The [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member Edit window

The [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member Edit window does not provide material settings. To open the member's material window, hover the material in the model > right-click ( Menu ) > choose " Edit Other " on the context menu.
  • Legacy miscellaneous members are members of various material types which the user of an SDS2 program has added to the 3D model by designating two or more points.
  • The orientation of these points with respect to the view in which the legacy miscellaneous member was added sets the default orientation for the main view of the member on its member detail.
  • You can change this default orientation by changing the main view in member isolation .
  • The origin point for a legacy miscellaneous member is the member's left end . However, the origin of a legacy miscellaneous member's main material is not necessarily the member's left end. The material origin is the 1st point that was located when the legacy miscellaneous member was added. This means that a legacy miscellaneous member, which will always have its origin at its left end, may have its main material origin at its right end. The best way to ensure that the two origins are the same is to locate points for legacy miscellaneous members so that the 1st point located is the left end as defined using the global coordinate system .
  • Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Piecemarking > Member Descriptions > the " Default Descriptions " tab > " Miscellaneous Members " provides a list of descriptions that can be applied to legacy miscellaneous members. These same descriptions can also be applied to miscellaneous members .
  • To add certain legacy miscellaneous members in Modeling , you can press F2 > check the box for " Miscellaneous steel " > select the member's material type only if User and Site Options > Site > " Show legacy miscellaneous member in member add screen " is checked on. If the user option is turned off, mostly miscellaneous members -- not certain legacy miscellaneous members -- will be listed under the " Miscellaneous steel " category.
  • Some legacy miscellaneous members do not have miscellaneous member counterparts. On the Member Type Selection window (opened with F2 ), these legacy miscellaneous members are as follows: " Miscellaneous -- Existing Material " " Miscellaneous -- Assembly ( )" " Miscellaneous -- Turned Element " " Miscellaneous -- Reference Member " " Miscellaneous -- Reference Profile Layout " " Miscellaneous -- Bolt " " Miscellaneous -- Library Part ( )" " Miscellaneous -- Extruded Profile " " Miscellaneous -- Part Library Fastener ." These legacy miscellaneous members are selectable on the Member Type Selection window regardless of the choice choice ( or ) made to Site Options > Site > " Show legacy miscellaneous member in member add screen ."

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" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Open " buttons :

  • You'll find buttons like these at the top of this window. They apply to all user-editable settings (except " System piecemark ") that are on this window. Click here for more information.
  • You can " Copy " ( ) the settings on this window, then " Paste " ( ) those settings to a different legacy miscellaneous member in your same Job.
  • " Save " ( ) saves a "form" file to the form/member-misc-1.0 folder in the data director used by your current version of SDS2 software, for use in any Job. Give the form a name that will help other users identify its purpose. " Open " ( ) changes all settings on this window to those settings that are stored in the file that you select.
  • " Paste " and " Open " 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. Special cases: Form buttons do not operate on " Piecemark " or "ABM Options ."

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Piecemark or System piecemark or User piecemark or Frozen piecemark

Setup: Piecemarking uses the " Piecemark Prefix " for " Miscellaneous " when assigning a system piecemark to a legacy miscellaneous member.

Piecemark group

Surface finish

Sequence

Left/Right end standard detail: None or a standard detail name . To apply a standard detail, you can type in the file name of the drawing (if you know it), or press the "file cabinet" browse button ( ) and double-click any job standard detail or global standard detail that is on the list.

If ' none ' is entered here, then no standard detail will be applied on this end of the legacy miscellaneous member when it is automatically detailed .

If a ' standard detail name ' is entered here, the next time you auto detail this legacy miscellaneous member, the reference point of the standard detail will align with the input work point on this end of the member, and the standard detail's bill of material will be combined with the member's bill of material. The detail is placed on a layer that is named after the standard detail plus a " _L " or " _R " suffix.

Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.StandardDetailFileType
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.StandardDetailFileNumber
Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.StandardDetailFileName

Advanced Selection: m.Ends[0].StandardDetailFileNumber
Advanced Selection: m.Ends[0].StandardDetailFileType

Parametric module: m.Ends[0].StandardDetailFileNumber
Parametric module: m.Ends[0].StandardDetailFileType

Marked for detailing

Model complete date

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Special Buttons for Detailing this Legacy Miscellaneous Member
       
Press this button to open a window with a list of preset views that you can select. When you Detail this member, any preset view you select will be drawn on the detail. Press this button to open a list of views you can delete. If this member has only a main view, you will get a warning instead of a list of views since you cannot delete the main view. This button opens the Annotations... window. Press " OK " on that window to detail this column.  Newly added views will be drawn on the detail. Deleted views will not be drawn. Press this button to start up the Drawing Editor . You will automatically be shown the detail of this member if the member has been detailed and if the file is not currently open.
Tip: When the setup option " Detailed " is set to ' In position ', isolation's main view is the view shown on the detail, and the preset views are based off of that main view. If " Detailed " is set to ' Horizontal ' or ' Vertical ', the main view is always shown flat, and the preset views that are selected are based off of that flat view.

"Properties" opens the Edit Properties window, on which you can make entries to custom properties . If, at the time it was created, your current Job was set to use a legacy flavor, the window that opens is named Custom Properties , not Edit Properties .

The Edit Properties window can also be used to read " Log " entries or review or type " Notes ."

Tip: Model > Member > Properties is an alternative to this button. It opens the Edit Properties window directly, without your first having to open a member edit window.

" Status " opens the Status Review window, which can give you additional information about this legacy miscellaneous member, and which you can use to input status information or designate the member as an existing member .

Note: This button is orange if one or more " Repeat " check boxes on the Member Status Review window have been switched from their default checked-unchecked state as set up in User and Site Options > Site > " Items to Copy/Repeat ." On the Status Review window, the fields that have been switched from their default state are printed in red .

" OK " (or the Enter key) closes this window and saves to the 3D model of your current Job any changes you have made on this window. The legacy miscellaneous member is regenerated in solid opaque form.

" Cancel " (or the Esc key or the button) closes this window without saving any changes that you might have made to it.

" Reset " undoes all changes that were made since you originally accessed this window.