Automatic Steelwork Orientation

MDS can automatically orientate the support structure steel members of a framework type support, dependant on the orientation of identified stiffeners. The correct orientation is achieved by utilizing appropriate templates. Each standard template has four alternatives as depicted in the example below for an FT08 support frame.

Figure 3:1. Example of Steelwork Orientation

The alternative templates are named in the form

/{standard_template_name}/{suffix}

where suffix, is a configuration code based on the orientation of the stiffeners for example, /MSDS/FT08/1/1, /MDS/FT08/1/2,

Only the templates that are built up from angle profiles have oriented alternatives.

The user-defined attribute (uda) :MdsTmplOri is included in the MDS project MASTER/MDSDICT, which is used to store the orientation of stiffeners as an integer. This uda ia available at STRU level and the default value is "0".