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Manual ProSteel V8i Professional November 2008 Bentley Systems

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A INTRODUCTION 1

A.1 Introduction 1

A.1.1 General information 1

A.1.2 System Requirements 3

A.2 Language Selection 1

A.3 Dialog Framework 1

A.3.1 ProSteel Dialog boxes 1

A.3.2 Template Manager 4

A.3.3 RollOver-Mechanism 9

A.3.4 Pick Frame and Auxiliary Graphics 10

A.3.5 Input Extensions 11

A.4 Input Options 1

A.4.1 Input Options in Input Fields 1

A.4.2 Input Options at Object Selection 2

A.4.3 Special Key-Commands 3

A.5 Project Manager 1

A.5.1 Working with Projects 2

A.1 Global Settings 1

B MODELLING AND PART LISTS 1

B.1 Layer Functions 1

B.2 Construction Utilities 1

B.2.1 Construction lines 1

B.2.2 Measure of distances 6

B.3 3D Object Views 1

B.3.1 Object View / Object-UCS 1

B.3.2 Surface View / Surface-UCS 3

B.3.3 Global View 4

B.3.4 Top View 5

B.3.5 Free View 6

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B.3.6 Cutting Plane 7

B.3.7 Perspective View 9

B.4 Move and Copy Parts 1

B.4.1 Move/Copy 2

B.4.2 Turn 3

B.4.3 Mirror 4

B.4.4 Align 5

B.4.5 Clone 7

B.4.6 Rotate 9

B.4.7 Settings 10

B.5 Display / Assign parts 1

B.5.1 Hide 1

B.5.2 Regenerate 3

B.5.3 Display Classes 4

B.5.4 Area Classes 6

B.5.5 Part Families 7

B.5.6 Process Status 11

B.5.7 Search Parts 13

B.6 Work Frames 1

B.6.1 Rectangular Work Frame 2

B.6.2 Cylindrical Work Frame 6

B.6.3 Wedge-Shaped Work Frame 7

B.6.4 Pyramidal Work Frame 8

B.6.5 Create Views 9

B.6.6 Axes Names 11

B.6.7 Additional Axes (Border Lines) 14

B.6.8 Options 15

B.6.9 User-defined Blocks 17

B.7 Choose View 1

B.8 Insert Shapes 1

B.8.1 Straight Shapes 2

B.8.2 Bent Shapes 8

B.8.3 Additional Settings 9

B.8.4 Shape Series 11

B.8.5 Shape Segment 13

B.8.6 Girder Position 15

B.8.7 Automatic Insertion 17

B.9 Insert Plates 1

B.9.1 Flat Straight Plates 1

B.9.2 Flat Bent Plates 6

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B.9.3 Gratings 7

B.9.4 Bent Plates 8

B.9.5 Additional Settings 13

B.10 Insert Solids 1

B.11 3D-Modifications 1

B.11.1 Divide / Combine 2

B.11.2 Modify Shapes 12

B.11.3 Modify Plates 15

B.11.4 Wall Processing 17

B.11.5 Additional Settings 19

B.11.6 Notch betwen two Shapes 21

B.11.7 Boolean Operations 29

B.12 Plate Editor 1

B.12.1 Boolean Operations 2

B.12.2 Chamfer / Rounding Off 4

B.12.3 Edge Processing 6

B.13 Drilling / Bolted Connections 1

B.13.1 Drill Holes / Drill Hole Fields 2

B.13.2 Bolted Connections 6

B.13.3 Additional Settings 8

B.13.4 Edge Distances 10

B.14 Bolts 1

B.14.1 Bolting parts 2

B.14.2 Bolt Style Management 4

B.14.3 Sort 13

B.15 Insert Stiffeners 1

B.16 Plate Connections 1

B.16.1 Free Plate Connections 2

B.16.2 Connections Resistant to Deflection / Shear Forces 15

B.16.3 User-Defined Connections 18

B.17 Base Plates According to DSTV 1

B.18 Web Angle 1

B.19 Shear Plates 1

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B.20 Splice Joints 1

B.21 Purlin Connection 1

B.22 Gusset Plates 1

B.23 Dynamic Bracing 1

B.23.1 Common Settings 2

B.23.2 Shape Bracing 6

B.23.3 Rod Bracing 9

B.23.4 Pipe Bracing 12

B.24 Static Bracing 1

B.24.1 Settings 2

B.24.2 Creation of Bracing Parts 6

B.25 Haunches 1

B.26 Connection Editor 1

B.27 Group Structure 1

B.27.1 General Information about Groups 1

B.27.2 Creation and Processing of Groups 3

B.27.3 Check Groups 7

B.27.4 Settings 11

B.28 Positioning 1

B.28.1 Automatic Positioning 2

B.28.2 Manual Insertion 14

B.28.3 Automatic Insertion (Distribution) 18

B.28.4 Other Auxiliary Commands 25

B.28.5 Add Drawing Number 27

B.28.6 Depiction of Position Flags 28

B.28.7 Management of Styles 32

B.29 Drawing Information 1

B.30 Create Parts Lists 1

B.30.1 Register Parts Lists 2

B.30.2 Process Parts List 5

B.31 Drawing Parts List 1

B.31.1 Parts List Creation 1

B.31.2 Processing of Parts List Styles 4

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B.31.3 Management of Parts List Styles 10

B.31.4 Processing the Content of Parts List 11

B.32 Containment List 1

B.32.1 Creation of Containment List 1

B.32.2 Processing of List Styles 3

B.32.3 Processing the Content of Drawing Containment List 9

C DETAILING 1

C.1 DetailCenter 1

C.1.1 The 2D-Detailing 1

C.1.2 Detailing with the DetailCenter 3

C.1.3 General Information – Scale and Dimension Styles 9

C.1.4 General Information - Detail Types 11

C.1.5 General Information – Group Structure 16

C.1.6 Intelligent 2D-Details 20

C.1.7 Display of Construction Component Lists 22

C.1.8 Component Overview 30

C.1.9 Views Overview 43

C.1.10 Detail Block Overview (Insert) 52

C.1.11 Global Settings 58

C.1.12 Automatic Translation 64

C.1.13 Transfer Drawing Paths 67

C.1.14 Drawing Verification 69

C.1.15 Direct Detailing 74

C.1.16 Modification Management 76

C.1.17 Replace Detail Blocks 86

C.2 Detailing Style 1

C.2.1 Working with Detailing Styles 1

C.2.2 General Info 2

C.2.3 Global Settings 4

C.2.4 2D-Display 12

C.2.4 2D-Display 12

C.2.5 Dimensioning 33

C.2.6 Label Settings 129

C.2.7 Settings for „ProConcrete 3D‟ Parts 137

C.3 DetailCenter Express 1

C.3.1 Running DetailCenter Express 2

C.3.2 Selection Pages 3

C.3.3 Single Sheet Output 23

C.4 InsertExpress 1

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C.4.1 Start InsertExpress 2

C.4.2 Manual Insertion Mode 4

C.4.3 Batch Insertion Mode 16

C.4.4 Format File 18

C.5 Cranked 2D-View 1

C.6 North Symbol 1

C.7 Manual Dimensioning Points 1

C.8 Manual Object Link 1

C.9 Global Scale 1

C.10 Drawing Border 1

C.11 Manual 2D-Cut 1

C.12 Manual Dimensioning 1

C.13 Elevation Flags 1

C.14 Weld Symbols 1

C.15 Short 2D manually 1

C.16 2D-Cutout 1

C.17 Hole Display 1

C.18 Automatic 2D-Cut 1

C.19 Flatten Viewport 1

D MISCELLANOUS 1

D.1 User-Defined Component Parts 1

D.1.1 Special Parts 1

D.1.2 Weld Shapes 11

D.1.3 Parametric Shapes 15

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D.2 BlockCenter 1

D.2.1 Structure of the BlockCenter 2

D.2.2 Creation and Edition of Blocks 4

D.2.3 Insert Blocks 6

D.2.4 Display of Block Structure 8

D.2.5 Database of Block Data 11

D.3 Roof/Wall Panels 1

D.4 Dispatch Bolts / Blocks 1

D.4.1 Insertion of Thread Bolts 2

D.4.2 Insertion of Blocks 5

D.5 Auxiliary Tools 1

D.5.1 Collision Check 1

D.5.2 Center of Gravity 4

D.5.3 Tube Unfold 5

D.5.4 Move Objects 7

D.5.5 Create ACIS-DWG 8

D.5.6 Create AutoCAD Drawing 10

D.5.7 Convert ADT shapes 11

D.6 Add Effective Static Analysis Lines 1

D.7 Data Exchange 5

D.7.1 General Information about Data Exchange 5

D.7.2 Exchange Lists 7

D.7.3 Interface Format Selection 13

D.7.4 Data Import Command 15

D.7.5 Data Export Command 20

D.7.6 Direct Data Exchange with RSTAB 24

D.7.7 New Interfaces 25

PSB-Interface (ProSteel Object-Exchange Data) 32

D.7.8 Previous Interfaces 43

E APPENDIX 1

E.1 Structural Element Staircase 1

E.2 Structural Element Handrail 1

E.3 Structural Element Hangar Frame 1

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E.4 Structural Element Truss Girder 1

E.5 Structural Element Purlin Course 1

E.6 Structural Element Ladder 1

E.7 Structural Element Joist 1

E.8 ProSteel Properties Dialogs 1

E.8.1 Shapes 2

E.8.2 Plates 15

E.8.3 Bolts 20

E.8.4 Volume Solids / Basic Primitives 25

E.8.5 Special Parts 27

E.8.6 Assemblies 28

E.8.7 Work Frames / Views 30

E.8.8 Structural Elements 30

E.8.9 Roof/Wall-Objects 30

E.8.10 Position Flags, Elevations, Weld Marks,.. 30

E.8.11 Drawing Parts Lists 30

E.8.12 3D Modifications 31

E.8.13 Flat Cuts 34

E.8.14 Poly-Cuts 35

E.8.15 Edge Processing 36

E.8.16 Notches (Outlets) 37

E.8.17 Common Properties 38

E.9 ProSteel Command Reference 1

E.10 Own Notes 7