Installation of User Defined Attributes

Before you start designing steelwork, the application requires a set of User Defined Attributes (UDAs) specifically for storing related information. These are installed by performing the following actions:

• Enter the LEXICON module with write access to all the relevant Dictionary databases.

• Execute the upgrade macro by the following command:

  • call !!bocUDAUpgrade( )

• Exit from LEXICON, saving the changes.

  Note:
  This upgrade may be run even if the UDAs exist already. In this way you may upgrade the system whenever necessary; for example, to include more UDAs needed for a later version of the application.

More UDAs might be required in a later version of the application, so you will need to upgrade their current projects if they are to use this later version. The macro has been configured to keep existing UDA definitions so that you will not lose data.