Downloaded Rotations to Non-downloaded Rotations ( Home & 3D & 2D)

Tool summary :

  • Lists beams with downloaded rotations. Select on that list those beams you want to, instead, be rotated per the beam edit window's web rotation.
  • Downloaded Rotations to Non-downloaded Rotations applies when Import Model has been used to bring three-dimensional data into your current Job or when the box for " Hold rotations " has been checked.
  • If a beam's web rotation is specified in a file that has been downloaded to your current Job using Import Model , then this Change option can make that beam's " Web Rotation " override the downloaded rotation.
  • A beam's " Web Rotation " can be ' Web Vertical ' or ' Hip and Valley ' or ' Web Normal ' or ' Automatic '.

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Downloaded Rotations to Non-downloaded Rotations :

▸ Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Downloaded Rotations to Non-downloaded Rotations .

▸ Click the Downloaded Rotations to Non-downloaded Rotations icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit -- Change Options ' and placed on the ribbon.

▸ Downloaded Rotations to Non-downloaded Rotations 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 all beams on whose edit windows the box for " Hold rotations " is checked. Each beam is listed by its member number [num] and piecemark.

[15] B_14
[57] B_25
[69] B_71
[99] B_83
 
When you press " OK , " Hold rotations " on each selected member's edit window will be switched to " Hold rotations ," thus allowing the member's " Web Rotation " to apply.

2a (optional) : Note that a " Print " button is available on this selection dialog so that you can print the list of members with downloaded rotations if you like.

2b : Select the beam(s) you want, then press " OK ."

3 . The beams you selected in step 1 are set to no longer use the downloaded rotations. On the affected Beam Edit windows, " Hold rotations " is not checked. The affected beams are also marked for Process and Create Solids .

Note: After Process & Create Solids , the beams will be oriented based on their " Web Rotation " (' Automatic ' or ' Web Vertical ' or ' Hip and Valley ' or ' Web Normal ').