AVEVA Catalogue 2.
1
Structural Catalogues
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Steel Profile Catalogue
A steel profile catalogue is provided with AVEVA
E3D2.1
The catalogue provides profiles from the latest
National Standards and includes profiles from the
following countries:
– Australia/New Zealand – Russia
– Canada – South Africa
– Chile – UK
– China – USA
– Europe
– India
– Japan
‘Old’ Steel Profile Catalogues
Prior to E3D2.1, a different structural profile
catalogue was used. These catalogues have not
been withdrawn to preserve legacy data.
The Purpose attribute of the SPEC elements for the
previous profile catalogue have been changed to
unset so they cannot be selected from the appware
in Model.
A conversion tool is provided to modify the Spref
attribute of existing profiles in Model to the new
catalogue.
Gtypes
The following table shows the Gtypes:
Gtype Description
PFI Parallel Flange I
PFC Parallel Flange Channel
PFT Parallel Flange Tee
TFI Tapered Flange I
TFC Tapered Flange Channel
TFT Tapered Flange Tee
TWT Tapered Web Tee
TFWT Tap ered Flange, Tapered Web Tee
ANGL Equal or Unequal Angle
RTUB Rectangular or Square Tube
CTUB Circular Tube
ZED Z Profile
CEE Flanged C Profile
BFLA Bulb Flat
PLTG Plate Girder
BOXG Box Girder
FBAR Flat Bar
RBAR Round Bar
HBAR Hex Bar
Parameters
The following table shows the parameters:
No. Parameter Description Dkey Data Type
1 Depth DPTH Geometry
2 Width A WIDA Geometry
3 Width B WIDB Geometry
4 Width C WIDC Geometry
5 Web Thickness WTHK Geometry
6 Flange Thickness A FTKA Geometry
7 Flange Thickness B FTKB Geometry
8 Radius A RADA Geometry
9 Radius B RAD B Geometry
10 Radius C RAD C Geometry
11 CofG X Axis Offset CGXO Geometry
12 CofG Y Axis Offset CGYO Geometry
13 Flange Thickness Centre Offset FTCO Geometry
14 Flange Slope (degrees) FSLO Geometry
`15 Web Slope (degrees) WSLO Geometry
16 Gage Line A GLNA Data
17 Gage Line B GLNB Data
18 Gage Line C GLNC Data
19 Maximum Bolt Diameter A MBDA Data
20 Maximum Bolt Diameter B MBDB Data
21 Mass per Unit Length MAUL Data
22 Surface Area per metre SAPM Data
23 Cross Sectional Area XSAR Data
Parameters on Different Gtypes
Gtype PFI Gtype PFC Gtype ANGL
Plines (1)
All Gtypes will have common set of 14 standard
Plines.
9 Plines will be at corners, mid-points and centre of
a bounding box around the profile
Plines (2)
1 Pline is at the Neutral Axis (NA) and 4 Plines are
positioned where lines drawn through the NA in the
X and Y directions cross the bounding box.
Plines (3)
Symmetrical profiles will have some coincident
Plines. Asymmetrical profiles will have no co-
incident Plines.
Plines (4)
Gtype specific Plines are added, as highlighted in
red, where required to facilitate trimming of
attached members in all cases.
Plines (5)
The Cconnect attribute of Standard Plines and
Gtype Specific Plines, as highlighted in red, are set
to ANY, as required.
Display Levels & Obstruction Values
Generally Gtypes have two representations:
– Simple, i.e. not root or toe radii
– Actual, i.e. the actual shape of the profile
The Display Levels and Obstruction values are:
Representation Display Levels Obstruction Value
Simple 0-3 0
Actual 4-8 2
Obstruction 9 - 10 1
Gtypes CTUB, PLTG, BOXG, FBAR, RBAR and BFLA
only have an Actual representation so Displays
Levels are 0 – 8.
Display Levels & Obstruction Values
Only ‘enclosed’ Gtypes, i.e. RTUB, CTUB and BOXG
have obstruction geometry set to Levels 9-10
Design Parameter Profiles (1)
Equivalent Design Parameter profiles are provided
for most Gtypes:
Gtype De scr iption
DPFI Design Parameter Paral lel Fl ange I
DPFC Design Parameter Parallel Flange Channel
DPFT Design Parameter Paral lel Fl ange Tee
DANG Design Parameter Equal or Unequal Angle
DRTU Design Parameter Rectangular or Square Tube
DCTU Design Parameter Circular Tube
DZED Design Parameter Z Profile
DCEE Design Parameter Flanged C Profile
DPLG Design Parameter Plate Girder
DBXG Design Parameter Box Girder
DFBA Design Parameter Flat Bar
DRBA Design Parameter Round Bar
DHBA Design Parameter Hex Bar
DCON Design Parameter Cone
DTWI Design Parameter Tapered Web I
Design Parameter Profiles (2)
Design Parameters are based on the common
parameters for standard profiles and the same
DKEYs are used.
Only the required Design Parameters are used for
each Gtype so there is no common data set and
each Design Parameter Gtype has it’s own Data Set,
Geometry Set and Pline Set.
Examples of non-prismatic profiles using Design
Parameters are also provided in the new profile
catalogue.
Preferred Profile List (1)
A list of ‘preferred’ profiles to be used on a project
can be created in Paragon.
The list contains only profiles, possibly from more
than one Standard, that are available to the user on
a project.
The list is created in Paragon using the Preferred
Profiles button in the Create group on the
SPECIFICATION tab.
Preferred Profile List (2)
The Preferred Structural Profile Manager form
enables Standards, Gtypes and Profiles to be
selected.
Preferred Profiles (3)
The form creates a Preferred Specification World
(PSPWL) that contains TABGRO, CTABLE and
TABITE elements representing the Standard, Gtype
and Profiles respectively.
This ensures that the Spref attribute for a GENSEC
is always set to the original catalogue reference.
Preferred Profiles (4)
If a PSPWL exists in a Project the profile selection
gadgets in the Defaults group of the SECTIONS tab
only display profiles in the Preferred Profile list.
Joints and Fittings Catalogue (1)
To compliment the steel profile catalogue, a joints
and fittings catalogue of sample data has been
provided.
Sample joints include
– Beam to beam joints
– Beam to column joints (web and flange)
– Splice Joints
– Bracing Joints
Sample joints include catalogue and template joints.
Joints and Fittings Catalogue (2)
Sample fittings include:
– Baseplate fittings
– Stiffener fittings
– Lifting Lug fittings
– Padeye fittings
– Shear Stud fittings
– Scaffold Clip fittings
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