Column 4: Mapping of UPTABLE Parameters

The column is used while importing the Staad Pro model to AVEVA E3D Design. While importing the defined profiles, the interface can assess the UPTABLE parameters and the AVEVA E3D Design design parameters, and calculate the design parameters according to the values in the UPTABLE.

For example, the USER PROVIDED TABLE can be:

Unit met

Wide Flange

H6003001220

0.018720 0.600000 0.012000 0.300000 0.020000 0.001185 0.000090 0.000002 0.007200 0.008000

Wide Flange indicates that the UPTABLE is an UPTABLE of the "H" shape profile.

H6003001220 is the name of the defined profile.

The numbers in the fourth line are the parameters of the shape for this profile. For the H profile, the 2nd number "0.600000" is the depth of the profile, the 4th number "0.300000" is width, the 3rd number "0.012000" is the web thickness and the 5th number "0.020000" is the flange thickness of the profile.

With those four parameters, the shape of the profile is defined. The other parameters are the analysis data of the profile in Staad Pro that are not used in AVEVA E3D Design.

To add the specification /DESPAR-SPEC/Beam_with_design_parameters into the mapping file, set Column 4:

UPTABLE 1 H<int(d1)><int(d2)><int(d3)><int(d4)>,/DESPAR-SPEC/Beam_with_design_parameters,d1 d2 d3 d4 ,0 <0.001*d1> <0.001*d3> <0.001*d2> <0.001*d4>

In the specification /DESPAR-SPEC/Beam_with_design_parameters, d1 is the depth of the profile (d1 is the first design parameter of the GENSEC), d2 is the width, d3 is the web thickness and d4 is the flange thickness.

The order of this column is the same as the USER PROVIDED TABLE. In Column 4 of the example, only five parameters are added. The first one "0" is a dummy parameter. The 2nd one "<0.001*d1>" is an expression (expressions or variables are included in the bracket "<>"), <0.001*d1=2nd parameter in UPTABLE>. While importing, the interface calculates d1 by this expression.

The column does not affect the output function.

Note:
If the parameters cannot be matched with the design parameters of the GENSEC in AVEVA E3D Design directly, expressions can be used.

For example, the TUBE in AVEVA E3D Design (profile type PIPE in Staad Pro) is represented in the USER PROVIDED TABLE as:

650_OD_30

0.65 0.54 0.029217 0.029217

The first parameter 0.65 is the outside diameter of the TUBE. The second parameter 0.54 is the inside diameter of the TUBE.

The profile can be matched with the specification /DESPAR-SPEC/Tube_with_design_parameters. For this specification, the first design parameter is outside diameter and the second parameter is thickness of the TUBE. We cannot obtain the second design parameter directly from the USER PROVIDED TABLE. An expression can be used, for example, <0.001*d1> <0.001*d1 - 0.001*d2*2>.

In this case, 0.001*d1 - 0.001*d2*2 is "Outside diameter - Thickness = Inside diameter".

There is a constraint that the expression can only be a onetime formula without brackets.