Getting Started

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Contents

Starting StruCad evolution 3

Creating a New Model 6

Setting Up 7

Inserting a Grid 7

Setting Up Snaps 8

Creating Layers & Levels 8

Inserting Steelwork Manually 9

Creating “デWWﾉ┘ﾗヴﾆ CﾗﾐﾐWIデｷﾗﾐゲ ┌ゲｷﾐｪ M;Iヴﾗげゲ 13

Interactive Connection Detailing 15

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Creating an Assembly 21

Importing Model Data using the Integration Platform 24

Creating Connections using the Connection Wizard 25

Creating Fabrication Data 28

Creating General Arrangement Drawings 31

Creating Reports 33

Annotations 34

Creating a StruWalker Model 34

Document Manager 36

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Starting StruCad evolution

Once StruCad evolution has been successfully installed and configured, the system is started by

double clicking the desktop icon.

After accepting the terms of the license agreement users will be asked to log into the system.

Username and Password fields (which were defined during the StruCad evolution setup process) are

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check box.

*StruCad evolution login screen

StruCad will then help you through setting up the system via a series of wizards.

The first screen you will see is the 'Welcome to the StruCad Setup Wizard' dialog, this

summarises the steps you will take during the first start wizard. Click the 'Next' button to

continue.

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The next dialog 'Office Selection' will prompt you

to select the AceCad office, partner or distributor

that covers your region. This information will be

used by the licensing system if you manually register

/renew you StruCad license rather than using the

internet.

Select your local office and click Next.

Choose the 'Register License Key' option and

then either;

Type in the license key provided, select the

internet option and click register to activate

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...select the 'File Import' option, and use the

magnifying glass button to browse for a license

file (.xml) and then click the register button to

active the licenses from the license file.

Once registered click the 'Next button to continue.

The next dialog 'Section Manager' will import and compile

the Section Databases for each installed dataset.

Click the Next button and the section import will

begin. The next dialogue will appear automatically

once the section database import is complete.

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The next dialog 'Administrator Account' is used to configure the 'Administrator' user for this

installation of StruCad.

Configure the account using you own name and company details (using the advanced

button). Remember your password, you will need it to log in after the first start wizard,

write it down below;

User Name________________________________

Password_________________________________

Click Next.

The next dialog 'Document Management' will prompt you to import the standard document

management data, such as transmittal reasons.

Click 'Next' to start the import. The next dialog will appear automatically once the

document management import is complete.

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The 'Integration Platform' dialogue box will import stock and grade data, which will form the StruCad

catalogue.

Click the 'Next' button to start the

import. The next dialog will appear

automatically once integration

platform import is complete.

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informs the user that the setup

process is complete. Click the Finish

button to complete the wizard and

start StruCad evolution.

Creating a New Model

Once logged into StruCad evolution users will be presented with the StruCad Workspace. From here

users can perform an array of tasks. For example managing documents stored within the system,

control system administration, access the AceCad Software website and manage and create models

etc.

To create a new model click the New Model button from within the Home Tab. Users will then be

presented with the New Model window. From here users define fields such as Model Name,

Contract Name, Description, Customer etc. The information defined in this window will appear on

the final material lists, fabrication drawings etc. so it must be correct (although it can be edited at a

later date. Users should also define the Language Dataset for use with this model. For this exercise

we will use the UK option. Click OK to create the model.

*Creating a New Model

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Once the new model has been created the 3D environment will automatically launch. A ribbon tab

option is available at the top of thW ゲIヴWWﾐ aﾗヴ さ“デヴ┌C;S GWデデｷﾐｪ “デ;ヴデWS T┌デﾗヴｷ;ﾉざく Tｴｷゲ デ;H Iﾗﾐデ;ｷﾐゲ most of the tools that we will be using as part of this tutorial.

Note: If you do not see the StruCad Getting Started Tutorial Tab, right click on one of the grey

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appear.

Click the StruCad Evaluation Tutorial tab.

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Inserting a Grid

The first stage of this tutorial is to create a grid. There are 3 main types of grid that can be produced

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Tutorial tab. These being tools for regular, irregular and radial grids.

Click the Irregular Slayout grid tool

to create an irregular grid.

Copy the setup for your irregular

grid as shown in the window (right).

The irregular grid can then be inserted into the

3D environment.

Click Accept for the irregular grid layout

configuration.

Accept the insertion point of 0,0,0 (as

seen on the command line in the bottom

left hand corner of the workspace) by

pressing the mouse middle button and

selecting yes.

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Setting Up Snaps

Snaps are options which allow the user to select specific points within the 3D modelling environment

with 100% confidence and accuracy (e.g. the exact intersection of two lines).

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configuration as shown in the window

(right). Click accept.

* Snap options menu

Creating Layers & Levels

Creating a model using layers is a great way of being able

to manage the members within that model. Members are

created or placed on appropriate layers as a convenient

way of managing the information within the model

database. Layers are created by the user as and when

necessary. E.g. Columns and Beams would have their

own layer, and members added to those layers to suit.

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the screen.

To create a new layer, from the layers grid the user must click the * symbol at the bottom

of the layers grid, and then change the name and colour of that new highlighted layer.

Copy the configuration of the layers grid in the window above.

Creating Levels allows the user to define certain heights

within the model and are usually created for use with

multi storey buildings, but can also be used to define

the levels of entities such as base plates, eaves beams

etc. By using different levels the grid will move up or

down to that level, making detailing easier.

Move the cursor over the levels grid and copy

the configuration as shown (right), defining level *Levels Grid

names and heights. Click the * symbol each time to

create a new level.

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Inserting Steelwork Manually

We are now going to manually insert some steelwork into the 3D modelling environment, but first of

all we have to define the layer and level we will be dealing with.

From the Layers grid highlight the Columns layer and

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the list of layers.

In a similar fashion, from the Levels grid set the current

level to Floor_Level.

Select the ColSol tool from the tutorial tab. By using this we can define that the steelwork

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The next stage is to select the stock size for the Column we are going to insert.

From the Tutorial tab select the

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From here we can define any element

of this column (e.g. stock size, grade,

rotation etc)

Change the stock size by clicking on

the default stock size and define a

new stock from the list of folders

provided. Change your stock size to

a 254x254x132UC and click OK to

accept.

Now we can insert the column.

To define the start point of the Column, click the grid intersection A1. The command

prompt (bottom left of the screen) then asks us for and end joint. We want the column to

be 7 meters tall, and we define this by right clicking in the workspace and selecting

relative. In the Z Co-ordinate field we specify a height of 7000 and click Accept. Press Esc to

finish.

If you make a mistake and need to start again,

Press the ESC button and start again.

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We are now going to copy this column to other locations around the grid, so that we can start to

form a basic steelwork structure.

Select the Multi-Copy tool from the Tutorial tab,

and select the column and then the middle mouse

button to confirm selection. If we look at the

command prompt (bottom left of the screen) the

command is asking us for a base point. Choose the

bottom point of the column. We then define the

second point of displacement at the grid

intersection B1. We are then asked to define the

amount of copies. Type in 4 and click accept.

* Multi-Copy command results

These columns now need to be duplicated to form the rest of the columns in the structure.

Again choose the Multi-Copy command, and select all of the columns created so far and

then middle mouse button to confirm. Click the column base point at grid intersection A1

and define the second point of displacement at grid intersection A2. Choose 4 as number

of copies and accept.

At this point we need to update the model. Type in UP (the text you type will appear in the

command prompt) and press return.

After running update the columns in the model will have become solid entities. In StruCad users can

switch between working in Solid or wireframe modes.

From within the Tutorial tab click the Toggle Solid button to switch off the solid mode.

* Columns viewed from the Solid Mode

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We are now going to insert some first floor steelwork.

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Then select the stock size. In the same fashion as before select the Member command

from the Tutorial tab and select 356x171x67UB and select OK.

As a start point for this first floor beam we will choose

the midpoint of the column at grid reference A2. To do

this right click, after the stock size has been selected

and select Midpoint from the pop-up menu. Select the

column at A2.

To define the End Joint for this member right click and

again select Midpoint. Then click on the column at A1.

This will have inserted your first floor beam.

To continue to insert members from this point middle click the mouse button. This will

automatically start a new member from the finishing point of the previous member.

Define the finishing point for this member by again right clicking, selecting midpoint and

selecting the column at B1.

Repeat the techniques discussed on this page to create a set of members identical to the

view shown below.

We are now going to copy the first floor beams down the structure, using the same Multi-Copy

technique we used when copying the columns.

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Select Multi-Copy from the Tutorial

tab and select the first floor beams.

Select the Intersection at A1 as the

Base Point. Now select the intersection

at A2 as the second point of

displacement. Type in 3 as the number

of copies and accept.

Complete the first floor beams

steelwork by adding beams to the

columns on gridline 5 as shown in the

window right.

We are now going to copy the first floor steelwork to the tops of the columns to create the second

floor steelwork. Rather than picking members individually we are going to use a tool called the

Member Grid to select all first floor steel. The Member Grid summarises every piece of information

about every member within a model, but also acts as a device for making convenient selections.

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Open the Member Grid by rolling over the tab on

the right hand side of the screen. (Note: If you do

not see this tab navigate to the Display Features

tab and click Member Grid).

To select all of the first floor beams exclusively

select the member on the Beams layer from within

the grid. Whilst holding down the left mouse

button drag down to highlight all of the Beams

(see picture right). Press the middle mouse button

(in the 3D environment) to confirm the selection.

Pick a base point e.g. intersection of first floor

steelwork with column at A1. Pick a second point

of displacement at the top of the column at A1.

Update the model to finish this stage.

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Creating Steelwork CﾗﾐﾐWIデｷﾗﾐゲ ┌ゲｷﾐｪ M;Iヴﾗげゲ

M;Iヴﾗげゲ ;ヴW ; ┘;┞ of automatically generating connections for steelwork quickly and accurately. A

macro may be simple or very complex, depending on the type of connection type. A macro will

typically define parameters for items such as endplates, bolts, welds, cuts in relation to particular

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To create a new RBP connection select the

Macro Parameters tool from within the

Tutorial tab. This will open up the Macro

library. A list of macro categories is available

on the left of the window, and the macro

types themselves displayed in graphical

format ready for selection. Select the RBP

macro and click Next.

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Now that we have created a new variant of the RBP macro (i.e. rbp1) we can edit the parameters of

this macro.

Highlight the rbp1 macro and select Edit

to open the macro parameters graphical

interface.

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plate design. As different options are selected

different tabs may become available .

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Click the Base Plate tab.

On this screen we can edit the parameters

of the base plate by using range tables ( the

edit buttons). We can edit things like how

wide the base plate should be when the

column is a certain width, what the

distance between the bolts should be

when the base plate is a certain size etc.

Other attributes such as bolt and hole

diameter, plate thickness and bolt type

etc. can also be edited from here.

Click OK to accept and save the macro.

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Highlight all of the columns from within the Member Grid. Right click the highlighted blue

area and choose edit members.

Click on the null value for End Type A from within the Edit Members menu, and choose

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Update the model (type UP and press enter).

Press the Toggle Solids button from within the Tutorial tab to view the finished base plate.

Get a better view of your work so far by pressing Shift and left click to free spin your

model, Shift right click to pan, and rolling the middle mouse forward and back will zoom in

and out.

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We are now going to apply the same macro application technique to all of the floor beams and

connect them to their associated columns in one fell swoop.

To start, select all of the beams from within the member grid clicking the first beam and

then dragging down until all of the beams are highlighted.

Right click the blue area and select Edit Members.

Now click on the null value for End Type A and select Macro Menu. Select the General End

Plate macro (GEP) and click Next. From the Select Macro screen select Finish.

Note: We have not set up a custom Macro parameter file in this example to demonstrate that it is

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Repeat the previous step for the null

value of End Type B, so that both fields

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Update the model.

Use the Toggle Solids command to see

the connections.

Interactive Connection Detailing

Interactive Connection Detailing is the process whereby the user adds steelwork connection

elements such as endplates, holes, bolts, welds, cuts etc manually.

In this part of the tutorial we are going to wipe the existing connections from two first floor beams

and re-detail them using Interactive detailing.

To start we need to wipe the existing macro connections

from two beams. Turn off the solid mode if you have it on,

and zoom in to the first floor beam connection with the

column at grid intersection A1.

Select End Type from the Tutorial tab, and select Null from

the pop-up window. Then click on the ends of the two

members as shown in the picture right (a coloured sphere

will appear at the end of each member when done

correctly).Then press the middle mouse button and update

the model, by typing UP and pressing Enter.

This will erase the connections.

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Load the connection of the two first floor beams and the column

by right clicking the intersection point of these members. Then

click Load Joint from the pop-up menu.

You will now see four views of the connection we right clicked on from

different angles. For the time being we are going to focus on the view in

the top right of the screen.

Looking at the view in the top right of

the screen, we are going to shorten the

beam coming in from the right to the

front face of the column and also allow

a gap so that an endplate can be fitted.

Right click the member coming in from

the right and click Shorten.

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and then Enter the first Point by clicking

the intersection Point 1 (see picture right).

Then enter the second point by right

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(see picture right).

The final stage of the shortening process

is to enter a set distance we wish to clear

the column by, so that we can fit an

endplate. In the Enter Distance to Shorten

window, type 10 and click accept.

Point 1 Point 2

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Create an endplate for the shortened member by right

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on the end of the beam. Then click Accept.

You will then be presented with a variety of different

shapes that the endplate can be. Select the CRECT shape

and click OK.

Next we define the breadth, depth and thickness of the

endplate. Leave the Plate Thickness as 10 and enter a

value of 186 for B (Breadth) and 376 for D (Depth). Click OK.

Note: the parameters which have appeared in this window are there

because of the shape we chose. Different shapes will have different

parameters to edit.

Next we define which face of the plate will come into contact

with the end of the beam. Select front from the pop-up menu.

Select Yes from the subsequent menu.

The command will then ask us if we would like to rotate the

plate. Select No Rotation.

The command prompt (bottom left of the screen) then asks

us if we would like to move the end plate in relation to the

end of the beam. Select a base point of 0,0,0 (by pressing

return) as we are not moving the plate.

The final stages are to accept 0,0,0 as the new point for the plate (by again pressing

return), and the selecting Yes from the subsequent menu.

The next stage is to apply a weld to the connection of the end plate and the beam.

Right click on the member which we have given an end plate

to, and click weld.

Select ALL ROUND as the type of weld we will use, and then

click OK to accept the default weld parameters.

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The final stage of the detailing process for this connection is to add some bolts.

Right Click the green endplate and click Bolts.

Next select the face of the plate that the bolts will go

through. Select the FRONT face, and click Accept.

Note: Views can be rotated in this environment in the same

way as the 3D environment, to manipulate the view

From the Bolt Parameters Window change the

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The command prompt will then cue the user to enter

a bolt origin. Enter a value of -45,-90, 0. Press Enter to

accept the position and then Accept to conclude

the command.

The finished connection should look like the picture on the right.

Now that we have finished detailing this connection we need

to save it so that we can used again. StruCad puts that saved

connection into a library and calls the saved connections

PutLibs.

To save the connection type UNL into the command

line and click Unloadjoint, and click Yes to PUTLIB

the connection.

In the Library Name field, this is where we name the

connection. For now, accept the default name and

click OK.

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We are now going to use the connection we just detailed and copy it to another beam.

From within the Tutorial tab select the End Copy

tool. As prompted from the command line select

member end to copy FROM (i.e. select the end

of the beam we just detailed) a coloured sphere

will appear on selection.

Next select the member end to copy TO. (i.e.

the other null ended member) Select

the end of the other beam that connects with

the column at grid reference A1. Another

coloured sphere will appear. Press the middle

mouse button to confirm this and update

the model.

We can now see that the connection has been copied but the beam is now too short. We need to

correct this.

Load the connection by right clicking on the intersection of beam and column and click

LoadJoint.

Focusing on the view in the top left of the screen we are now going to Shorten the beam to the

column. ( The SHORTEN command can be used to add length to members as well as shorten them).

Right click the beam which does not reach the

column and click Shorten. Select Shorten by 2

Points and choose intersection Points 1 & 2 as

the first and second points to shorten by.

(see picture right).

The member will then be the correct length and can

be saved using PutLibs in the same way as the previous

connection

Point 1 Point 2

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CヴW;デｷﾐｪ “デヴ┌Iデ┌ヴWゲ ┌ゲｷﾐｪ CAD M;Iヴﾗげゲ

“デヴ┌C;Sゲ CAD ;ﾐS ンD ﾏ;Iヴﾗげゲ ;ﾉﾉﾗ┘ デｴW ┌ゲWヴ デﾗ ケ┌ｷIﾆﾉ┞ ;ﾐS W;ゲｷﾉ┞ IヴW;デW ゲデヴ┌Iデ┌ヴWゲ ﾗヴ ゲ┌H-structure

in their model, with complete control in editing any aspect of that structure /sub structure / 3D

entity.

In this example we will use a CAD macro to generate a fully detailed portal frame structure.

“WﾉWIデ デｴW Fヴ;ﾏｷﾐｪ M;Iヴﾗげゲ デﾗﾗﾉ aヴﾗﾏ ┘ｷデｴｷﾐ デｴW デ┌デﾗヴｷ;ﾉ デ;H.

B┞ ゲWﾉWIデｷﾐｪ デｴW aヴ;ﾏｷﾐｪ ﾏ;Iヴﾗげゲ Sヴﾗpdown, the user can view all of the different types of CAD

macro which are available.

From the drop down list select the Portal CAD macro.

You will then be presented with the Portal CAD macro graphical user interface. From here you can

modify any element of the portal frame. Elements such as overall width, height, connection types

ふﾏ;Iヴﾗげゲ わ ヮ┌デﾉｷHゲ I;ﾐ HW ┌ゲWSぶが ゲデﾗIﾆ ゲｷ┣Wゲが ヮ┌ヴﾉｷﾐゲ ヴ;ｷﾉゲ ;ﾐd eaves beam inclusion or exclusion etc.

can all be edited.

Copy the fields from the above

screenshot into your equivalent

screen. (Note: Make sure to

untick the Add Grid box).

Click OK and select grid

intersection E1 as the

base point. Update the

model to finish.

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Creating an Assembly

The next stage in this tutorial process is to create and define an assembly. First a basic truss

structure will be drawn and detailed, and then we will define the truss as an assembly.

Firstly, switch the current layer to Truss. Open the Layers Grid and highlight the truss layer,

and the click Set Current.

From the tutorial tab select the member command, and select a 140x140x8SHS. Click OK.

To define the Start Joint for the member, right click and select Midpoint, and then select

the column at grid intersection E7.

To define the End Joint of the member

right click and select Perpendicular.

Select the column at grid intersection F7

to insert the member. Esc to finish.

Copy the member up by selecting copy

from the tutorial tab and selecting the truss

member. Click the middle mouse button

to confirm the selection and select the

end of the beam as the base point.

To define the second point of displacement right click and select relative. In the Z box type

2500 and click accept. The two horizontal beams will then be in place (picture above).

Select the member command again (making sure the 140x140x8SHS is selected). Right click

and select midpoint, and then select the bottom horizontal member. For the end point

right click and select midpoint, and select the top horizontal member. Press Esc to finish.

Select Multi-Copy from the tutorial tab and select the vertical truss member. Then select

the bottom of the member as a base point. Right click and click relative. In the Y field type

-1600 and input 4 as the number of copies.

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We are now going to create some diagonal members, which will fit in between the vertical truss

members.

Type clone into the command line and press return. Select any of the vertical truss

members. Select the bottom of first vertical truss member we created and select the top

of the vertical member to the left as the end joint.

Perform this action again between the other vertical truss members. Note: On the last

diagonal member you create, select a point before the end of the horizontal truss member

as the end joint. This is to avoid a clash with the column. Do this by right clicking and

ゲWﾉWIデｷﾐｪ デｴW さNW;ヴざ ﾗヮデｷﾗﾐ デﾗ ゲWﾉWIデ ;ﾐ┞ ヮﾗｷﾐデ ﾗﾐ ; ﾏWﾏHWヴく Yﾗ┌ヴ ┗ｷW┘ ゲｴﾗ┌ﾉS デｴWﾐ ﾉﾗﾗk

like the view below.

We are now going to copy these members to the other side of the truss structure by using an array.

Type Array into the command line and press enter, and click POLAR. Select all of the

diagonal and vertical (not horizontal) truss members APART FROM the vertical truss

member we created first. Middle mouse button to confirm selection.

Click the bottom of the first vertical truss member created as the centre point of the array.

Define NUMBER TO COPY 1 and ANGLE TO FILL 180. Click Accept.

Update the model and view the

finished drawing stage of the truss.

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Next we are going to apply some macro connections to the truss which we have drawn.

Click on the Edit Members tool from within the tutorial tab, select the two horizontal

members within the truss and press the middle mouse button. Click on the null values for

End Type A & B type in gep (general end plate) for both connections. Click OK and update

the model to view.

Next we need to define the connections for the smaller truss members. Use the Edit Members tool

to select all of the vertical and diagonal members and press the middle mouse button to confirm the

selection.

For End Type A & B type in an fwt connection

(Fully Welded Truss). Click OK and update the

model to view. The detailing of the truss is

now finished.

The final stage for this part of the tutorial is to define

that these members are all part of a single assembly.

Click 2D Assembly from the tutorial tab, and

then click the ADD option. Select all of the

Truss members and then press the middle

mouse button to confirm. Update the model

to finish.

You will notice that the truss is represented in thicker

lines to represent the presence of a truss.

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Importing Model Data using the Integration Platform

The Integration Platform allows the user to import or export model data in either CIS/2 or IFC file

formats from other CAD / analysis packages. In this part of the tutorial we will import the next

portion of the structure using the integration platform, ready for the next stage of the process.

First of all we need to switch the working layer Import.

Fヴﾗﾏ デｴW ﾉ;┞Wヴゲ ｪヴｷS ｴｷｪｴﾉｷｪｴデ デｴW Iﾏヮﾗヴデ ﾉ;┞Wヴ ;ﾐS ゲWﾉWIデ さ“Wデ C┌ヴヴWﾐデざく

Next we will Import the next portion of the structure using the Integration Platform.

From the tutorial tab select the Integration Platform button and select Model Import.

The Integration Platform wizard will

appear. Make sure Data Import is

chosen, and that CIS/2 Import is

displayed in the available formats

field. Click Next.

Next navigate to the file

さB;ゲｷIMﾗSWﾉくゲデヮざ (Local Disk (C:) /

StruCad / cimsteel / stpfiles). Click

Open and then click Next. On the

next screen click Start.

The search for mappings screen will then appear. As different programs might have slightly different

names for section sizes to those in StruCad, this screen gives the user a chance to match up the

imported stock sizes to those existing in the StruCad library.

From the Subset Selection dropdown

(bottom left of the window) menu

ゲWﾉWIデ さ“WﾉWIデ Aﾉﾉ “┌HゲWデゲざが ;ﾐS デｴWﾐ IﾉｷIﾆ さ“W;ヴIｴ aﾗヴ M;ヮヮｷﾐｪゲざく Tｴｷゲ ┘ｷﾉﾉ ｷSWﾐデｷa┞ ゲデﾗIﾆゲ ┘ｴｷIｴ Sﾗﾐげデ さM;ヮざ to stocks in the StruCad Library. For

the two stock sizes highlighted in red

copy and paste the external names into

the StruCad name fields making sure all

of the Mapped boxes on the left hand

side of the window are ticked. This will

unhighlight the stocks. Click OK to

move to the next stage.

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Click Next, and Next again to move to the Model revision control and import screen. From here we

can delete, revise, import members. Click the Revision status section heading to sort the members

by type (you will see members available for deletion will be red, and new members green).

Select all of the red member rows. This

can be easily done by highlighting the

first row and navigating down through

the list to the bottom red member row

and SHIFT clicking. This will turn the

ヴWS ヴﾗ┘ゲ Hﾉ┌Wく CﾉｷIﾆ デｴW さRW┗ｷゲｷﾗﾐ Cﾗﾐデヴﾗﾉ “WﾉWIデｷﾗﾐ Oヮデｷﾗﾐゲざ SヴﾗヮSﾗ┘ﾐ ;ﾐS ゲWﾉWIデ さDWゲWﾉWIデ ;ﾉﾉ MWﾏHWヴゲ ｷﾐ Selected Rﾗ┘ゲざく

Aﾉゲﾗ aヴﾗﾏ デｴW さRW┗ｷゲｷﾗﾐ Cﾗﾐデヴﾗﾉ “WﾉWIデｷﾗﾐ Oヮデｷﾗﾐゲざ ゲWﾉWIデ さKWWヮ E┝ｷゲデｷﾐｪ MﾗSWﾉ GヴｷSざく CﾉｷIﾆ Iﾏヮﾗヴデく

After the Import button has been clicked you will

notice the new members being imported onto

the Import layer. Update the model to finish the

Import.

Creating Connections using the Connection Wizard

We are now going to apply some connections to the portion of the model we just imported using a

tool called Connection Wizard. The Connection Wizard or CONWIZ command automatically applies

Putlib or Macro Endtypes to a selection of members using a simple predefined set of rules. These

rules control which end type is applied to the member based on the properties and orientation of

the Supported & Supporting members.

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We are now going to load a pre defined set of rules which will make connection to most of the

portion of the model which we just imported.

Load the Connection Wizard screen by typing ConWiz and pressing return in the command

prompt at the bottom of the screen.

Click the Load button at the bottom of the Connection Wizard screen and select the

Import_Demo file from within the Global tab. Click Load. You will then be presented with a

set of rules which define connections for the model we just imported.

Here we have eight different rules which define 8 different connection circumstances within the

imported model. Each has an area to define to define the supported member, the supporting

member and also the connection type. There is a rule missing for the purlins on the sloping rafters so

we are going to create a rule for this connection.

Position the small black arrowhead on the left of the screen at the

bottom rule by clicking on that rule. Right click the arrowhead

;ﾐS ゲWﾉWIデ さIﾐゲWヴデ Rﾗ┘ざく A ﾐW┘ ヴﾗ┘ ふ;ﾉデｴﾗ┌ｪｴ ;ヮヮWaring the same

as the last rule) will then appear ready for editing.

First of all we are going to focus our attention at defining the supported member within this rule.

Each field or drop down box controls an aspect of that supported member such as the layer it is on,

the stock size, whether ｷデげゲ is horizontal or vertical etc.

Copy the configuration below into the corresponding fields of the rule you just created.

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Next we are going to define the supporting member.

Copy the fields into the corresponding fields (for supporting member) of the rule you just

created.

The final stage of defining the rule, is to define the endtype.

Copy the fields for the Endtype.

Nﾗ┘ ┘W ｴ;┗W デﾗ ;ヮヮﾉ┞ デｴW ヴ┌ﾉW デｴ;デ ┘Wげ┗W IヴW;デWSく Tﾗ Sﾗ デｴ;デぎ

Click OK within the Connection Wizard and right

click within the modelling environment. Select All

and middle mouse button to confirm selection.

Update the model and then zoom and toggle solids

to view the connections.

Note: Connection Wizard rules only apply themselves to

ﾏWﾏHWヴゲ デｴ;デ Sﾗﾐげデ ｴ;┗W ; IﾗﾐﾐWIデｷﾗﾐ ;ﾉヴW;dy applied.

No existing detailing work will be overwritten.

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Creating Fabrication Data

Fabrication data i.e. fabrication drawings, fitting drawings, cam data etc. can all be easily generated

direct from our StruCad model now that we have finished detailing the structure.

For example, if we wanted to create a fabrication drawing for a single beam do the following.

Right click one of the columns which has a RBP (rectangular base plate) connection on it

;ﾐS ゲWﾉWIデ さF;HヴｷI;デｷﾗﾐ Dヴ;┘ｷﾐｪ ﾗa MWﾏHWヴざく “WﾉWIデ YWゲ デﾗ M;ヴﾆ “デヴ┌C;S ﾏﾗSWﾉ ﾐﾗ┘く A status bar will then appear as the drawing is being created.

To view that drawing directﾉ┞ ヴｷｪｴデ IﾉｷIﾆ ﾗﾐ デｴ;デ ゲ;ﾏW ﾏWﾏHWヴ ;ﾐS IﾉｷIﾆ さF;HヴｷI;デｷﾗﾐ Dヴ;┘ｷﾐｪ MﾗSｷa┞っVｷW┘ざく TｴW ヲD I;S Wﾐ┗ｷヴﾗﾐﾏWﾐデ ┘ｷﾉﾉ デｴWﾐ ゲデ;ヴデ ;ﾐd the drawing can be

viewed. Close the window to return to the 3D environment.

To create fabrication drawings for more than

one member at a time ゲWﾉWIデ デｴW さF;HヴｷI;デｷﾗﾐ Dヴ;┘ｷﾐｪ ﾗa MWﾏHWヴざ デﾗﾗﾉ aヴﾗﾏ デｴW デ┌デﾗヴｷ;ﾉ tab. Here we will create fabrication drawings

for the Imported section of the model. After

selecting the tool highlight all of the members

on the Import layer from the Member Grid tab,

and then middle mouse button to finish. The

command will then run the drawings.

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TｴW ゲ;ﾏW ヮヴﾗIWゲゲ I;ﾐ ;ﾉゲﾗ HW ヴ┌ﾐ デｴヴﾗ┌ｪｴ デﾗ IヴW;デW Fｷデデｷﾐｪ Sヴ;┘ｷﾐｪゲく UゲW デｴW さFｷデデｷﾐｪ F;HヴｷI;デｷﾗﾐ Dヴ;┘ｷﾐｪゲ aﾗヴ MWﾏHWヴざ command, and select the same members (i.e. Import layer)

and middle button to run the command.

We also have access to a tool which allows us to create multiple drawing types at the same time for

ヮ;ヴデｷI┌ﾉ;ヴ ﾏWﾏHWヴゲ Tｴｷゲ デﾗﾗﾉ ｷゲ I;ﾉﾉWS さDﾗ Iデ Aﾉﾉざく

Select Do It All from the tutorial tab.

You will then be presented with a member listing the different types of drawings we can run from

the Do It All command. A Yes/No toggle is available next to each drawing type.

Copy the layout of the Do It All dialogue box

opposite, toggling Yes and No where

necessary. Click Accept.

The Do It All command will then run, and produce assembly, member, fitting drawings and also Cam

data for the entire model. As the command runs you will also be asked whether you want to Auto

Archive drawings. You are being asked this because you are running fabrication data for items which

already have that data (I.e. the Import layer members). By clicking Yes the old copies will be stored

away in StruCads integrated document management module.

Click Yes to Auto Archive.

Now that we have some drawings created, we can view these drawings in the drawing explorer.

Access the Drawing Explorer by

pressing F2.

Each document category has its own

associated folder on the left hand side of

the screen. E.g. to access the fabrication

drawings click on the fabrication details

folder. A list of fabrication drawings will

then appear in the main view, complete

with a preview of each drawing as they

are clicked on.

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Creating General Arrangement Drawings

We are now going to create some basic general arrangement drawings for our structure using the

GくAげゲ デﾗﾉﾉ aヴﾗﾏ ┘ｷデｴｷﾐ the tutorial tab.

Fヴﾗﾏ デｴW デ┌デﾗヴｷ;ﾉ デ;H ゲWﾉWIデ デｴW GくAげゲ デﾗﾗﾉ ;ﾐS ┌ヮS;デW デｴW ﾏ;ヴﾆｷﾐｪ ﾗa デｴW ﾏﾗSWﾉ ｷa ヮヴﾗﾏヮデWSく “WﾉWIデ さDヴ;┘ｷﾐｪゲざ ;ゲ デｴW GA デ┞ヮW aヴﾗﾏ デｴW popup menu. Select New Drawing

after that.

The next stage is to define the type of drawing. Select Grid

Elevation. Next we define some parameters of the drawing.

Copy the fields from the window opposite. Click Accept

The next stage is to define elements which will appear as part of

the drawing.

Make sure the fields in your G.A Drawing Options box

reflect those of the window opposite.

The command line in the bottom left of the screen then prompts

us to select a grid line to take a view from.

Select gridline A as the gridline to take a view from.

We then need to define which side of gridline A the drawing is going

to be taken from.

Select the endpoint of gridline 1 (nearest gridline A) to

define the side we are creating a drawing for. Click Save

and Run after this is done.

Access the drawing you just

created by pressing F2 to

open the drawing

environment and navigating

to the General Arrangements

Folder.

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We are now going to create a Holding Down Bolt Plan drawing for our structure. This will detail the

connection types at the bottom of each column and also their location.

CｴﾗﾗゲW GくAげゲが Dヴ;┘ｷﾐｪゲが NW┘ Dヴ;┘ｷﾐｪが HﾗﾉSｷﾐｪ Dﾗ┘ﾐ Bolt Plan and then copy the fields of the window

opposite into your corresponding window.

Copy the Drawing Options box attributes to those

in the opposite window. Save and Run.

By pressing F2 the user can then access the drawing

from the General arrangement section of the drawing

explorer.

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The final G.A. that we are going to create is a 3D view of the entire structure using the Auto 3D View

command.

From the tutorial tab select the Auto 3D View

and copy the configuration as shown in the

window right. Click Accept to run the drawing.

Press F2 to access the drawing environment, and view the drawing from within the

General Drawings folder.

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Creating Reports

With the detailing process of our structure completed, we can now create some detailed reports

using the data we have created so far. WW ┘ｷﾉﾉ HW ┌ゲｷﾐｪ ; デﾗﾗﾉ I;ﾉﾉWS さRTF M;デWヴｷ;ﾉ Lｷゲデｷﾐｪざ デﾗ IヴW;デW some reports.

Click on the RTF Material Listing in the tutorial ribbon to access the report generation tool.

“WﾉWIデ デｴW ┘ﾗヴS さ“┞ゲデWﾏざ ﾗﾐ デｴW ﾉWaデ ゲｷSW ﾗa the screen.

Click the lightning bolt within the icon menu (this

is the Setup / Run Reports tool). From the next

screen select OK to accept the default that we

will be running the reports for all contract (i.e.

the entire structure).

The user will then be presented with the Select Reports

screen where the user can select from a range of reports.

From the Select Reports list tick the boxes

next to All Components by Section, All

Fittings by Section, Holding Down Bolt

Summary and Site Bolt Summary. Click OK

デﾗ ヴ┌ﾐ デｴW ヴWヮﾗヴデゲく TｴW ヴWヮﾗヴデゲ ┞ﾗ┌げ┗W created will then appear in the main

dialogue window.

To access those reports either double

click on each of them to view them

individually or highlight multiple reports

and click VIEW from the icon toolbar to

open them.

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Annotations

Adding annotations to a StruCad model, allows the user to create comments in the form of notes

and arrows in the 3D modelling environment. The user can also review comments made by others by

importing annotations other people have made from a corresponding StruWalker model. (i.e.

annotations can also be added in the StruWalker environment).

To create an annotation select Annotations Grid from the tutorial tab, and select

Draw/Edit Annotation.

Click on any member and click again to place

the annotation arrow and text box. Next add

an annotation category (e.g. Request for

Information) and then the annotation itself

(e.g. Query stock size).

The annotation category and the annotation

will then appear in the annotation window.

The annotation can be translated by selecting a language from the dropdown menu and

then clicking Translate Text.

Creating a StruWalker Model

StruWalker is a is a collaborative 3D project review software that allows users to communicate and

exchange models between architects, engineers, detailers, fabricators and construction teams. . It

provides a highly effective 3D visualization tool for displaying and interacting with structural models

created in StruCad and other ゲﾗaデ┘;ヴWげゲ which can output to the CIS/2 and IFC file formats.

To create a StruWalker model cﾉｷIﾆ ﾗﾐ デｴW さL;┌ﾐIｴ “デヴ┌W;ﾉﾆWヴざ H┌デデﾗﾐ aヴﾗﾏ ┘ｷデｴｷﾐ デｴW tutorial tab. Select Whole Model from the subsequent popup menu.

Aﾐ┞ Sｷｪｷデ;ﾉ aｷﾉW ふｷくWく JヮWｪゲが PSaげゲが MｷIヴﾗゲﾗaデ OaaｷIW SﾗI┌ﾏWﾐデゲ WデIぶ I;ﾐ HW ;デデ;IｴWS デﾗ ヮ;ヴデｷI┌ﾉ;ヴ members within the model. This also applies to the fabrication data we created earlier in the

tutorial.

Click Yes to the Save Drawings Window.

A grid will then popup showing that

things like fabrication drawings and

cam files are available to be attached

to their corresponding members.

Click OK to accept that all

available fabrication data

be attached to corresponding

members.

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The next screen defines what elements make up the StruWalker model we are creating. I.e. we can

choose to include/exclude members, plates, bolts etc.

Click OK on the Export Selection window to

accept the default configuration.

The StruWalker environment then opens up

displaying the model we just created.

For more information on the StruWalker Collaboration

Software please visit:

www.acecadsoftware.com/struwalker.php

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Document Manager

The Document Management module is a facility located within the StruCad workspace which allows

the user to manage and store any digital file within the StruCad system. This means all fabrication

data produced, including all revisions can be catalogued within the system. The user can also use the

Document Management module to create and store contacts, distribution lists, document packages,

;ﾐS ;ﾉゲﾗ ﾏ;ﾐ;ｪW RFIげゲ ふRWケ┌Wゲデゲ aﾗヴ Iﾐaﾗヴﾏ;デｷﾗﾐぶ ;ﾐS Tヴ;ﾐゲﾏｷデデals which can be created from the

document manager.

Adding a Contact

We begin this part of the tutorial by creating a new contact.

Access the Document Manager by clicking on the Document Manager tab in the bottom left

corner of the screen in the StruCad Workspace and navigate to the preview tab.

Click on the Contacts option (second one down) to open a new

Contacts tab.

On the New Contact tab populate the fields for Details

and Addresses.

Repeat this process to create 3 contacts in total.

Creating a Distribution Lists

Distribution Lists can be created to summarise a list of multiple contacts. These lists can then be

used when issuing drawings to fabricators.

Click the Distribution List button.

Click New.Give your list a name and

a description. Click save.

Click the Add Contacts button to

assign the contacts you created

earlier to your distribution list.

Click Save.

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Viewing and Importing Documents

Before we view documents within the document manager we need to add some into it.

Navigate back to the 3D modelling environment and press F2 to access to drawing explorer. Open

the Fabrication Details folder and highlight and right click on any document within the main grid.

Select Document Management, and click

add to document Management.

On the Add to Document Management

screen click OK to accept the default,

which will export all of our fabrication data

to the document manager. Click OK.

Next we will import some other documents which

were not created in StruCad.

Click the Document Import Wizard to import

items from outside of StruCad. In the example

shown 2 jpeg images and also an excel

spreadsheet (Not provided). Use any digital

files you wish to import). Click Next to accept

デｴW SWa;┌ﾉデ ﾗa さIﾏヮﾗヴデ NW┘ DﾗI┌ﾏWﾐデゲ Oﾐﾉ┞ざく

On the next screen accept Document Interface

;ゲ さGWﾐWヴｷI FｷﾉWゲ IﾐデWヴa;IWざく TｴWﾐ SWaｷﾐW ; location to Import from, and also a model you

would like those documents to have an

association with.

On the next screen we can choose to include or exclude individual documents from your chosen

location.

Click Next when

happy with selections.

Click Finish to complete.

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Now that we have some documents contained within the document manager we can view and

access that data.

From the StruCad Workspace, click on the Document Manager and click Documents

(second one down) to access the documents.

A list of documents will appear for all models. This list can be sorted by dragging the

さMﾗSWﾉざ ゲWIデｷﾗﾐ ｴW;Sｷﾐｪ ｷﾐデﾗ デｴW ｪヴW┞ ;ヴW; ;Hﾗ┗W ｷデく CﾉｷIﾆ デｴW + symbol next to the model

ﾐ;ﾏW ┘W IヴW;デWS ふWくｪく B;ゲｷI MﾗSWﾉぶが ;ﾐS デｴWﾐ Sヴ;ｪ デｴW さDﾗI┌ﾏWﾐデ C;デWｪﾗヴ┞ざ ゲWIデｷﾗﾐ heading into the grey area also.

Click the + symbol next to the model name again to see a list of available document types.

Click on the + symbol next to each document category to view the individual files within

that category.

Creating Transmittalゲ わ RFIげゲ

Click transmittal wizard from within the

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To set up the recipients we will use the

distribution list created earlier in this tutorial.

Click Add Distribution List, select the list you

created and click Add then Close. Select Next.

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On the next screen we input the Transmittal

Details. Copy the fields as seen in the

window right.

Next click on the add document button,

and highlight some fabrication drawings

to attach. Click Add to confirm selection.

On the next screen we define the final

output. Accept the default and also place

; デｷIﾆ ｷﾐ デｴW さCヴW;デW Eﾏ;ｷﾉ ふFﾗヴ “ｷﾐｪﾉW Transmittal Only).

The wizard will then create an email which

bundles all of the drawings up and puts them in a

zip file. A transmittal coversheet will also be included.

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own dedicated wizard.

Click on RFI Wizard and follow the simple

steps and create an RFI. Then click on

Document Transmittal & RFIs from within

the document manager to view these

documents at any time.

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Generating Document Management Reports

Document Management Reports such as Drawing Registers and Coversheets can be generated and

manipulated from the document manager. In this part of the tutorial we will create a drawing

register report to summarise the fabrication drawings we created as part of this tutorial.

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A complete document register can then be seen as a PDF email attachment summarising all

fabrication drawings for our model.

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