Equipment Support Structures

This page deals with the following categories of options in the General tab:

Color
Use the Member and/or Plate color chooser to define the default color for members and plates respectively.

By default, colors are as shown above.

Material
Select the default material for members and plates in the Member and/or Plate list.

By default, materials are as shown above.

User types
Lets you create and manage Member  and Plate user types:
  • Add: enter the name of the member or plate type then click Add to add user types.
  • Remove: select the member or plate type in the list then click Remove to remove user types.

By default, these options are left blank.

Catalogs storage
In the Path box, enter the path of the folder containing sample standard catalog sections supplied with the product:

downloaddirectory/OS/startup/components/structuralcatalogs

where OS is the operating system, for example intel_a (Windows),

Or, use [...] to locate the folder of interest.

By default, this option is left blank.

Sections storage
In the Path box, enter the full path of the folder that will contain the list of available sections, for example e:\Section, or use [...] to locate the folder of interest.

This folder will contain resolved user-defined sections stored here directly and any sample standard or user-defined catalog sections accessed via the Section command or the Other section... option. It is recommended that an empty directory be identified.

By default, this option is left blank.

Thickness table
In the Path box, enter the path of the thickness table. A sample table, ThicknessListSample.txt, is supplied with the product.

downloaddirectory/OS/startup/components/StructuralCatalogs/Thickness Tables/ThicknessListSample.txt

where OS is the operating system, for example intel_a (Windows),

Or, use [...] to locate the folder of interest.

By default, this option is left blank.