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Parametric Custom Connection Options

Parametric Custom Connection Options

Custom Connection Templates have been a useful part of our workflow.  However, we have found many situations where they are limited.  Additional enhancements to the custom connection options in Advance Steel would open up many possibilities for users.

 

The biggest issue is the lack of parametric custom connection options that reference another object.  Currently there are only two options for this: “beam on object reference to object” and “plate on object reference to object”.  These options only allow the added beam/plate to be on the flanges of the members.  The following options would go a long way towards opening up possible custom connections:

 

  1. Beam/plate on object reference to object along the web (parallel and perpendicular options)
  2. Bolt/anchor/hole/shearstud on object reference to object (with option to attach other objects)
  3. Ability to use use a command similar to arraypath along an advance steel beam, plate, etc. (perhaps this should be a separate feature request...)

It should be possible to replicate any standard connection by putting a couple of custom connections together to make a Custom Connection Template.  Currently this is not possible due to limited custom connection options.  If this were possible, we would be able to make almost any connection we can dream up.

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tommyQD7G6
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Two other things that would make these custom connections more useful/powerful:

  1. Ability to add custom input parameters that could be used in the underlying connections.  These parameters could be visible in the dialog box that pops up when you click on the blue custom connection box (currently the only table available are General and Update – a third tab could be added for user inputs).  These parameters should be able to do simple mathematical calculations as well (for instance there could be a hidden parameter that adds input A and input B together and enters this into the underlying connection).  This would make the custom connection boxes more like standard connection where you can tab through the various options. 
    1. Currently in order to change options, you need to “Allow object modification” then click on the various sub connection boxes to try to find out which variable to change.  Usually, these standard connections are being used for some other purpose than they were designed for and it is difficult for users to decipher what inputs to change to get the desired result. 
    2. This could work similar to the Parameters used in standard Autocad Parametric constraints.
    3. Example: I have created a custom connection that notches out a stringer and caps it.  To do this I used several standard connections and features.  Users need to be able to raise and lower the level of the cap.  It would be nice to have a simple input line that would say something like “enter desired cap height above header:”.  Currently the user has to click on the “Base Plate” sub connection grey box and change the “Shortening/Extension value” in order to change the height.  See snapshot below:custom connection.JPG
  2. Have a list of the sub connections show up in the dialog box that pops up when you click on the blue custom connection box.  As you click on these it could highlight the grey box in the model. 

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