Material Add Grating ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

  • Adds grating to a member. You must select a member to add the grating to.
  • When you add grating to a member, the grating becomes a submaterial of that member. As a result, the grating will be shown on its member's detail drawing and will be listed in its member's bill of material. The material will be shown on the detail and in the bill even if you do not shop bolt or shop weld the grating to the member. Also, the material does not have to touch the member to be a part of the member.
  • If you do not want the grating material attached to a member, you should add it as a miscellaneous member or legacy miscellaneous member.
  • This page also discusses how to add grating as a legacy miscellaneous member. Adding grating as a non-legacy miscellaneous member is usually a better choice than adding it as a legacy miscellaneous member and is discussed on a different page .
  • Grating is made of different sizes of steel bar. It is considered to be a single material because it may be purchased from manufacturers as a single piece of material.

Also see :

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Adding a grating material or a legacy miscellaneous member :

1 . Locating work points for grating should be done in a view whose work plane is orthogonal to (at right angles to) the material or legacy miscellaneous member being added. Do one (1) of the following:

To add grating TO a member (pre-selection method):

  • Select the one (1) member that you want to add the material to (so that it is displayed in the " Primary selection color ") > press F3 > filter for " Other " > double-click " Grating " > continue to step 2.
  • Instead of using F3, you can activate the Add Grating tool by clicking the icon represented at the top of this page or by using a keyboard shortcut or by using the classic menu system or etc.

To add grating AS a legacy miscellaneous member: Confirm that the box is checked for User and Site Options > Site > " Show legacy miscellaneous members in member add screen ." Then, in Modeling , press F2 > filter for " Miscellaneous steel " > double-click " Miscellaneous -- Grating " > continue to step 2.

2 . The status line prompts, " Add: Material ." Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings become active. Select the appropriate Locate option, then:

bindings

2a : Left-click ( Locate ) with the point location target at two different locations to define the work points and length ( X material axis ) of the grating. The first point you locate sets the grating material's left end . If the grating is a legacy miscellaneous member, the main view shown on its member detail is the view you see in the erection view in which you are adding the grating. The elevation of the far side of grating laid out in a plan view is at the elevation of the work points.

 Because its work points were located from left to right, the grating in this example is below the workline.

3 . The Grating Material window opens. On it are settings for the grating material you are adding.

3a : Specify the " Number of bearing bars ," the " Bearing bar depth ," " Bearing bar thickness ," " Bearing bar spacing ," " Cross bar depth ," " Cross bar thickness " and " Cross bar spacing " or use the defaults.

3b : Press the " OK " button to close the Grating Material window and, unless you press " Cancel " in step 4, apply your settings to the generating of 3D grating material in the model.

4 . The Rotate Material window opens. A preview of the to-be-added grating is shown on screen. Do one (1) of the following:

Alternative 1 : Press " Cancel " to back up to step 2. This stops the grating from being added.

Alternative 2 : To accept the material's present rotation, press the " OK " button.

Alternative 3 : Change the material's rotational settings and then press " OK " if you want to rotate the material.

5 : Different end steps are required depending on whether you are adding a material to a member or adding a stand-alone legacy miscellaneous member.

End steps for adding a material TO a member: After rotating the material into place > right-click ( Return ) if done adding material to the member > Change All Options can be applied if the member the material is being added to is batched together with other members with the same mark.

End steps for adding a material AS a legacy miscellaneous member: After rotating the legacy miscellaneous member into place > right-click ( Return ) when you are done.

Tip 1: If you added a legacy miscellaneous member (see step 1), you cannot re-open the Grating Material window using Edit Member -- that opens the [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member Edit window. Grating Material is a material window, not a member window, and you therefore have to open it by, for example, using Edit One Material , " Edit Other " on the context menu, or by double-clicking the material in the Model Tree .

Tip 2: If you added this material as a submaterial (see step 1), you can, in addition to the edit methods described in tip 1, double-click the material to re-open this window.

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