Defining a Building & Civil Structure Object Type

You can define building & civil structure object types (beam type, member type, and column type) using structure design members, to use them in component-based design.

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About Structure Design Support to CC&T (Construction, Cities, and Territories) Industry
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  1. Create a reference member.
    1. In Structure Design, create a member as a building and civil structure type using the Member - Curve command.

      Notes:
      • The Project Dictionary and Structure PLM Modeling Definition resources must be set in Data Setup.
      • You must use a parametric section and not a resolved one.
      • The name of the support curve must be "CenterCurve".
      • You must specify the anchor point as Gravity.

    2. Create the following two parameters in a parameter set:

      Parameter Name Type Value
      Designation String Section size. L8X8X1, for example.
      Angle Angle 0 deg

    3. Create a relation on the "Section Size" parameter of the member and valuate it with the "Designation" parameter.
    4. Switch to the Buildings and Civil Structures Design app and define the member reference as a component using the Define Component command.

      For more information, see Building and Civil Assemblies User's Guide: Component-based Design: Defining Components.

  2. Create an engineering template with the following inputs:
    TabSpecify
    Components The member.
    Inputs The "CenterCurve" support curve. After the selection, change the name of the input to "Center curve".
    Parameters The "Designation" and "Angle" parameters.
  3. Create a building & civil structure object type.
    1. Select Add > Content.
    2. Expand Building & Civil Structure and click Member type, Column type, or Beam type depending on the member category.

      Note: You must specify the product instantiation method as Adaptive.

    3. In the tree, double-click the Resource table node under the object type.
    4. In the resource table, specify the engineering template in the Product-based Design resource and the section's user feature in the Cross-Section Feature-based Design resource.
    For more information, see Building and Civil Assemblies User's Guide: Defining Object Types.
  4. Use the object type in the component-based design.
    1. Assign the object type to a Buildings and Civil Structures Design object (catalog column, catalog beam, or catalog brace) and publish it, using the Publish command from the Manage section of the action bar.

      For more information, see Buildings Space Planning User's Guide: Publishing Objects.

    2. Change the level of development using the Change Level of Development command.
    For more information, see Building and Civil Assemblies User's Guide: Component-based Design.