ImPlant - I​.exe Profile Macro

Profiles of sections are entered in ImPlant - I.exe through a series of commands, together with the necessary data. These commands are in standard Command Processor format.

The typical way of entering these commands is through the macro facility; that is, prepare a macro file corresponding to the necessary commands, and then run the macro file to process the commands. For example:

$m /<filename>

$m '<filename>'

The entered commands are run into the macro called filename.

There are three commands dealing with profiles: ADDSTEEL, REMSTEEL and REPORTSTEEL.

ADDSTEEL Command

The ADDSTEEL command has the format:

ADDsteel spec_name

n

x y              (times number of points)

PARAM/ETERS END

where:

(Some additional options are permitted in the command, for compatibility with previous versions of ImPlant - I.exe, but these are now ignored.)

For example, consider the following I shape:

The following sequence of commands is an example describing the I-shape. For this, the program computes the origin to be the average of all the points.

ADD /GENP1

12

92550.00 16450.00

92550.00 16415.00

92690.74 16415.00

92690.74 15585.00

92550.00 15585.00

92550.00 15550.00

92850.00 15550.00

92850.00 15585.00

92709.24 15585.00

92709.24 16415.00

92850.00 16415.00

92850.00 16450.00

PARAM END

The corresponding I-shape catalogue component has to be defined.

REMSTEEL Command

To disable the matching of profiles while in ImPlant - I.exe, use the following command:

REMsteel

The command removes the matching of all previously defined profiles.

REPORTSTEEL Command

To control reporting on possible profiles, use the following commands:

REPortsteel ON           report on possible profiles

REPortsteel OFF         do not report on possible profiles (default)

STEELFILTER Command

To control whether elements recognized as Sections should be included in the output file, use the following commands:

STEELFILTER SECtions ON

include recognized Sections in the output (default)

STEELFILTER SECtions OFF

do not include recognized Sections in the output

To control whether elements not recognized as Sections should be included in the output file, use the following commands:

STEELFILTER NONSECtions ON

include non-Sections in the output (default)

STEELFILTER NONSECtions OFF

do not include non-Sections in the output

Note: Element types that are never Sections, such as cylinders and boxes, are not affected by these commands.

(Use these commands to see how much of a model is being transferred as identified Sections and how much as geometrical primitives).