Model Offsets and Orientations

If you have already selected something to Export, the Export Information window is updated to include the 3d world limit box of the export items.

You can see the limit box of the items to be exported in global terms, or in terms of the selected header element.

AVEVA Bocad Steel cannot handle such large coordinates as other AVEVA products, and here there is the opportunity to define in the file header a local origin, offset position and orientation in world coordinates. The model offset and orientation are used to translate the model in the ABS file. The East/North/Up position is entered in the fields indicated. It might take an iteration or two for the AVEVA model to be compatible with the AVEVA Bocad Steel model, such that the user of each system is happy with the Model Offset value. Once this is achieved, the Model Offset will be locked and it becomes fixed for future transfers. If you later try to modify these values, it must be an explicit decision. Refer to Managing the Model Limits and Offsets for further information.

The Model Offset values are stored in a system ZONE in the Application Data world /FABAPPDW. In case of emergency, using normal commands outside the interface, the ZONE can be locked or unlocked by hand.

You can transfer the minimum world coordinate of any model that is being displayed to the file header by pressing the World min button. Using the values as a basis, you can round the numbers to be more convenient.