Generic Type Definitions

Structural Profiles, Joints and Fittings in the catalog have a Generic Type (Gtype) that is set to a World. When a catalog item is selected via the specification, this Gtype may be used as a filter to make sure that only items suitable for the desired function are made available.

All of the Gtypes populates the main part of the window in a tabular format. Values can be changed by typing over an entry and clicking Apply to commit the change.

Use the Generic Type drop down to select the overall class of the catalog, possible sections are as follows:

• Structural Profiles

• Structural Joints

• Structural Fittings.

The tabulated data is delimited with a space; Gtype word occupies the first four columns and the description begins in the sixth column.