RULE Statement

The RULE statement is used to define the weld factor to be used on a steel structure of a certain type abutting another steel structure. The attributes /ABUTTED and /ABUTTING are used, both with a functional description as argument. The weld factor is defined by using the attribute /WELD_FACTOR with the wanted factor as argument.

A default rule for structures with undefined functional descriptions (non-existing or equal to zero) is automatically created in all EU objects. This automatically created default rule will get the weld factor set to one. The default rule can of course be over-ruled by an user-defined statement (using functional description equal to 0 as the argument of the attributes /ABUTTED and /ABUTTING).