Modify Joint

Modifies the catalog specification associated with each joint.

Modify Joint Specification

Modifies the joint specification.

1. You are prompted to Select section(s)

   Note: The prompt does not display if the section elements are already selected.

2. Click to identify the sections that contain joints to be modified and press Enter. The joints are highlighted in the 3D view, each joint displays as a joint pin.

   

   The connection type and selection status of each joint is indicated by the joint pin color.

   • Cyan = Subordinate joint

   • Orange = Dominant joint

   • Yellow = End datum joint

   • Red = Selected joint (dominant, subordinate or end datum)

3. Refer to Dominant and Subordinate Connections for further information.

4. You are then prompted to Select joints.

5. Click to identify the joints to be modified and press Enter to display the Modify Joint window.

   

   The Modify Joint window allows you to associate a catalog specification with the currently selected joints and modify the dimensions of the joint component parts.

   	Selection	Click to remove all joints from the current selection. The number of currently selected joints displays adjacent to the icon.
   	Specification	Select from the drop-down list to display all the available groups of joint component covered by a specification. Once a specification has been selected from the drop-down list, the Joint Group and Joint galleries are automatically populated with joint group and joint components available for selection. Note: An automatically selected joint is displayed as Unset in the specification and can be modified to a standard joint using the drop-down list.
   	Joint Group	Select from the gallery to display all the available joint components. Once a group has been selected, the Joint gallery is automatically populated with the joint components available for selection.
   	Joint	Select a joint component from the gallery. Once a joint has been selected, the Design Parameters fields are automatically populated with default values.
   	Design Parameters	Input values in the fields to modify the dimensions of the joint component parts.
   	Detail	Click to display a detailed image of the joint. The image window displays a detailed description of the joint geometry and the different parameters and variables that can be applied to the joint.

6. Click Apply to accept the joint component settings.

7. You are prompted to Set specification

8. Press Enter to associate the joint specification with the currently selected joints.