Tidy Joints

In some circumstances, for example, if an attached member is deleted from the Command line, the Cref attribute of the SJOI is set to Nulref but the SJOI is not deleted. In this case the SJOI element is redundant and it is good practice to delete the SJOI.

Note: You can delete tidy joints on a GENSEC element, JLDATU and FIXING elements will be marked with aid graphics.

From the main menu toolbar select Delete > Tidy Joints to display the Tidy Joints window.

The command may be executed from any level in the hierarchy from SITE to SCTN. All SJOI elements below the CE with the Cref attribute set to Nulref are found and the number reported in the window.

If the Mark Joint for Deletion checkbox is selected, a text aid that shows the owning SNODE is displayed and the owning SCTN is highlighted.

As deletion of the SJOI may leave the SNOD ‘empty’, select the Delete Node if empty checkbox to delete the SNOD (if it does not own any other SJOI elements).