The Hide Items window ( enabled , for list masking)

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Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke any the following:

Review Member by Piecemark
Review Member by Member Number
Isolate Member by Piecemark
Open (with ' Details ' or ' Submaterials ' selected)
Printing

2 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a selection list of members or submaterials.

2a : Press the " Hide... " button.

3 . The Hide Items window opens. All classes of items that are not selected on this window (or have their check box not checked) can potentially be displayed on the selection list that appeared in step 2.

3a (optional) : To hide items on the selection list, select or check ( ) classifications on the Hide Items window.

3b (optional) : To potentially increase the number of items listed, deselect or uncheck ( ) their classifications on the Hide Items window.

Alternative 1 : Press the " OK " button to apply the Hide Items options you selected to the selection list of members or submaterials.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to close this window and cause the selection list to remain unchanged.

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Default settings on the Hide Items window :

When you hide items in Modeling for Review Member by Piecemark or Review Member by Member Number or Isolate Member by Piecemark or Update Attributes By Piecemark , the items remain hidden on the selection dialog every time you perform one of these operations until you change the settings on this window or exit Modeling .

When you hide items in the Drawing Editor for Open , the items will remain hidden on the selection dialog every time you execute Open until you change the settings on this window or exit the Drawing Editor .

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General Routing Category & Miscellaneous Sheet

-------------- Member type ---------------

Members type: Group Members and/or Beams and/or Columns and/or Vertical Braces and/or Horizontal Braces and/or Joists and/or Stairs and/or Miscellaneous are the options you can select for hiding on the selection dialog. These options apply to member selection lists only -- they do not apply to submaterial lists.

effect on list of selecting a member type
selected   not selected
hides piecemarks of members of the selected types allows listing of member piecemarks for that classification

Example: You invoke Member Review by Piecemark command. On the member selection dialog, you press the " Hide... " button and, on this window, select only the ' Beams ' option then press " OK. " The piecemarks of beams will no longer be listed on the member selection dialog.

-------------- Material type ---------------

Material type: Wide Flange and/or Channels and/or Angles and/or Pipe and/or Tees and/or HSS/TS and/or Plates and/or Cold Formed Channel and/or Cold Formed Z are options you can select for hiding on the selection dialog. The options apply to both member and submaterial selection lists . For members, the materials listed apply to the member main material only.

effect on list of selecting a material type
selected   not selected
  hides member or submaterial marks under selected material types allows listing of member of submaterial marks for that material

Note: Non rolled sections such as round bars, square bars, etc. -- as well as plates -- are included under the ' Plate ' classification.

Example 1: You invoke Review Member by Piecemark . On the member selection dialog, you press the " Hide... " button and, on this window, select all options except the ' Beams ' option in the " Member " column. In this column, you select everything but the ' Channel ' option, then press " OK " to close this window. Only the piecemarks of beams with channel main material are now on the selection list .

Example 2: You Open in the Drawing Editor to select available submaterial details for reviewing. You press the " Hide... " button and select all options except the ' Plate ' option, then press " OK " to close this window. Only the piecemarks of submaterial details of plates and miscellaneous materials such as round bars, square bars, etc. are now listed.

-------------- Sequence ---------------

Sequence: 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 and/or 4 and/or etc. The sequences listed in this column will be names instead of numbers if sequence names have been entered on the Sequence Definitions window. Sequences listed in this column may apply to member or submaterial selection lists .

effect on list of selecting a sequence
selected   not selected
hides member or submaterial marks under each selected sequence allows listing of member of submaterial marks under that sequence

Example: You use Open in the Drawing Editor to select available member details for reviewing. On the member selection dialog, you press the " Hide... " button and, on this window, you select all options except the ' Beams ' option in the " Member " column. In this column, you select all options except the ' 2 ' option. After you press " OK " to close this window, only the piecemarks of beams in sequence 2 are listed on the member selection dialog.

-------------- Zone ---------------

Zone: 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 and/or 4 and/or etc. The zones listed in this column will be names instead of numbers if zone names have been entered on the Zone Definitions window. Zones listed in this column may apply to member or submaterial selection lists .

effect on list of selecting a zone
selected   not selected
  hides member or submaterial marks under that zone allows listing of member of submaterial marks under that zone

Example: You use Open in the Drawing Editor to select available member details for reviewing. On the member selection dialog, you press the " Hide... " button and, on this window, you select the ' 2 ' option. After you press " OK " to close this window, the piecemarks of all members in zone 2 will disappear from the member selection dialog.

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General Routing Category & Miscellaneous Sheet

Route '. . '.: Each user-entered definition from the User Routing Configuration #1 table in Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > User Routing Settings will be listed in this column. The default name for this routing configuration is ' Mult. Cutting # '. Route definitions listed in this column may apply to member or submaterial selection lists .

effect on list of selecting a routing definition
selected  not selected
hides member or submaterial marks with the selected routing definition allows listing of member of submaterial marks with that routing definition

Route '. . '.: Same as above , except that this applies to User Routing Configuration 2 . The default name for this routing configuration is ' Labor Code '.

Route '. . '.: Same as above , except that this applies to User Routing Configuration 3 . The default name for this routing configuration is ' Job Cost Code '.

Route '. . '.: Same as above , except that this applies to User Routing Configuration 4 . The default name for this routing configuration is ' Remarks '.

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General Routing Category & Miscellaneous Sheet

-------------- Category ---------------

Category: Each user-entered definition from Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Category Settings will be listed in this column. Options in this column apply to member lists only -- they do not apply to submaterial selection lists .

effect on list of selecting a category
selected   not selected
hides marks of members assigned the selected categories allows listing of members assigned that category

Status Display: Member status > Category
Member Status Review: Member category
Status Update: Category

-------------- Special masking options ---------------

Existing: or . This applies to member selection lists only -- it does not apply to submaterial lists.

If this option is checked ( ), then the piecemarks of existing members will be hidden on selection dialogs that list member piecemarks.

When this option is not checked ( ), then existing members will be allowed to be shown on the list.

Note: Existing members are members that exist in the 3D model but are not to be fabricated. Members that are marked as existing can undergo connection design 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. Automatic connections can be generated on members framing into existing members.

Member Status Review: Existing member
Status Display: General status options > Existing Member

On sheet: or .

If this option is checked ( ), then the piecemarks of members or submaterials whose details have been placed on a sheet will be hidden on selection lists of member or submaterial piecemarks.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members or submaterials whose details have been placed onto sheets will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Drawing Data: On sheet
Status Display: Detailing and processing > On sheet

No file: or .

If this option is checked ( ), then the piecemarks of members or submaterials that have not yet undergone auto detailing will be hidden on selection lists .

If this option is not checked ( ), then members or submaterials that have not yet been detailed will be displayed on the selection list.

Detail complete: or .

If this option is checked ( ), then the piecemarks of members or submaterials with the " Detail Complete " flag set will be hidden on selection lists .

If this option is not checked ( ), then members and submaterials with the " Detail Complete " flag set will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Note: detail complete dates are user-assigned to members in the 3D model using the Drawing Data window or Status Update . They may also be assigned whenever users Open a new drawing or Exit their current drawing in the Drawing Editor after making a change to their current drawing. Setting a detail complete date prevents a drawing from being Saved or automatically detailed .

Drawing Data: Detail complete
Update Attributes (select " By Piecemark "): Detail complete date
Status Display: Approval and modeling > Detail complete date (for members)
Status Display: Material status > Material detail complete date
Status Report by XXX: Detail complete

Standard parts: or .

If this option is checked ( ), then members or submaterials that are standard parts or material bolts will be hidden on the selection list from which this window ( Hide Items ) was opened.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members and submaterials that are standard parts will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Material type: Standard Part
Material review window: User Created Standard Part Material

Main material: or .

If this option is checked ( ), then the piecemarks of submaterials that are member main material will be hidden on selection lists of submaterials.

If this option is not checked ( ), then submaterials that are member main materials will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Status Display: Material status > Main material
General Information: User modified main member material
General Information: System created main member material

Zero quantity material: or . A user of a full-featured SDS2 program can get a submaterial detail with a quantity of zero, for example, if that user autodetails submaterial and selects a plate that is defined on the Base / Cap Plate Schedule but not used in the model. Users of a full-featured SDS2 program can also detail any angle whose submaterial mark has been defined on one of the Clip Angle Piecemarks tables for a specific clip angle configuration .

If this option is checked ( ), then the piecemarks of submaterials with quantities of zero will be hidden on selection lists of submaterial.

If this option is not checked ( ), then submaterials with quantities of zero will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

User created details: or . This applies to selection lists of members only. The user-created detail flag is set when a member detail is created using " Create New ."

If this option is checked ( ), then piecemarks of user-created member details will be hidden on selection dialog lists of members.

If this option is not checked ( ), user-created member details will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Detail required: or . This applies to both member and submaterial selection lists . Details are not up to date when the member or submaterial depicted on the detail has been modified in the 3D model since the time that member or submaterial was last detailed.

If this option is checked ( ), then piecemarks of members or submaterials with details that are not up to date will be hidden on selection dialog lists.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members or submaterials with details that are not up to date will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Member review windows: " General Information " > Marked for detailing
Status Display: Detailing and processing > Needs to be detailed

Process required: or . This applies to member selection lists only -- it does not apply to submaterial lists. Members are marked for processing if they are flagged for any phase of Process and Create Solids , including the creation of 3D solids, assigning of piecemarks, etc.

If this option is checked ( ), then piecemarks of members that require Process and Create Solids will be hidden on selection dialog lists of members.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members that require Process and Create Solids will be allowed to be displayed on the list.

Member review windows: " General Information " > Marked for processing
Status Display: Detailing and processing > Needs to be processed

Non CNC downloadable: or . This applies to submaterial selection lists .

Non CNC Downloadable Materials
deck grating grating tread  
stair tread   shear stud   threaded stud
  turned element threaded rod clevis
turnbuckle beaded flat welded plate box *
bent plate layout reference material  
*  Component plates can be downloaded separately. For example, click here .

If this option is checked ( ), then the above-listed types of materials will be hidden on the selection list from which this window ( Hide Items ) was opened.

If this option is not checked ( ), then the above-listed materials may be displayed on the selection list.

Galvanized: or . This applies to member selection lists only.

If this option is checked ( ), then members which have " Galvanized " checked on their edit windows will be hidden on the selection list from which this window ( Hide Items ) was opened.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members that are set to be " Galvanized " are permitted to be displayed on the selection list.

Member review windows: " General Information " > Galvanized
Status Display: Member status > Galvanized

Model complete: or . This applies to member selection lists only.

If this option is checked ( ), then members whose " Model complete date " is set will be hidden on the selection list from which this window ( Hide Items ) was opened.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members which have a " Model complete date " entered are permitted to be displayed on the selection list.

Member review windows: " General Information " > Model complete
Status Display: Approval and modeling > Model complete date

User assigned piecemarks: or . This applies to member selection lists only.

If this option is checked ( ), then members that have been assigned a user piecemark will be hidden on the selection list from which this window ( Hide Items ) was opened.

If this option is not checked ( ), then members that have user piecemarks are permitted to be displayed on the selection list.

Status Display: Detailing and processing > User assigned piecemarks

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General Routing Category & Miscellaneous Sheet

This tab is enabled for Plotting so that you can mask sheets by sheet size. Under this tab is a list of all sheet sizes that are available for Plotting .

To open this tab, press the " Hide ... " button on the Select Sheets dialog for plotting.

Select those sheet sizes you don't want to print. Those size sheets will be masked on the selection list for plotting.

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To close this window :

"OK" closes the Hide Items window and applies the choices made on it to the selection list on the selection dialog from which you originally opened this window.

Note: In some cases, your changes will remain in effect even if you then exit the selection dialog. See default settings .

"Cancel" closes this window without applying any of the changes that you have made to it.

Whatever selection list was displayed on the selection dialog before you pressed the " Hide... " button will continue to be displayed.

"Reset" undoes all changes that you made to the Hide Items window since the you first opened it. The window remains open.

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