YourSteel™ User's Guide
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1. Tags Global settings are designed to apply to all Steel Objects in the current drawing Turning Layers on and off will take effect immediately after OK button is clicked On the other hand switching between Show Name and Show Tag options only update to Steel Sections Frames when e Steel Section is inserted by Insert command e Steel Frame is inserted through Draw Steel Frame commands e Steel Section Frame is edited using ED command multiple selection supported Lines settings are for Steel Frames only and would be applied to your next inserted objects See ED command on Chapter II for how to change these settings on every Steel Frames Details of drawing Steel Objects 1 Layers TextStyle and DimStyle Steel Objects are blocks created by lines and texts attributes on the following layers 0 DET_STEEL Center line DET_STEEL Thin line DET_STEEL Hidden line Defpoints DET_Steel Section Tag DET_Steel Frame Tag DET _Steel Frame View Tag 14 CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DETAILS OF DRAWING STEEL OBJECTS All text is as per YourCAD textstyle YourCcAD dimstyle is also imported to your drawing following the insertion of a Steel Frame dwsg You can change the visibilities colours and linetypes of objects by changing the layers and textstyles You can also change colour and linetype of each Steel Section or Steel Frame blocks inserted with AutoCAD native method You can use explode opti2. Oe AISC Metric Your Sections txt Oe Australia BHP Your Member Schedule_txt Os Europe LIK lt 0 penning Drawing Folder These Database files are mark in YourSteel as local Database Each time you open or switch to another drawing all local Database files of previous opened drawing will be cleared and YourSteel will reload the Your Sections txt and Your Member Schedule txt in a new local folder if exists 2i APPENDIX Frequently Ask Questions Does YourSteel run on AutoCAD 64 bit In AutoCAD 64 bit system VBA does not run in process with AutoCAD This affects performances and every VBA add in becomes significantly slower Therefore our current VBA version of YourSteel is not recommended for any AutoCAD 64 bit version We are working on a VB NET version of the add in that will work efficiently with AutoCAD 64 bit versions YourCAD is not loaded at start up or YourcAD is loaded but YourSteel main command YS does not work You can browse to YourCAD control panel section at the end of this APPENDIX to see how to manage this issue You can also double check if YourSteel command has been changed Go to Chapter IV Advance Use Change command names for more information Steel Frames do not show the grips Dynamic Block lost all of its grips after it was scaled non uniformly Any differences as small as 0 000000001 in the three X Y Z scale values would lead to this
3. image to the right Once the Database file is loaded use ED or other tool commands command and the suffix will be removed T 150 UC 37 2 15 CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DETAILS OF DRAWING STEEL OBJECTS Tags in Steel Section block are constant attribute text objects and are not editable in YourSteel nor through AutoCAD edit command They are placed in layer DET Steel Section Tag You can turn this layer off before printing or make it non printable Note that the tags are not designed to be printed these are to help with creating drawing only To change a Steel Section you can use ED command or Match Section command 3 Steel Frame Steel Frame is a dynamic block that has four views top left bottom right that can be easily changed You can stretch or edit this block using grip points as shown Including in the Steel Frame block are three break line blocks Break line Break line box and Break line pipe There are two tags align along the Steel Frame element Name or Mark tag is place on layer DET_Steel Frame Tag View tag is place on DET STEEL View Tag layer These tags are normal attribute text objects Their heights are design equal to the current dimension text height Once current dimension style changes UP and Edit command would help to update selected Steel Frames Tags You can move tags along the frame using the grip point Use ED command to manipulate Steel Fram
4. e Double click to load the file The Member and Member Schedule In a project you may want to tag the Sections by the member s name from a member schedule like this Other than Section object YourSteel has Member object type defined by two fields Member and Section Member with assigned marks would be tagged as shown below C3 C3 400 WC 361 400 WC 361 Di Member definition Database file should be named as Member Schedule txt where stand for any text YourSteel will recognize the file by this name syntax and load it as member schedule The text content in member schedule Database file is a simple table with two columns separated by tab key Member Section Cl 500 WC 440 C2 350 WC 230 C3 400 WC 361 26 CHAPTER IV ADVANCE USE Member schedules are easy to modify as these are expected to be modified often Once it 1s modified you should reload Database file and run Update routine from Tool Palette The commands can be found in Chapter III Editing Commands Tool Palette Update Section and Frames Your Sections txt and Your Member Schedule txt files Custom sections usually built up sections and member are expected to be modified often on per project basis YourSteels has a solution to this issue other than the Database two files Your Sections txt and Your Member Schedule txt can reside in an opening drawing folder and are automatically loaded at start up if exist Files Sechons
5. UKSE qual 4ngles tet UESPFC British parallel flange channels bit Square HS Rectagular HS UKR ectangular Hollow Sections tet Vrour Sections bat ASB IFB SFE Cold Form Z l Cold Form Channel Cold Form Angle Clear All Click Sections button to open Steel Sections selection dialog box Note the Draw Palette also provides a quick access to these selection dialog boxes via right click popup menu Next select categories you wish to show in Draw Palette and click OK Steel Sections are categorized in two views By Shape and By File Steel Sections are categorized according to Section Shape or to your loaded Database files respectively Note In By Shape view I Beam sections are taken as those sections with Depth gt 1 5 Flange width Other I shape sections are categorized as I Column 13 CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE 7 Tags and Lines visibility Tags and lines visibilities Tage Global settings Lines f Show Hame f Show Mark Hide Center Line Tum on Layer Section Tag Line Only Mode Ww Tum on Layer Frame Tag Shrink drawing frame a distance from end points 0 Mote Frame s Test Height iz set equal to curent Dimension Test x Cancel Click Tags and Lines visibilities to open Visibility settings dialog box You should read Details of drawing object section to understand Steel Objects elements before changing settings in this dialog box
6. Purge and Explode Offset from cutting edges Test Yoursteel Draw Palette 1 Edit This command is similar to ED command but it works on Steel Section and Steel Frame objects only So it does not work with dimensions attributes etc See ED command section for more information 2 Match Section See Chapter I Drawing Commands Draw Palette for details 3 Break Frames by cross line This command will break multiple selected frames based on two user selected points which determine a cutting line There are three options when using Break Frame command Right angle cut Break line cut and Offset from cutting edges The result varies depending on Steel Frame selected and drawn cutting line See below for examples 20 CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS C Right angle cut 7 Break line cut Jat POINT amp Offset from cutting edges nd POINT amp Break frame no option selected Right angle cut Break line cut st POI NT oy Offset from cutting edges 2nd POINT amp Break Steel Frame Right angle cut with a 20mm offset distance from cutting edges 2i CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS Right angle cut Break line cut ot P l MT ae Offset from cutting edges al 2nd POINT Break Steel Frame Break line cut selected 1st POINT Right angle cut Offset from cutting edges al Break line cut end POINT Break Steel Frames when lines do not cut Brea
7. View by Shape View by object type Copy Name to Clipboard ctrl C Copy Name to Clipboard Ctrl C ASB I Beam CH Eritish channels with tapper Flanges Circular Hollow Sections T Shape Equal Angles Equal Angle PFC British parallel Flange channels Unequal Angle Rectangular Hollow Sections Channel Square Hollow Sections Rectangular Hollow Section UB Bristish universal beams Square Hollow Section w Circular Hollow Section UBP British universal bearing piles with wide Flanges UC British universal columns Unequal Angles Cold Form Z Cold Form Angle C puring Cold Form Channel purlins 456 and IFE Your Sections SFE Your Member Schedule CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE e Keyboard Shortcuts Once in the Steel Sections list in the Draw Palette you can press Ctrl C to copy the section s name to clipboard double click or press Space key or press Enter key to run the command shown bold on the command row below press Esc key to close the palette 2 Insert command iC insert Inserted Steel Sections and Steel Frames are always drawn to 1 1scale according to your current unit setting For example if a PFC is 200mm deep then once inserted it would appear as 200 units where drawing units are set to millimeters or 7 87 units where drawing units are set to inches In the Draw Palette click UNITS button to see what units are used in your current drawing Once selected Steel Sectio
8. database of sections for later use then this command will give you an overview of the Steel Objects Test command is always available in trial license Click Tool Palette Test YourSteel to run the command You will be asked to select one or multiple Sections Click OK and choose an empty space in your drawing specify the insertion point YourSteel will insert all the selected sections and frames consisting of four elevation views in a tabulated form i EA 200 x a 16 B EATI 4 pi 18 EA 200 x 200x 16 EA 200 x 200x16 EA 200 x 2U0 x 16 EA z000 x 200x16 EA 200 200 16 EA 150 150 18 E4150 130 16 3 f E EA da J0 16 ES 150 4 1 418 IE mi A i a I Test YourSteel command s result 11 CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE 5 Files for switching between different Steel Sections database Click Files button to open Files management dialog box YourSteel Files Sechons Ci Alsc Metric ASB_txt D errors Oe Australia EHF CH British channels with tapper flang U errors De Europe Circular Hollow Sections txt errors Equal Angles txt errors Uk PFC British parallel flange channels txt errors and C Purlins Rectangular Hollow Sections txt Loading cancell le lt Openning Drawing Folder Square Hollow Sections tet UB Bristish unversal beams bet UBF British universal bearing piles with wide fl 2202020202222222 U
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10. issue Due to some error in AutoCAD rotate and mirror command sometime shift these scales To restore everything back uniformly again use UP command and select all Steel Frames You can also use ED command click Select more objects to select more frames and click OK The centroid coordinates do not match with my steel dimension database Centroid by default if not clearly assigned is auto calculated value by integration along the section s polyline Any discrepancy in the dimensions would make the result different If you want the Centroid exactly as shown in your database contact us We would generate a database for you use for free of charge I cannot find my section in the database You can send us your database in excel spreadsheet format We would generate a YourSteel database to your standard You can do it by yourself as well by studying Chapter IV Advance Use Create Steel Section Database My layer lock status changes after running YourSteel Generally YourSteel would unlock the current layer and YourSteel s Tag layers when running commands in order to edit objects 28 Section shapes and symbols Shape and dimensions are specified in Database file The centroid is automatically determined using integration calculations incase shape is not symmetric There are 10 shapes types I including I shape AFB in IFB shape T Channel Angle Box Rectangle or Square Hollow Section Pipe Cold Fo
11. license will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with any of the limitations conditions or obligations described herein Chapter I GENERAL About YourSteel is an Add in that runs inside AutoCAD adding powerful command features to help you draw simple and complex steelwork frames and details efficiently User inserts Steel Sections from YourSteel library to AutoCAD drawing using pickpoints Steel members are drawn as lines by 2 pickpoints All created drawing objects are either blocks or dynamic blocks Once steel members are inserted you can edit these using powerful editing commands located on Tools Palette YourSteel includes advanced automation techniques for modifying dynamic blocks This means that you can easily manage your drawings and quickly finalize your details The below example was fully created using YourSteel this includes any alignment rotation etc OO T o oo oo ww L C Sample drawing created by YourSteel objects and commands Installation System Requirements 1 Windows XP Windows 7 or Windows 8 Operating System 32 bit 2 AutoCAD version2007 up to 2013 32 bit version 3 About 7Mb on your drive where YourSteel is to be installed 4 Ideally AutoCAD VBA should be installed this gives better performance and floating pop up windows CHAPTER I GENERAL gt VBA stands for Visual Basic for Application designed by Microsoft Corp AutoCAD VBA
12. C British universal colurnins tet Unequal Angles tat All fles in marked folder would be load automatically at start 2 files Your Sechons tet and our Member Schedule tet would be loaded automatically if they are found in openning drawings folder Section Database folders are listed in the left panel Marked folders are loaded automatically at application start up as default Database You can double click on folder to load it manually Database files in a selected folder are listed in the right panel Double click on a file to load it You can select multiple files and choose Load selected file s on right click popup menu More commands on right click popup menu Reintialize Open with Windows Open with Notepad or View log Reinitialize Load command adds Steel Sections to your current Database Existing and duplicated names are overwritten and marked as errors To reset your Database click Load button and choose Reinitialize command This action will empty your current Database and reset to default Database files 12 CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE 6 Sections YourSteel Files Sections View by Shape press Shitt Rey for single selection View by Object Type J Column fe All f Sechon C Member Equal Angle Unequal Angle wiew by File View by Shaper Channel a LIKMASB tet UESCH British channels with tapper flanges bet i Circular Hollow Section UE Circular Hollow Sections bt
13. YourSteel AutoCAD Add in developed by YourSpreadsheets USER S GUIDE CONTENT CONTENT Copy trent and Trademarks IN OMICS aiseee eaen Er erences eae ee mere aan eee ees 1 Terms and Conditions Agreement sxccienecis ssanctesctanetacssansawaetiantaeabiansaleebiansaientianbalnehiasaenbiantolaabinesacets 1 Five te Gre IN S E E cere E E A E E 3 ADOI e E E E E E E E E EE 3 ERE a E E E T E inate ET E E E E E E T 3 Aa Fe GU e E ae S 3 Install AutoCAD VB A if NOt already INStalled cccccccscccsecccsececeeceseecceeseaeeseaesesaeseaes 4 Name conventions in Y OURS TCC ssc cunessscctwnassoctaeaseactnndiaentoeasalgetieatuloebiavesigatiuataaabiuwasteabaupaoucen 4 UTE OU are E E E T T EEE E E 5 BS AS e te aresaceta ve cate sen anaenveceseeamneauaeauaouneess meray E Gaecate ose eetosarcetn esac ese 5 YourSteel and YourCAD commands seisseen aaa 5 Aa VOU MCS INS are reese E E A E E 6 Chapter M DRAWING COMMANDS srscescterisesreennan i ruaan a E S S E 7 DCT ce E ne csp ge cote sce pe sce arc ne cae Scheme eee rerio E E A E 7 We BAS LC EEEE oe sect ese seen ee pace EE A AAE AEEA E A E 7 ZAMS CIE COMIMIAIIG EE E EE cas A A E E E E E ee 8 2 Draw Steel Frame inTop Bottom Left or Right view ccccccsecccseeeceeeeeeeeeeeees 9 3 Match SCCLION CONMMIAIG eee E EEEE 10 A MCSE e ee E E AEE E A AIN A E 11 5 Files for switching between different Steel Sections database ccccccceeeeeeneeeees 12 2 1 6 0 I eee A E E A ee ee
14. _Command Command name should contain alphabet characters only e To change YourSteel YS command browse to its folder where the end of the path is YourCAD Applications Y ourSteel e Open Commands I sp and edit the text C YS to your command e In AutoCAD YourCAD window click Reload YourCAD Notes If you are not in AutoCAD open YourCAD exe and click Refresh Create Steel Section Database Section shapes and symbols are introduced in APPENDIX You can create your own Database folder following these steps Open Library Root Folder with Windows Explorer and create your folder Copy a Database file with required Steel Shapes to your folder Rename the Database file if required Open the file with Notepad Copy all to an empty Excel spreadsheet In SETTING section edit unit setting field to mm or inch Double check the shape field Do not change SETTING and TABLE cell Replace the old Database with your Database Remember your Section s name should be unique Otherwise they will override each other e Clear the text content in Notepad Copy text content from Excel to Notepad e Click Save Remember to save your file in ANSI format cause UNICODE is not currently supported 25 CHAPTER IV ADVANCE USE e You don t need to close AutoCAD or YourSteel Just reopen the YourSteel Files and your new folder with your new Database file will appear on the list
15. add ins that also has its own Start up suite Make sure YourSteel is ticked to be loaded with YourCAD Otherwise in AutoCAD environment you can open YourCAD with command YC and click Run or double click to open YourSteel 32 APPENDIX YourCAD Control Panel YourCad YourSteel dwg C Program Files Y ourCAD Applications Upen folder Load at Startup Load and Aun Reload ourl4D Close YourCAD window running inside AutoCAD is a little different to the one running in Window as stand alone application More details about YourCAD StartUp lisp AutoCAD save each user s working environment setting in profile If you are running many AutoCAD versions and each version has more than one profile then the software installation will only add StartUp lisp to the current profile of the current AutoCAD version the latest one you ve used Therefore when you open another AutoCAD version you need to add YourCAD StartUp lisp manually following these steps Enter APPLOAD command at Command line Browse to YourCAD program folder in your Program Files folder e g C Program Files Choose StartUp Isp file and click Load Click on Content of StatUp suite at the bottom right corner Click Add to browse to YourCcAD program folder Close the Load Unload Application dialog Note You have to do this once only for each profile 33
16. anging section size alignment feature keep objects retain their relative positions see image below 17 CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS CH 178x89x27 ALIGNMENT LINE UB 254 x 146 x 37 ALIGN WENT om i n a M I on LEFT Steel objects retain alignments after changing section size e Select a Steel Frame on AutoCAD screen would bring up the Edit Steel Frame window Edit Steel Frame Files Sechons Name 65 sections SOO wl 440 HOO wl 414 SOO Wl 363 SOO Wl 340 HOO Wl 290 BOO WC 267 SOO WL 220 400 iC 361 400 WiC 328 Current 500 WC 440 Curent View TOP Top Tage Global settings Show Name Show Mark _ Turn on Layer Section Tag Turn on Layer Frame Tag Update Tag s Text Height equal to curent Dimension Test Tool Palette 7 Edit more objects M aa Align Center Bottom Left Right Lines Hide Center Line _ Line Only Mode He Start Point Mormal End Point Mormal Fit Center Line Explode 18 CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS Edit Steel Frame window gives you many options to manage inserted Steel Frames Like AutoCAD Properties palette you can select multiple frames by clicking Edit more objects button and edit them all at once Similar to Edit Steel Section you can change section size _ Start Point Normal and alignment of Steel Frame Additionally each frame end Normal Line line visibility can be switched to other options image on th
17. e s visibility Use Tool Palette commands to break trim extend offset or shrink Steel Frames While working with AutoCAD commands after a series of rotate mirror or flip actions Steel Frame may show tags upside down or backward or with no grip points To reset these use UP command or use ED command click Select more object to select more Steel Frames and press OK 16 Chapter III EDITING COMMANDS ED and UP commands 1 ED command Edit Enter ED in AutoCAD command box to run Edit command Note to change the command name go to Chapter IV Advance Use Change command names section ED command integrates YourcAD edit command and AutoCAD native command DDEDIT and ATTEDIT ED command works with Steel Sections and Steel Frames and texts dimensions attributes as well by calling AutoCAD native edit command e Select a Steel Section on AutoCAD screen would bring up the Select Steel Section window Select Steel Section Files Sechons _Name 81 sections Mark UB 127 76x13 UB 152 x 89x 16 UB 178 1021 UB 203 x 102 x 23 UB 203 133 x 25 UB 203 133 x 30 UB 254 x 102 x 22 UB 254 x 102 x 25 Current UB 406 x 140 x 46 E aa Align Top Left Edit more objects OF Cancel You can choose a new Section and or change alignment Click on Edit more objects command to selected more sections and then click OK would apply change to all After ch
18. e Sse right No Line Normal Line Right Angle Cut Break Line No change No Line useful when making connection drawing Right Angle Cut No Change Note If Steel Frames show tags upside down or backward or show no grip points use UP command and select the objects You can also use ED command click Edit more objects to select more error frames and press OK Tag text will be adjusted and grip point restored as default action 2 UP command Update Enter UP in AutoCAD command box to run Update command Note to change the command name go to Chapter IV Advance Use Change command names section UP command works with Steel Objects AutoCAD dimension objects and AutoCAD blocks Working with Steel Objects UP command updates tag values With Steel Frames this command fix tag alignment and update text height to current dimension style Working with other AutoCAD objects UP command updates selected dimension objects to current dimension style and update attributes fields in selected blocks 19 CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS Tool Palette Enter YS in AutoCAD command box and click Tool Palette button to bring up the window YourSteel Tools Edit i Watch Section Extend or Shrink ee Move to offset direction Ea eee Break Frames by cross line Manage pt Tii tend f A nea eae alee Update Sections and frames Right angle cut _ Break line cut
19. ets either under this Agreement or another agreement e all rights not expressly granted by YourSpreadsheets in this Agreement are entirely and exclusively reserved to YourSpreadsheets TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT 5 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY We disclaim any and all warranties expressed or implied including any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose We also give no guarantee that this SOFTWARE is error free you use it at your own risk By using this SOFTWARE you acknowledge and accept this You also agree that you had full opportunity to test this SOFTWARE before any live public or production use and that you assume full responsibility for selecting and using this SOFTWARE and files created through use of this SOFTWARE and that if you use this SOFTWARE improperly or against instructions you can cause damage to your files SOFTWARE data or business The entire risk as to the quality and performance of this SOFTWARE is borne by you In no event shall We be responsible for any special incidental or consequential damages whatsoever arising from the use of this SOFTWARE even if We have been advised of the possibility of such damage This DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY constitutes an essential part of the Agreement Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusions of an implied warranty so this disclaimer may not apply to you and you may have other legal rights that vary by jurisdiction 6 TERMINATION The
20. ions txt and Your Member Schedule txt files cccceeccccseeeeeeeeeeeneeseeeaenees 2 APTE NDIA pee ce tg sancet aeoeavetcncaecet e vat ovagacotoust T E A E E 28 Frequently ASK QUESTIONS esseeri enia eee E E RE a nroa NES 28 Does YourSteel run on AutoCAD 64 bit eccccccessessesestesessesteseeseeteseeseeteseeneeee 28 YorCADM isnot loaded at Start UD cao desadetecesedesuaecedeceieaeteeaeceteteieaeteaezeteeeaeratew 28 Steel Frames do not show the TIS x cssaccarnacdseandaenssonmendanandeaadeonmsatanawbandeowmandwaaadsasares 28 The centroid coordinates do not match with my steel dimension tables 28 I cannot find my section in the database cc ecccceccccsesccceeecneeceeeeeeeeeseeeenseeeeseees 28 My layer lock status changes after running YourSteel cc cccecseccceececeeeeeneeeeees 28 SecHonshapesand 6 VIM DONG cekeieeatcss eueanceeiasencnanetieunman E 29 OU a CO IN ON etree ce ts cers ei eae ec eo dic te ot A E E AE 32 TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT Copyright and Trademarks Notice Autodesk and AutoCAD are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk Inc and or its subsidiaries and or affiliates in the USA and or other countries YourSteel software SOFTWARE is part of a collection of AutoCAD add ins branded under name YourCAD developed and distributed by YourSpreadsheets This SOFTWARE and the following technical documentation is copyrighted works furnished
21. is a free package for developer to create add ins to automate AutoCAD Since VB NET technology is to replace old Visual Basic language VBA is no longer included in AutoCAD installation package Currently in this version 1 1 YourSteel needs VBA installed to be able to display Draw and Tool palettes as floating windows Otherwise these palettes would run as modal windows Install AutoCAD VBA if not already installed e browse to Autodesk page via the link in the pop up message as above or follow this link Download the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Module e download a compressed zip file with a VBA installer version matching your AutoCAD version e close all running AutoCAD sessions e unzip and run the VBA installer Install YourSteel Download the latest installer here www YourSpreadsheets co uk Y ourSteel html Close all running AutoCAD sessions before starting the installer Start the installer and follow on screen instructions Default installation path is in the program files folder e g C Program Files YourCAD AutoCAD saves each user s working environment setting in profile If you are running many AutoCAD versions and each version has more than one profile then the software installation will only add StartUp lisp to the current profile of the current AutoCAD version the latest one you ve used Therefore you may have to add the StartUp lisp manually following the instruction pr
22. k line cut option will turn frame ends to break lines while Right angle cut option will turn frames ends to normal lines at Right Angle ZZ CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS 4 Trim or extend frames This command will prompt you to select cutting edges then select Steel Frames to trim or extend Similar to Break command Trim command also varies depend on selected options Right angle cut Break line cut and Offset from cutting edges Trim command gives two options to choose from while running e Type U to undo previous action e Type F to reset offset distance to 0 or flip offset edges to the other side of the selected cutting edges Flip is only available when offset from cutting edge is specified and Break line cut is deselected a eee cane ee eek Trim command with Right angle cut and Offset from cutting edges 20 Notes about cutting edges e should be straight lines or polylines though the commands accepts all types of object e should not be too close to selected offset distance e should not be rotated in too many directions If you want complex detailing explode the frame to lines and edit with AutoCAD native commands 5 Extend or Shrink If specified distance is positive command will extend a Steel Frame at a selected end If specified distance is negative command will shrink a Steel Frame at a selected end 23 CHAPTER II EDITING COMMANDS Hold down Shift key to keep a cente
23. n is inserted you have four options to align it Undo Rotate Flip Align Select Alignment e Type U to Undo the action Top Left Top Top Right e Type R to rotate the section you will be prompt to specify rotation angle O Middle Left Centre Middle Right e Type F to flip mirror the Steel Section e Type A to select other alignment Bottom Left C Bottom Bottom Right Note Like Text object alignment is saved in inserted section This means when you change the section size using ED command the relative position remains unchanged ROTATION PICKPOINT w O as A k 4 Ca E i a E ag m FLIPPED SECTIONS AT OTHER INSERTION PICKPOINT Y i ALIGNMENTS CENTER ALIGNMENT DEFAULT Insert Section Command Example CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE 2 Draw Steel Frame in Top Bottom Left or Right view Select iew x a wee oo END POINT ae m OFFSET DISTANCE 50 e ALIGN TOP oTART POINT Steel Frame is a dynamic block You insert it by specifying a start point and an end point Then you have the following options Undo View Flip Align Offset Type U to undo the insert action Type V to choose other side or top view Type F to flip mirror the frame by its center line Type A to toggle through alignments There are three options Center Top and Bottom Type O to specify the offset distance from the alignment line you will be prompt to
24. on in Edit command dialog box to explode blocks to lines and text and keep all layers colours linetypes and tags unaffected See the below printscreen for an example of using various linetypes and colours EA 200 x 200 x 16 EA 200 x 200 x 16 7 EA 200 x 200 x 16 a LEFT RIGHT EA 200 x 200 x 16 EA 200 x 200 x 16 l x i E ie a _ Oo a ey haope wT ee uj TOP EOTTOM Using different colours and linetypes 2 Steel Section Steel Section shapes and dimensions are defined in the Database table See Draw Palette Files for more information Each Steel Section has two names Name and Mark Both should be unique in the Database as are used as identification keys Name is assumed to be the full name whereas Mark is assumed to be a short name or member s name like BM1 Once you know how to create and manage your Database you can assign Names and Marks freely For example In Australian BHP library angle name 200 x 200 x26 EA is marked as EAI Angle 200 x 200 x 20 EA is marked as EA2 and so on Alternatively in AISC metric library C 75 x 6 1 name is based on metric unit This would be marked as C 3 x 4 1 based on imperial unit You can tag Steel Section by either its name or mark using Tags and Lines visibilities setting Note if Database files are not loaded YourSteel cannot recognize inserted Steel Section when editing it Therefore Steel Object s tag would be automatically suffixed with
25. ovided in APPENDIX FAQ section After installation YourSteelI will place a shortcut to YourCAD exe application on your Windows desktop and it will start YourSteel exe application YourSteel exe application helps you view and manage the Steel Section library without opening AutoCAD For information about YourCAD exe application see Appendix You can also open Windows Start Menu YourCAD folder to browse for these two applications Uninstall YourSteeI If you need to uninstall YourSteel you should use Uninstall shortcut from Windows Start Menu YourCADV YourSteel or you can go to Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Change or Remove Programs YourSteel and click Remove button Window XP Name conventions in YourSteel e Steel Section refers to member s cross section shape in the Database or in AutoCAD as inserted block e Steel Frame refers to a dynamic block of a member in side view left top etc e Steel Object refers to Steel Section or Steel Frame e Database refer to defined Steel Sections saved as text file in YourSteel library folder or in your opening drawing folder local Database 4 CHAPTER I GENERAL e Command refer to a combination of letters enter in AutoCAD command line or to an action button on a dialog box or palette Start YourSteel StartUp lisp Open AutoCAD current profile and YourCAD Startup lisp should be loaded automatically If it does then you will see ate
26. pen YourSteel from YourCAD window by click Load and Run button For more information about YourcAD see Appendix YourCAD Control Panel ED and UP commands are introduced in Chapter II Editing Commands Activate your license YourSteel trial license is limited to 20 minutes or40 command calls which restarts each time AutoCAD is restarted Once the above limitations are reached some features are disabled until the software is fully activated Click Activate button in YourSteel window or Your license button in YourCAD window to open the Activation Form Follow the on screen instructions to request activation of YourSteel on your computer Detail information can be found on our website at www YourSpreadsheets co uk YourSteel html Chapter Il DRAWING COMMANDS Draw Palette 1 Basics e Type in YS command to open Draw Palette AFB YourSteel Files Sections Tags and Lines visibilities Mame 10 sections 300 ASB x 249 300 ASE 196 300 ASB 185 S00 ASB 155 300 ASB 153 200 456 136 200 ASE x 124 200 456 105 200 456 100 JC inset Top Bottom gt Let lt Right Match Tool Palette Close e Right click on the list view to bring up a selection window with various Steel Section categories Two methods are used to categorize sections By Shape and By File as shown below See Sections for more information View by File v
27. r line unchanged This option is very useful when creating connection details 6 Move to offset direction This is an alternative for native move command It offsets a Steel Frame by a specified distance 7 Update Sections and Frames Once you change a Database you have to run these routines to update objects inserted into your drawing Update routine is rather slow especially when multiple elements are selected A progression bar will help you estimate a running time 8 Purge and Explode These commands will clean your drawing Database to reduce drawing disk size The Explode commands have features to convert attributes to texts andkeep layers colours and linetypes of Steel Objects unaffected This is different to AutoCAD native explode command 9 Test YourSteel See Chapter II Drawing Command Draw Palette section 24 Chapter IV ADVANCE USE Change command names To change YourCAD commands e Open YourCAD with YC command e Click on the top bar which show the program path to open the folder in Windows Explorer e Open Commands I sp to edit the text which originally might be as follow You can modify command names text after C to suite your commands After modification run YourCAD then click Reload defun C YC vl vbarun OpenYourCAD defun C ED YourCAD_ED defun C UP YourCAD_UP If you want to change ED command to Your_Command edit C ED to C Your
28. rm Z Cold Form Angle Cold Form Channel SFB Annotated drawings of every shape type are shown below Ll oo if thickness a _ if S5 ri j E ri h 12 ta tan aia shone alfa I SHAPE Note In tapper flange ss r2 and slope are parameters constrained by function If not specified u is assumed to be at middle of the projected flange 29 APPENDIX YourCAD Control Panel A VARIATION OF I SHAPE WHICH FORMS AFB OR IFB SECTION Note If root radius 0 it is assumed flange is a plate T SHAPE AND CHANNEL Notes Tapper flange of T Shape and Channel Shape are similar to the I Shape 30 APPENDIX YourCAD Control Panel bt 1 ho P bell ANGLE BOX and PIPE COLD FORM Z AND COLD FORM CHANNEL 31 APPENDIX YourCAD Control Panel b ti pe bi SFB SHAPE YourCAD control panel In Windows open YourCAD via the shortcut created on Desktop shown below or shortcut in Start Menu All Programs YourCAD folder YourCAD C Program Files Y ourCAD Uo Applications M roursteel gt Upen folder i Load at Startup Aun Your AL Click AutoCAD Startup Suite to make AutoCAD always load YourCAD at start up This command would run by default after the software installation Notice that the command only affects a current AutoCAD profile and when AutoCAD is not currently open YourCAD is a collection of AutoCAD
29. specify offset distance Note Alignment is saved in inserted frame This means when you change the section size using ED commana the relative position will retains There is an option to draw Steel Frames in Line Only mode use ED command In Line Only mode Flip and Align options are not available Options Undo View Offset will still work Line Only mode Hide Center Line and Shrink distance from end points are setting options in Tags and Lines visibilities command CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE PR L oe Ret ON haces ptadintnas a SHRINK DISTANCE FROM ENDPOINTS 150 UC 37 2 TOP UB 127 x 76 x 13 Draw Steel Frame in Line Only Mode 3 Match Section command This command is used to copy size and data of one Steel Object to selected Steel Sections or Steel Frames e First select the source Steel Object Note You will have to reselect if your selection is not a Steel Object or is an unrecognized Steel Object i e its section name is not in the current Database See Files for more information e Next select multiple Steel Objects on your drawing You can use any multi selection method available in AutoCAD YourSteel would filter to take Steel Objects on unlocked layers only 10 CHAPTER II DRAWING COMMANDS DRAW PALETTE 4 Test YourSteel This command is placed in Tool Palette If you are a new user of YourSteel or would like to create a local
30. under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms given in the agreement Terms and Conditions Agreement IMPORTANT By installing this SOFTWARE you accept the following Software License Agreement Agreement provided by YourSpreadsheets We and Us 1 TITLE YourSpreadsheets and its licensors own the SOFTWARE and all other materials 1n this Original Distribution Package and the names and marks YourSpreadsheets YourCAD YourSteel under the copyright trademark and trade secret laws and all other laws that may apply 2 GRANT OF LICENSE A For evaluation purposes the demo trial version of the SOFTWARE can be freely used B When a single license has been purchased the full version of the SOFTWARE may be used on the activated computer 3 YOU MAY e install and use this SOFTWARE for the purpose of creating or changing content of AutoCAD dwg files e copy store and distribute identical copies of this Original Distribution Package to others 4 YOU MAY NOT e work around any technical limitations of the SOFTWARE e modify translate reverse engineer decompile disassemble or create derivative works based on this SOFTWARE e rent lease or lend the SOFTWARE or use the SOFTWARE in any other commercial SOFTWARE hosting services e sell or license copies of this SOFTWARE to others or permit others to use this SOFTWARE unless they are properly licensed by YourSpreadshe
31. xt line in AutoCAD command prompt window YourCAD Startup lisp loaded Press F2 to see the full command prompt window If Startup lisp is not loaded you should use APPLOAD command to add it to your Startup Suite and load it manually lisp can be located here C Program Files Y ourCAD StartUp Isp See FAQ section for more information YourSteel and YourCcAD commands Four commands can be entered in AutoCAD command line YC YS ED and UP gt YS is the main command which brings up YourSteel window AFB YourSteel Files Sections Tags and Lines visibilities 300 ASB x 249 300 ASB x 196 300 ASB x 185 300 456 155 300 ASB x 153 280 ASB x136 280 ASB x 124 280 ASB x 105 280 ASB x 100 ICinsert w7 Top Bottom gt Left lt Right Match Tool Palette Close Using this command you can e insert new sections e edit already inserted sections using Tool Palette e change how tags and lines are displayed e edit Steel Sections Database UK EU US and Australian sections are covered gt YC command brings up YourCAD window and is used to control various YourCcAD products like YourSteel including your licenses CHAPTER I GENERAL YourCad YourSteel dwe C Program Files VYourCAD Applications Refresh C rourLisps rour Hebar YourSteel Open folder Load at Startup gt Load and Aun Reload Yourl4 D Close You can o
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