Modify

Datum Component

Click to define a new datum ancillary for the support.

If the support contains two ancillaries, the new datum ancillary is allocated, by default.

If the support contains more than two ancillaries, you must identify the new datum ancillary using a cursor pick in the 3D view.

You are prompted to Identify the new datum ancillary

A confirm window displays asking you to OK the selection. Click Yes to apply the selected ancillary as the datum ancillary.

Modify Connection

Allows you to apply a catalogue specification and modify a framework support section connection. Refer to Joint Specification for further information

Force Connection to P-Line

Allows you to force the trimming of a connected section end to an alternative Pline. Refer to Trim Connected Section Ends for further information.

Reconnect Hanger

Allows you to reconnect a hanger to the same structural elements (if elements have been moved) or to a different set of compatible structural elements.

The reconnection process is dependent on the current hanger type. Refer to Hanger for further information.

Crossbar Associations

Click to modify the crossbar association of framework support ancillaries.

When additional ancillaries are added to a framework support, they are associated to the same crossbar as the datum ancillary, by default. It may be necessary to associate added ancillaries to an alternative crossbar.

Note:
The crossbar association of the datum ancillary cannot be modified.

You are prompted to Identify ancillary to associate with a crossbar

You can continue to identify additional ancillaries using a cursor pick in the 3D view.

Press ESC to associate the crossbar.

You are then prompted to Identify crossbar to support the ancillary

Click to identify the crossbar. The crossbar association of the selected ancillaries is modified.