plugins folder (in your current version's SDS2 data directory)

plugins

Primary purpose: User-authored custom members or custom components may be placed directly in the plugins folder for the data directory used by your current version of this program. Alternatively, you may prefer to place them into the plugins folder in your current Job . See " Also see " at the bottom of this page.

plugins/SDS2/ in the data directory for your current version of SDS2 contains information about custom members and other Python -based plugins that are overwritten each time you update to a new version of SDS2. You may want to copy plugins from this folder to your current Job's plugins folder as described in " Also see " at the bottom of this page.

plugins/SDS2/Components contains plugins for custom components .

plugins/SDS2/Examples contains examples of source code.

plugins/SDS2/Examples/DesignablesExamples contains examples of source code for plugin developers who wish to become more familiar with how to use Designable code in their custom components and processable custom members. The example plugins will not be loaded with actual plugins when running SDS2 so long as they remain in this folder.

plugins/SDS2/Examples/ModularCustomPropertiesExamples contains source code related to the development of plugins that are shown at Home > Project Settings > Job > Activate Custom Properties .

VIDEO How to create a plugin file using source code that is stored in the ModularCustomPropertiesExamples folder.

plugins/SDS2/Properties/SDS2Properties contains modular custom property plugins.

plugins/SDS2/Members/Steel contains plugins for steel custom members such as anchor rod (AnchorRod), girt (CustomGirt), hand rail (HandRail) and others.

plugins/SDS2/Members/Steel/MiscellaneousCM contains plugins for the various miscellaneous member types that are available to users of SDS2 software. Here is a list of these miscellaneous member types:

Bent Plate Flat Bar Rectangular Plate Round Plate
Bent Plate Layout Grating Rolled Plate Shear/Threaded Stud
Clevis Grate Tread Rolled Section Square Bar
Decking Plate Layout Round Bar Turnbuckle

plugins/SDS2/Members/Concrete contains plugins for concrete custom members such Concrete Wall . (concretewall).

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You can use the Plugin Manager utility to copy a plugin from the plugins/SDS2 folder to the plugins folder in your current Job . This will ensure that the same plugin is used in a particular Job, throughout the course of that Job's development, instead of being overwritten each time the installation of a new version of SDS2 updates the plugins/SDS2 folder.

" Plugins " can be exported to any folder using Transmittal from the ( Home ).

" Advanced options " for Project Transfer allow you to pack plugins along with a packed Job.