Create Floor Grating

Where steel materials have been selected, flooring options are filtered to allow the creation of grating. Grating uses catalogue components to specify the plate, but the grating itself is defined and positioned in a similar manner to other floor elements.

Referring to the hierarchy, a grating element must reside below an existing group element.

From the Select Structural Element pane of the Building Applications window, make sure that the Group element is the CE.

On the Building tab, in the Create group, select Grating in the Create Element drop-down list.

Click Create Element to display the Create Grating window.

By default in the Naming pane of the Create Grating window, the application automatically populates the Name field with a name based on the project or company autonaming rules. for further information on the autonaming rules, refer to Naming for further information.

The Use gaps in naming sequence checkbox is also selected by default, the user can select which auto name is to be used. To select the:

• first available name, click first available name.

• previous available name, click previous available name.

• next available name, click next available name.

• last available name, click last available name.

The user can change the name which does not conform to the autonaming rules, to do this, type a new name into the Name field. If this name already exists, an Error window is displayed. If the name does not conform with the autonaming rules, Apply remains greyed out as long as the name is not properly entered.

Select the desired material using the Default material drop-down list.

Note:

That only steel materials are proposed sub-component, that is SOLI elements with a purpose of STEE.

The material is used to calculate the weight. The density of the material selected is shown in a tooltip.

If an Assembly has been defined, the user can add the Grating element to it by selecting it from the grid. If an assembly is not required the default setting of None should be selected.

Click Apply to create the grating. The Modify Grating window replaces the Create Grating window.

Note:

The application recognizes Grating created using other AVEVA E3D Design applications. To make sure the consistency of the Purpose of those elements must be set to GRAT.

The functionality of the Modify Grating window is identical to the functionality available from Modify Floor Slab window. Refer to Modify Floor Slab Element for further information.