Input to Auto Material Setback ( Home & 3D & 2D)

Tool summary :

  • Lists columns and beams in the model that have user-entered material setbacks on at least one of their ends. Select on the list those members whose material setbacks you want to be set to auto.
  • An end connection's field clearance may be affected by this change.

Also see :

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  Step-by-step instructions : 

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Input to Auto Material Setback :

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Input to Auto Material Setback .

Method 2 : Click the Input to Auto Material Setback icon, which is pictured above. 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 Material Setback .

Method 4, 5 & 6 : Input to Auto Material Setback 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 columns and beams with a " Material Setback " that has been input 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 members 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.

[15] C_14
[57] B_53
[69] B_71
 
When you press " OK ," the material setbacks of the selected members will be set to be automatically recalculated.

1a (optional) : Note that a " Print " button is available on this selection dialog so that you can print the list of members with user-entered material setbacks if you like. To include all members with user-entered material setbacks on the list, you can " Show All ."

1b : Select the member(s) you want to change

3 " Auto " or ' Automatic material setback ' is automatically selected for both ends on the edit window(s) of the member(s) you selected in step 1. All affected members are marked for Process and Create Solids .

" Input to Auto Material Setback " can change the following:
Beam

' Input material setback ' to ' Automatic material setback '

Column " Material setback " from " Auto " to " Auto ."

Note: The next time you Process & Create Solids , the setback is recalculated, and members and their end connections are updated accordingly.

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