Steelwork Connectivity Upgrade

The user interface for connecting structural elements has been improved in various places to use event-driven graphics (EDG) interaction. In addition, several operations now also work on GENSEC elements including curved members and UNDO is now available for some functions.

In particular, a Connect Ends? check box has been added to the form for creating Curved Section GENSEC elements. This check box allows the user to specify whether they wish to connect the ends if a suitable start or end point is selected.

Minor changes apply to creation of straight and curved members, connection and disconnection and several operations related to joints. For details, please refer to the Structural User Guide.

When regenerating the support, for example, by selecting a new template with a different steelwork section specification, or creating by dimensions, pads will be regenerated if pads already exist before the regeneration process if triggered. If the size of the steelwork sections is not modified then the same pad will be used. If the steelwork section is modified then the pad size will be modified.