Grating Grades

• Warning: Changing any steel grade definition (for example, changing line 3) assigns the new definition to all grating treads that had been assigned the previous definition. Since a steel grade is assigned to a material by its line number (index), this means that if you switch line 3 with line 4, the steel grades of existing grating treads using those definitions will also be switched.
• The steel grade entered to line 1 on this screen is assigned as the default " Grating grade " to the first grating tread that is added using Add Material or Add Miscellaneous Member after you first start Modeling . Each subsequently added grating tread is assigned that steel grade until you change the steel grade or edit a grating with a different steel grade.

Settings

Line number: The index number (a positive integer) of the steel grade -- see the Warning . Line 1 sets the default steel grade and is the standard steel grade that may be referenced when Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Piecemarking > Member and Material Piecemarking > Submaterial > Show non-std grade notation with piecemarks on member details is checked.

To move a line up or down in priority: Left-click to select the line and hold down the left-mouse button, then drag the line up or down.

Steel Grade: Any text string (up to 29 characters) to denote the name of the steel grade (e.g., A36 , A401 , Peter , Joe , whatever name you want). Steel grades entered here are selectable ( ) (in Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Stair Treads ) and on the Grating Tread Material window (in Modeling ).

Nonstandard Notation: Any text string (up to 29 characters) to denote that a particular steel grade is not the standard steel grade.

For submaterials: A callout is generated next to that material's submaterial piecemark callout on the member detail when Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Piecemarking > Member and Material Piecemarking > Submaterial > Show non-std grade notation with piecemarks on member details is checked. The callout will consist of the steel grade if you do not enter a Nonstandard Notation. If, on the other hand, a Nonstandard Notation has been entered, that notation would be called out instead of the steel grade. For example, you might enter Non Std as a Nonstandard Notation.

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

OK (or the Enter key) closes this screen and applies the settings.

Cancel (or the Esc key) closes this screen without saving any changes.

Reset undoes all changes made to this screen since you first opened it. The screen remains open.