Input to Auto Minus Dimension and Field Clearance ( Home & 3D & 2D)
Tool summary :
- Lists members in the model that have input minus dimensions and field clearances. Select on the list those members whose minus dimensions and field clearances you want to be set to auto.
- Member types whose " Minus Dimension " and " Field Clearance " may be changed to "
Auto " are beams , columns , vertical braces or horizontal braces .
Also see :
- Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.MinusDimension
- Report Writer: Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Settings.AutoMinusDimension
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Step-by-step instructions :
1 . Do any of the following to invoke Input to Auto Minus Dimension and Field Clearance :
Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Input to Auto Minus Dimension and Field Clearance .
Method 2 : Click the Input to Auto Minus Dimension and Field Clearance icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit -- Change Options ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).
Method 3 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Edit > Change Options > Input to Auto Minus Dimension and Field Clearance .
Method 4, 5 & 6 : Input to Auto Minus Dimension and Field Clearance can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .
2 . After you invoke this Change option, a selection dialog opens. On it is a list of members with a " Minus Dimension " or " Field Clearance " that has been entered by the user on one, the other or both ends of the member. Since you cannot perform this operation on members that have their " Model complete date " set or on whose edit windows are set to " Lock end ," such members do not appear on the list. Each member is listed by its member number [num] and piecemark.
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When you press " OK ," the minus dimensions and field clearances of the selected members will be set to " Auto "
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2a (optional) : Note that a " Print " button is available on this selection dialog so that you can print the list of members with user-entered minus dimensions or field clearances if you like. To list all members with user-entered minus dimensions or field clearances, you can " Show All ."
2b : Select the member(s) on whose edit windows you want to have "
3 . " Auto " is selected as the " Minus Dimension " and " Field Clearance " on the edit windows of all of the members you selected in step 1. All affected members are marked for Process and Create Solids .
Note: The next time you Process and Create Solids , these setbacks are recalculated, and connection design redesigns the member(s) and their connections.
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