The Crane Limits and Appearance setup window ( Fabricator Settings )
To open this window (if you have the appropriate license) :
Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Crane Limits and Appearance .
Method 2, 3 & 4 : In Modeling or the Drawing Editor , choose Settings > Fabricator Setting > Crane Limits and Appearance (classic), or use a keyboard shortcut , or click the icon.
Note: If you do not have the appropriate license, the menu options used to open this window will not be visible.
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Lift capacity limit: The percentage that is the default " Capacity limit " for a crane that is newly added using Add Crawler Crane or Add Tower Crane .
Example: You enter 90% as the " Lift capacity limit " here, on the Crane Setup window. You then do an Add Crawler Crane and, on the Crane Placement window, press the " Lift Config " button. On the Lift Configuration window for the new crawler crane, your find that the " Capacity limit " is 90%. You can change that " Capacity limit " if you so choose.
Note: Cranes can be added or edited in the SDS2 Site Planning program as well as in SDS2 Detailing .
Working area diagram radius: The radius of the working area shown on a crane placement's working area diagram. A working area is a configuration of a truck or crawler crane's lower works that determines its quadrants of operation. A working area diagram shows these quadrants extended to the radius that you choose.
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| A working area diagram radius is measured from the center of a crane placement. |
Note 1: Some working areas consist of a single 360 degree quadrant. Such diagrams are visible only when " Show diagram for 360 degree rotation working areas " is checked (
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Note 2: When the project's primary dimension " Units " are imperial (that is, set to ' Imperial (ft-in)' or ' Imperial (inches-sixteenths)' or etc.), this radius is expressed in feet. When the primary dimension " Units " are set to ' Metric ', this radius is expressed in meters. In either case, the radius is always expressed as a whole or decimal number.
Note 3: A truck crane's quadrants are defined under " Working Areas " on the Truck Crane Specification window. A crawler crane's quadrants are defined under " Working Areas " on the Crawler Crane Specification window. " Working Area " on the Lift Configuration window lets you define the quadrant of operation that is to be used for a particular lift. Working areas are not configured for tower cranes; consequently, working area diagrams are never shown for their placements.
Show diagram for 360 degree rotation working areas: or 
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| "Show diagram" has no effect on placements of cranes that have two or more quadrants in their working areas. |
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Liftable shell opacity: Any level from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). The liftable shell is the dome that is displayed when you left-click a crane in your Modeling view.
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the slider sets the level |
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| The "dome" around the crane placement represents the reach of the crane's boom. The center cylinder is the no-lift zone around the crane. The alternating dark and light bands are each 10 ft in width. |
Working area opacity: Any level from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). This applies to working area diagrams shown for truck and crawler crane placements.
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the slider sets the level |
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| When a working area is opaque, member main and member connection material cannot be seen through it. |
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"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Crane Setup window and saves the settings on it to the current Fabricator that is currently loaded in your current Job . To change to a different Fabricator , Home > press "fabname" > double-click the Fabricator you want.
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the
button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.
"Reset" undoes all changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
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