Generic Type Definitions Form

Structural Profiles, Joints and Fittings in the catalogue have a Generic Type (Gtype) attribute that is set to a World. When a user selects a catalogue item via a Specification, this Gtype may be used as a filter to ensure that only items suitable for the desired function are made available.

To open the General Type Definitions form select Settings, then select Generic Types from the main window drop-down.

The main area of the form contains a tabular list of all Generic Types. Values can be changed by typing over an entry and clicking Apply to commit the change.

Use the Generic Type drop-down to select the overall class of catalogue, possible selections are as follows:

Structural Profiles

Structural Joints

Structural Fittings

The tabular data is delimited with a space; Gtype word occupies the first four columns and the description begins in the sixth column.