SDS2 2018 Review Presented by Ryan Vanek Setup

SDS/2 2018 Review Presented by Ryan Vanek

Setup • Bolt and nut callout: – Bolt Detailing/Fabrication Options • Preferred baseplate view orientation – Bird’s eye view or Worms eye view – Fab setup – Member Det/Fab Options • Excel Reports

Custom Properties • Modular vs. legacy – Modular allows for easy addition of Custom Properties – Once a project is Modular you cannot go back to Legacy or vise versa – Merge Schema into Current Job allows to copy Custom Properties from one Project to another • When copied into a Modular Project the new Custom Properties will appear under User Name. Space

Modeling • Member Add Options Bar – User Options>Modeling>Show member add options bar • Top, Bottom or Disabled – Works with Beams, Columns, VB and HB • Material copy – Preview – Can locate more than one copy before confirmation – Shift+Left Click to remove selected location • Toolbar item that allows Drawing Editor to be launched from Modeling • Default Erection View to open by default when starting the Modeling.

Unrolled View • Generate unrolled view when applicable – Fab setup – Material Isolation Presets

Handrail • • • Option to remove the main section toe plate Grab bar only Add rail to a stair stringer Continue flat rail Move post Adjust rail posts

Status Display • Status Ends of Members

Connections • Bevel shear plate to supporting as required – Pr 5944 – Option in setup and Member edit screen – Bevel precisions • 0 -4 decimal places

Thru Plates • Cope dissimilar thru plate sides – Standard Fabricator Setup>Shear Plate Setup – Defaults for: • Cope radius • Thru plate projection – Also can be modified in the Member Edit • Thru Plate notches with rounded ends – Member Detailing/Fabrication options • HSS notch radius field, when set to auto, will equal half the sum of the thickness of the shear thru plate and the total notch width clearance. • When set to non-auto, and set to zero, the notch will have square ends. • Total notch width clearance is the total clearance for a shear thru plate that is inserted into the notch of an HSS/Pipe section

Column Base/Cap Plate Weld • Weld Pattern – formally Weld All Around – Two faces = No – All around = Yes(with seal) – All faces = Yes(without seal) – All faces(withseal) = New Option • Provides non-strength seal welds that default to a size of 1/8 inches

HSS Vertical Brace Notch • Member Detailing/Fabrication Options – Rounded Slot – Weld around End

Wide Flange Vertical Brace • Web Connection – Web Plate – Web Channel – No Web Connection • Fange Connection – Claw Angels – No Flange Connection

Drawing Editor • Arc Add – 3 -point • • Circle Add Ellipse Add Area Clip trims circles and arcs User Adjusted Layer

Drawing Editor • Scale Dimensioning Symbols – Arrow pointers – Dimension Terminals – Workpoints – Clouds

• Preserve User Modified BOM • Rename and Delete in Drawing Selection

Field Welds on Erection Views