Steel Structures

Import-DGN (Basic) comes with a facility for transferring steel structures from MicroStation Design files to AVEVA E3D Design through the AVEVA E3D Design catalog mechanism, using the Structure/Framework/ Section hierarchy of AVEVA E3D Design. The following stages are involved:

Note:
Steps 2 and 3 are not necessary if the profiles used are known.

1. ImPlant - I.exe is supplied with two example macro files defining the British Standard and DIN profiles included in the standard AVEVA E3D Design Catalog Database:

   profiles_british.imp

   profiles_din.imp

   These may be passed to ImPlant - I.exe by the usual command processor $m mechanism; for example:

   $m/profiles_british.imp

2. Run ImPlant - I.exe using the REPORTSTEEL ON command for discovering any possible steel structures (include profiles_british.imp and/or profiles_din.imp if appropriate). Import-DGN responds with one or more possible Steel Structure profiles.

3. Look at the shapes of the reported profiles and decide if they match existing profiles held in the catalog. If some profiles do not exist, create corresponding Catalog components in the Catalog database by, for example, using the Paragon module. If corresponding Catalog components are not to be created, ImPlant - I.exe still imports the objects, but not as Sections.

4. Create a macro containing the corresponding data that defines the profiles included in the Catalog.

5. Rerun ImPlant - I.exe and this time run the macro created by Step 4 (and any standard macro required). For AVEVA E3D Design transfers this generates less data and so speeds up the process.

6. The Design macro file created can be entered into AVEVA E3D Design through the Model module.

   Note:
   Create the Catalog components and the corresponding Profile macro file once only. The user can then use this file again when necessary.