 and 6 are displayed in the color blue.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Material display: For concrete material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

Report Writer: MemberMaterial.CustomMaterials.ConcreteMaterial.volume_cubic_feet

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CMU material: You can select one or more CMU templates. All CMU templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > CMU Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "8x8x16 Stretcher" has been added to the CMU Templates window, ' 8x8x16 Stretcher ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

CMU material  8x8x16 Stretcher

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For CMU material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

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Beam template: You can select one or more beam templates. All concrete beam templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Beam Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "20x32 I-Beam" has been added to the Beam Templates window, ' 20x32 I-Beam ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Beam template  20x32 I-Beam

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.template_name
Advanced Selection: template_name

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CMU template: You can select one or more CMU templates. All CMU templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > CMU Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "8x8x16 Stretcher" has been added to the CMU templates window, ' 8x8x16 Stretcher ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

CMU material  8x8x16 Stretcher

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Advanced Selection: field_template

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Column template: You can select one or more column templates. All concrete column templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Column Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "16 circle, #8 dowels" has been added to the Column Templates window, ' 16 circle, #8 dowels ' is selectable is selectable from the list.

Example :

Column template  16 circle, #8 dowels

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.template_name
Advanced Selection: template_name

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Thickened slab template: You can select one or more thickened slab templates. All thickened slab templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Thickened Slab Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "3S1" has been added to the Thickened Slab Templates window, ' 3S1 ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Thickened slab template  3S1

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For thickened slab concrete material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

Advanced Selection: template_name

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Grade beam template: You can select one or more grade beam templates. All grade beam templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Grade Beam Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "GB2-0A" has been added to the Grade Beam Templates window, ' GB2-0A ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Grade beam template  GB2-0A

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.template_name
Advanced Selection: template_name

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Continuous footing template: You can select one or more footing templates. All continuous footing templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Continuous Footing Templates window are available on the list. For example, if a template named "CF2-0B" has been added to the beam templates window, ' CF2-0B ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Continuous footing template  CF2-0B

More than one template can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Member display: The members are color coded only when ' Member ' is selected.

Report Writer: Member.CustomMembers.xxx.template_name
Advanced Selection: template_name

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Rebar definition: You can select rebar definitions . All rebar definitions listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Rebar Definitions window are available on the list. For example, if a definition named "#2" has been added to the Rebar Definitions window, ' #2 ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Rebar definition  #2

More than one definition can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For rebar shape material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Setup: Rebar Definitions window

Rebar shape: You can select rebar shape templates . All rebar shape templates listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Standard Rebar Bends window are available on the list. For example, if a shape template named "T1" has been added to the Rebar Definitions window, ' T1 ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Rebar shape  T1

More than one shape can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For rebar shape material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Setup: Standard Rebar Bends window
Report Writer: MemberMaterial.Material.CustomMaterials.ShapedRebar.grade_description (shaped rebar); MemberMaterial.Material.CustomMaterials.RebarLayout.grade_description (rebar layouts)

Rebar coating: You can select rebar shape templates . All rebar coatings listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Rebar Coatings window are available on the list. For example, if a coating named "E - Green Epoxy" has been added to the Rebar Coatings window, ' E - Green Epoxy ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Rebar coating  E - Green Epoxy

More than one coating can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For rebar shape material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Setup: Rebar Coatings window
Report Writer: MemberMaterial.Material.CustomMaterials.ShapedRebar.coating (shaped rebar); MemberMaterial.Material.CustomMaterials.RebarLayout.coating (rebar layouts)

Rebar specification: You can select rebar shape specification . All rebar specifications listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Rebar Specifications window are available on the list. For example, if a specification named "A615" has been added to the Rebar Specifications window, ' A615 ' is selectable from the list.

Example :

Rebar specification  A615

More than one specification can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For rebar shape material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

By status display selection filtering: User and Site Options > Modeling > " Level of detail " must be sufficient.

Setup: Rebar Specifications window
Report Writer: MemberMaterial.Material.CustomMaterials.ShapedRebar.specification (shaped rebar); MemberMaterial.Material.CustomMaterials.RebarLayout.specification (rebar layouts)

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Concrete cover surface: You can select one or more surface types. All concrete cover surface types listed in the Concrete Job Setup > Concrete Cover Surfaces window are available on the list. For example, if a cover surface type has "Heavy Cover" as its description, ' Heavy Cover ' is selectable on the list box ( ) for this option.

Example :

Concrete cover surface  Heavy Cover

More than one type can be selected as shown below.

Click an item to select that item and deselect all other items.

Drag or hold down the Shift key to select multiple items that are next to each other.

Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Material display: For rebar shape material to be color coded or masked or made translucent, members must be displayed in a solid form. ' Member ' needs to be selected as the display item.

Advanced Selection: cover_type

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Activating/deactivating status display, saving files and reloading this window :

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(or the Enter key) closes this window ( Status Display ). So long as you remain in Modeling (do not exit), the Status Display window will remember the status display file settings that were most recently entered. If you exit Modeling then return and open Status Display again, the files on this window will be the files selected for User and Site Options > Modeling > " Status display criteria ."

If User and Site Options > Modeling > " Prompt to save status display after changes " is on (checked), you are given the opportunity to save changes to each status display file that you changed on this window.

If " Prompt to save configuration after changes " is off (not checked), changes that you made on this window to status display files will not be saved. However, those changes are nonetheless remembered for the duration of you current Modeling session. The next time (in that same session) that you open this window, you will still see your changes, and you can still " Save " those changes.

Members/materials in your current erection view (as well as in views you subsequently Open ) will now be color coded, isolated or masked per the conditions that are in each " Priority " that is defined in the active status display file .

The color-code key that you get when you press " Legend " remains open when you close Status Display .

The status display toggle will be set to on ( ), indicating that status display is active.

(or the Esc key or the button) closes this window.

The active status display file will have no affect on display the model. That is to say, pressing " Cancel " turns off status display in Modeling .

The status display toggle will be set to off ( ), indicating that status display is inactive.

If this window was opened for Detail Erection Views , that operation will be cancelled.

Two ways to turn off status display in the 3D model: 1) Open this window then press the " Cancel " button. 2) Switch the status display toggle to off ( ).

automatically resets this window to those settings that were loaded when this window was first opened.

can be used to save all of the status display files shown on this window to any folder you like. You can even create a new folder for the files.

If Status Display detects that you will overwrite a file of the same name and that file is different than the file shown on this window, you are prompted to overwrite or not.

By default, " Save... " accesses the conf_status folder, but -- as mentioned above -- you are not limited to saving the file(s) into that folder.

adds one or more new status display file(s) to this window as follows:

VIDEO " Load " on the Status Configuration tool's menu is used to add additional status display files to that menu and to the Status Display window. Exactly the same results could have been achieved by pressing " Load " here, on the Status Display window.

1 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a list of all status display files that are in the conf_status folder that is used by your current version of SDS2. You can browse to subfolders of that folder or to different folders at other locations on your network.

2 . Select one or more file(s) that you want to load.

3 . The file(s) you selected in step 2 are added to the file(s) that were already shown on this window.

Also see: Delete Status Configuration (a utility function)

removes all status display files that are shown on this window and reloads the default status display file.

Example: Suppose that multiple condition statements are currently set on this window. Pressing this button clears those statements so that only a single condition remains. You can then modify that statement as you please. This can simplify the editing of this window.

applies the active status display file's status settings to your current view in the 3D model, but does not close this window. Members or other items in your current view will be color coded, isolated, masked or made translucent per the active file's display logic .

Since this window remains open after you press " Apply ," you can make changes to this window and press the " Apply " button again to see what effect your changes will have on the model.

provides a color-code key for the active status display file . The legend correlates which colors and priorities are assigned to which conditions. The legend window remains open even after you close the Status Display window. A Status Display Legend icon can be added to a toolbar in Modeling to give you this same functionality without your having to open this window.

VIDEO A " Legend " icon is added to a toolbar, and the narrator explains what that icon does.

The file name of the active status display file summarized in this legend is "PlateThickness." Priority 1 colors plate material cyan. Priority 2 colors plate material orange. The " OK " button closes the legend.

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