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Assembly Drawing

In this detail from a rafter drawing different positioning dimensions have been set up -End Plate By bolt

Cleats By partHaunch None

Also Shop Bolts have been set as Exact Solid

Using the Classifier

Overview

The classifier is set up using existing drawing dialog boxes. In this first release there is no special user interface.The classifier makes use of the Drawing and View Filter, the Drawing and View Properties and Property Attributesub dialogs.

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Namin g Convent ion

Property Attribute sub dialogs must be saved with names of the form-

filter__

where refers to the name of the saved Drawing or View Properties setup refers to the saved drawing filter used to filter the required objects

for example-

filter_GAPlan_column

could be used as a name to save attribute settings for columns within GAPlan drawing properties.

Filters

Drawing or View Filters are used to filter the object or objects that a named set of property attributes will beapplied to. These can be saved at the drawing or view level.If several filters can select the object, alphabeticorder defines which filter is used when properties are tied to the object. If several filters can select the object suchthat one is view level and others at drawing level, then the view level filter will always be used.

Propert ies

The Drawing or View Properties are set up to include filtered attribute pages. The sub dialog pages that can beused by the classifier are

PartPart MarkBoltBolt MarkReinforcementReinforcement MarksComponentComponent markWeldDimensioning

It is also possible to set up sub dialog pages within the View Properties of a particular drawing. Classifier propertysettings set at the Drawing Property level will affect the entire drawing. Those set at the View Property level willaffect only that view.

Set up and save the common drawing properties in the usual way.Then set up sub dialog attributes for filtered selections and save these pages following the naming convention

Attr ibutes

The attributes on a property sub dialog can be set then the dialog saved using the filter_propertyname_filternameconvention

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When setting up classifier properties be careful not to set the unclassified properties inadvertently by pressingapply while setting up a classified set.

Limi tat ions

Not all the properties on the sub dialogs are available to the classifier.Property attributes that cant be set by the classifier -

Part Marks -Visible (to turn off part marks set a blank label for the selection)Merge marks

Bolt Marks -Visible (to turn off part marks set a blank label for the selection)Bolt size limit

Neighbour parts -All options in Visibility tab page.

Welds Visibility (Size limit and Site/workshop option).

Example Procedure

To change the appearance of columns in a GA drawing

1. Firstly set up and save the desired properties for the drawing as a whole in the normal way. In thisexample the properties are saved as example2. Define a Filter for the Columns and save as column. Then Cancel the filter dialog. (Do not Apply the

filter!)3. On the Property dialog open the Part attributes sub dialog and select the appearance tab. Change the

color of Visible lines to cyan. Using the classifier naming convention save as filter_example_column.Then Cancel the dialog (Do not Apply or this will change the color of everything!).

4. To test the classifier setup reload the standard drawing properties and select Modify, then load thedrawing properties example and select Modify. The Columns will now appear as cyan color.

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Step 1 Firstly set up and save the desired properties for the drawing as a whole in the normal way. In thi s

example the properties are saved as example

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Step 2 Define a Filter for t he Columns and save as column . Then Cancel the filter dialog. (Do not Applythe filter!)

Step 3 On the Property dialog open the Part attri butes sub dialog and select the appearance tab. Change the colorof Visible lines to cyan. Using the classifier naming convention save as filter_example_column. Then Cancel thedialog (Do not Apply or this will change the color of everything!)

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Step 4. To test the classi fier setup reload the standard drawing properties and select Modify, then load thedrawing properties example and select Modify. The Columns will now appear as cyan color.

Using Classifier at the View level

To change properties on a single view of a multiple view drawing edit and save View properties rather thanDrawing properties. The figure below achieves a similar result to the example above but for a single view -

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Automat ic Drawing Creation

Once the properties have been set up and saved they can be applied during automatic drawing creation in thenormal ways such as using the Drawing Wizard or loading and applying a set of properties before creatingdrawings.

Examples:

In this example we will use drawing classifier to control dimensioning, part presentation, part marks and boltmarks.

The model used in the examples below can be downloaded from Tekla Extranet and has all the needed filesincluded: the model, profile and bolt catalogues, drawing attribute files.

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Classifier sett ing 1:All workshop bolts drawn as exact.

Drawing view filter:Shop_bolts.vf (filtered by type = Workshop, bolt standard not NE*)

Bolt presentation settings:filter_beam_shop_bolts.vsfilter_column_shop_bolts.vs

Assembly drawing properties, where this setting is used:Beam.adColumn.ad

With default settings:

Automatic bolt presentation for shop bolts when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 2:Studs have different bolt marks than other bolts in assembly drawings for beams

Drawing view filter:stud.vf (filtered by Bolt standard NE*)

Bolt mark properties:filter_beam_stud.vsm

Assembly drawing properties, where this setting is used:beam.ad

With default settings:

Automatic bolt mark content for studs when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 3:

Secondary part marks for other than plate profiles contain also profile in column and beam assemblydrawings

Drawing view filter:

Secondarypartsnotplates.vf (filtered by secondary parts not profiles PL* FL* BPL* PLT*)

Part mark properties:filter_beam_Secondarypartsnotplates.vpmfilter_column_Secondarypartsnotplates.vpm

Assembly drawing properties, where this setting is used:beam.adcolumn.ad

With default settings:

Automatic part mark content when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 4:

Columns are drawn with different color into GA drawings

Drawing view filter:

columns.vf (filtered by name *COLUMN*)

Part properties:filter_ga_columns.vp

GA-drawing properties, where this setting is used:ga.gd

With default settings:

Automatic part presentation for columns when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 5:

Normally, complex assemblies, like trusses, tend to get very large number of dimensionlines, so in thisexample we try to get only vertical parts dimensioned

Drawing view filter:

vertical.vf (filtered by part name "VERTICAL")

Dimensioning properties:filter_truss_vertical.adcd

Assembly drawing properties, where this setting is used:truss.ad

With default settings (minimum dimensioning):

Automatic dimensioning allowed for vertical parts when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 6:

Truss members get profile into part mark and forced to be aligned

Drawing view filter:

truss.vf (filtered by part name "*CHORD* VERTICAL DIAGONAL")

Part mark properties:filter_truss_truss.vpm

Assembly drawing properties, where this setting is used:truss.ad

With default settings:

Automatic part marking when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 7:

Anchorbolts marked differently in GA drawings and drawn as "Bounding box" to speed up the drawing

Drawing view filter:

anchors.vf (filtered by X* part position prefix, this is set in the baseplate macro properties)

Part and part mark properties:filter_ga_anchors.vp

GA-drawing properties, where this setting is used:ga.ad

With default settings:

Automatic anchor part presentation and part marks when using drawing classifier:

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Classifier sett ing 8:

Baseplates dimensioned differently than other plates in column assembly drawings

Drawing view filter:

baseplate.vf (filtered by part name BASEPLATE, this is set in the baseplate macro properties)

Dimensioning properties:filter_column_baseplate.adcd

GA-drawing properties, where this setting is used:column.ad

With default settings:

Automatic baseplate dimensioning when using drawing classifier: