Force to System Conns

Force to System Connections ( Home & Modeling & Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Lists members in the model that have forced connections. Select on the list those members that you want to have system connections.
Member types whose connections can be changed from force to system are beams , columns , vertical braces , horizontal braces and joists .
As a result of changing Force to System Connections , you can see -- on member edit windows -- end connections changed as follows:

forced connection.
system connection.

Also see :

" Force to System Connections " does not unlock ( ) connection design locks that have been locked ( ). To do that, you can " Unlock Connection Design Locks ."
Member.LeftEnd.MoreEnd.Settings.ForceConnection (report writer)

Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Force to System Connections :

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Force to System Connections .

Method 2 : Click the Force to System Connections 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 > Force to System Connections .

Method 4, 5 & 6 : Force to System Connections 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 . A selection dialog opens. On it are listed all members in your current Project that have a forced connection on either their left or right end or both ends. Since you cannot perform this operation on members that have their " Model complete date " set or 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] B_14
[57] VB_53
[69] VB_71

When you press " OK ," the forced connections of the selected members will be set to system connections (" Force ") .

2a (optional) : Note that a " Print " button is available on this dialog so that you can print the shown list of members with forced connections. To list all members with forced connections, you can " Show All ."

2b : Select the member(s) you want to no longer have forced connections, then press " OK ."

3 . All connections on the members you selected in the previous step are no longer set to be forced. In other words, the " Connection " check boxes that were set to " Force " are now set to " Force ." The members are automatically marked for processing . During Process and Create Solids ( F5 ), the connections will be redesigned.

Note: Until you Process & Create Solids , the changes you have made only apply to the edit windows of the members you selected in step 2b, not to the solids models of those members. After Process & Create Solids , the actual solids of the selected members will be up to date.

	forced connection.
	system connection.