Design Parameter Sized Profiles

When exporting from the base product to Bocad, there must be an entry in the profile mapping file that corresponds to the profile in the base product.

If exporting channels (for example: channel_with_design_parameters) or angles (for example: angle_with_design_parameters) you must make sure the ABSI p-lines in the catalogue have been created otherwise issues with offsets from NA p-line will occur.

If exporting angle profiles, ensure that the required parameters are placed in the export file by correctly giving the order of parameters in the mapping file. If the thickness of the legs are the same, the parameter must be repeated in the Bocad profile name, for example:

Angle_with_design_parametersBLL@1@2@3@3@4@5@6@7@8EUR

If exporting I (sometimes known as H) profiles (for example: Beam_with_design_parameters), all the design parameters must be completed consistently. If the depth between fillets, flange thickness and overall depth are not consistent, it is possible that the geometry in the base product and Bocad will not be the same. This can be avoided by using the BT_Variable profile supplied with the product (run !!boccatadespar() in PARAGONmodule).

Mapping files are primarily used on import. However the shape code is read from the mapping file when exporting from the base product and the Bocad name is ignored when importing design parameter profiles (those that have @ in the Bocad name) into Bocad.For this reason when re-importing profiles from Bocad into the base product the Bocad name can be different to that in the mapping file.

For example BT_Variable might be mapped to BT@3@1@4@2 but be returned as PRS300*50*1000*20.

If you add these names to the mapping file (in our example as PRS@3@1@4@2), you will still be able to export these profiles into the base product.

It is important to reorder the design parameters into the documented order using the mapping file. To see the order in the base product using the Query>Properties window.

When importing from Bocad to the base product, duplicate Bocad names are not allowed in the mapping file.

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