Sort members according to leading member UUID

This user function is aimed at the situation where the main steelwork has been designed in PDMS, and exported to Bocad for detailing.

The detail plates are added to the model in Bocad and associated with a main member. In Bocad terms this is referred to as the leading member. In this situation a different set of user data is required to associate the new elements with the leading member.

With this information, new elements that have the leading member’s UUID set can be moved into the existing PDMS database hierarchy to be alongside the owning member.

Using the leading member’s UUID and the :FABEMARK, the child element is moved to the right place in the hierarchy. As before, if this data is in another slot in the user data set, then the function must be changed. When at the suitable element in the hierarchy, you can sort the data, to do this, type the following command in the Command Window:

!!bocusersortwuuid( )

For example: the stiffener elements have been moved to be with their leading member in the hierarchy.