Merge

When the model is changed in Staad Pro, the updated model can be imported into AVEVA E3D Design and saved to a different hierarchy. The model is the reference model in AVEVA E3D Design. Use the Merge function to update the original AVEVA E3D Design model to match the new Staad Pro imported model. With this function, the original model can be maintained, to retain the consistency of the structural model.

Click Merge on the Import Model from STD files window to display the Merge Imported Model window.

Select the Original Model and the Update Model, compare the models and the interface lists the changed elements, select the elements for update.

Note:
The Origin Model this function compares should be a model imported using the Import Model Function, or a model which has been output by this interface once (this means the GENSECs and the nodes are already numbered).

When the CE is selected on the window, the interface searches the hierarchies with Purpose attribute set to COLU, BEAM, BRAC and PANE. If the CE is a STRU, the interface searches the FRMW hierarchies. If the CE is a FRMW, the interface searches the SBFR hierarchies

If GENSEC is used as the hierarchy to recognize the type of sections, create four FRMW/SBFR and set their Purpose attribute to COLU, BEAM, BRAC and PANE to store the new GENSECs and Panels. The Purpose attribute can also be set to the four existing FRMW/SBFR to store the new GENSECs and Panels.

Update the model with the Update function, the created GENSECs and Panels can then be moved within the hierarchies manually.

When comparing the two models, the interface only compares the elements with Purpose of hierarchies set.

With this function, the original AVEVA E3D Design model is maintained. The new imported model is treated as the reference model.

The function updates certain information:

1. New GENSECs;

2. GENSECs with a position, specification or beta angle changed;

3. GENSEC loads;

4. Member Releases;

5. Supports;

6. New panels;

7. Panels with a changed position or thickness.