The Grating Grades window ( Job Settings )

The " ASD/ LRFD/ CISC " tab is shown here. The " AS4100 " or " Eurocode " tabs are just like this tab, with the same two columns. Which tab is shown depends on the selected " Connection design method ." Applying a steel grade to grating tread does not affect connection design, but may be done for purposes of ordering and tracking material.
  • The Grating Grades window lets you add a new steel grade so that you can assign it as the " Grade " to grating treads in a stair tread schedule definition. You can also assign a " Grating grade " from this window to grating treads added as miscellaneous members or submaterials.
  • There are no Fy or Fu values on this window. This is because connection design does not reference a grating tread's " Grade ." The usual reason to assign a grating tread a " Grade " in its stair tread definition is so that tread will have its " Steel Grade " listed in a stair's bill of material.
  • For a stair tread definition using ' Grating ' as the " Type of tread ," the steel grade entered to line 1 on this window will be the default " Grade " entered for the grating tread specified in that definition.
  • The steel grade entered to line 1 on this window 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.
  • 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.
  • Cut ( Ctrl + x ), copy ( Ctrl + c ) and paste ( Ctrl + v ) are available to help you more quickly edit steel grades. You can also choose " Cut " " Copy " or " Paste " on the context menu that opens when you right-click a cell. See the warning .

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Step-by-step instructions :

1 . To open the Grating Grades window, use one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Job > Material Grades > Grating Grades .

Methods 2, 3 & 4 : In Modeling or the Drawing Editor , choose Settings > Job Settings > Grating Grades (classic), or use a keyboard shortcut , or click the icon.

2 . The Grating Grades window opens. Which tab is shown on the window depends on the " Connection design method " that you are using. The tabs that may be shown are " ASD/LRFD/CISC " or " AS4100 " or " Eurocode ." Step 3 is the same regardless of the tab that is shown.

3 . See the Warning before making any changes to this window. To add a new steel grade, fill out the columns for the first blank line (press the Tab key or Shift + Tab to move from cell to cell). The type of information that may be entered beneath a particular column on this window is explained below:

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 > Member and Material Piecemarking > the " Submaterial " tab > " Show non-std grade notation with piecemarks on member details " is checked.

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 > Member and Material Piecemarking > the " Submaterial " tab > " 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 notation.

4 . When you are done making changes to the Grating Grades window, use the buttons at the bottom of this window to reorder listings on the window or close the window or undo your changes.

       

"Move Up" or "Move Down" change the order of items on the window. Warning!! If you move a steel grade to a line number whose steel grade has already been assigned to materials in your current Job, when you press " OK " those materials are assigned the newly moved steel grade -- see the Warning .

"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the window and saves the settings on it to the Job Settings file in your current Job . See the Warning .

"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the button) closes the window without saving any changes.

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

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