Structural Geomsets (GMSSET)

A GMSSET is a grouping of 2D primitive elements used to make up structural Profiles. It specifies the dimensions, orientation and obstruction geometry of each primitive. The Geomset defines the symbol that is drawn for a particular Component by Paragon (and Model) and also defines the obstruction geometry of the Component for use when clash checking. Each symbol is built up from a combination of the following three types of primitive:

• SREC - rectangle

• SANN - annulus

• SPRO - user-defined profile

Like the member elements of a 3D Geomset, each member element of a Structural Geomset has LEVEL, CLFLA, TUFLA and OBST attributes.

Note:
For correct clash detection, the maximum number of primitives with OBST set to 1 or 2 in any GMSSET is 20; the order of these in the members list is not important. Refer to Clash Detection for details of the best way of setting up Component data so as to minimize processing time for clash detection.

The primitives have additional attributes as described in the next section.