Possibility to extend Profile Controls content (list of available sections)

In Structure Designer, each type of component (Columns, Rafters, Side rails, etc) has some hardcoded restrictions regarding the available cross-section shape (I, U, Z, etc), function of its structural/non-structural role inside the building and typical sections used in practice.

  • What’s new?

Structure Designer can now be configured to use records from AstorRules database - JointsGUIAllowedSections table (similar to some Advance Steel standard joints).

This allows customers to go beyond existing restrictions and extend the content available in profile selection controls (the list of available sections).

  • How to do it?

Create a new entry in the table JointsGUIAllowedSections from AstorRules database:

  • The required strings for the JointName and JointControl entries in the table, for each element type inside the macro, are given below:

Element name inside the macro

Corresponding strings JointName|||JointControl

"Columns"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||Columns"

"Rafters"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||Rafters"

"Transversal beams"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||TransversalBeams"

"Gable Posts"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||GablePosts"

"Purlins"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||Purlins"

"Eaves Purlin"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||EavesPurlin"

"Side Rails"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||SideRails"

"Side Bracings"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||SideBracings"

"Roof Bracings"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||RoofBracings"

"Platforms - Marginal beams"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||PlatformMarginalBeams"

"Platforms - Secondary beams"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||PlatformSecondaryBeams"

"Platforms - Corner columns"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||PlatformCornerColumns"

"Platforms - Marginal columns"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||PlatformMarginalColumns"

"Platforms - Cantilevers"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||PlatformCantilevers"

"Intermediate beams"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||IntermediateBeams"

"Claddings"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||Claddings"

"Doors - Headers"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||DoorHeaders"

"Doors - Posts"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||DoorPosts"

"Gates - Headers"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||GateHeaders"

"Gates - Posts"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||GatePosts"

"Window4s - Headers"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||WindowHeaders"

"Windows - Posts"

"GRTCStructureDesigner|||WindowPosts"

  • Example

The user wishes to make angle profiles (Angle identical DIN EN 10056-1) available for rafters:

The new entry inside JointsGUIAllowedSections table should be:

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