Footing Step Templates: Copy Global to Job ( Utility Functions )


  • Global footing step templates are stored in the data directory used by your current version of this program. Job footing step templates are stored in your current Job and can be added to a footing step in that Job by selecting the " Template " in that member's edit window.
  • However, a member edit window cannot be used to add a global template. So, to use global templates in your current Job, you need to use this utility to copy them to your current Job from the library of global templates.
  • The number or names of global templates currently maintained in the data directory does not change as a result of your using this utility.
  • See the step-by-step instructions .

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Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Start Copy Global Footing Step Templates to Job using the following method:

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Copy Global to Job > Copy Global Footing Step Templates to Job . If prompted to do so, enter the " Utility Password " that has been set up for your network.

2 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a list of the footing step templates in the data directory used by your current version of this program.

 CF_Example_S1
 CF_Example_S10
 CF_Example_S4
 CF_Example_S5
 CF_Example_S7
 CF_Example_S9
 GB_Example_S11
 GB_Example_S2
 GB_Example_S3
 GB_Example_S6
 GB_Example_S8


If there are no footing step templates in the data directory, you will be notified of such, and this operation will end without the selection dialog being opened.

Alternative 1 : Select the names of the templates that you to copy to your job, then press the " OK " button at the bottom of this selection dialog. Go to step 3.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to end the Copy Global Footing Step Templates to Job operation. Do not continue.

3 . One of the following happens:

Possibility 1 : An alert dialog opens if any of the footing step templates you selected in step 2 reside in your current Job. If you press " Yes " on this dialog, you will overwrite the footing step templates with those in your template repository. If you press " No " on this dialog, the Copy Global Footing Step Templates to Job operation ends. Do not continue.

One or more of the selected items already exists.
Do you want to overwrite?
   

Tip: When a footing step template is overwritten using this utility, you must mark for processing footing steps that are defined by it (for example, by using the Mark for Processing tool) and Process and Create Solids before the copied template will be applied.

Possibility 2 : None of the templates you selected in step 2 reside in your current job. The templates are copied to your job, and the operation ends.

4 . The global templates selected in step 2 continue to exist in the repository for such templates and copies of those templates are now Job footing step templates . You can now apply such a template to footing steps in your current Job by making it the " Template " selection in the member's edit window.

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