The Structural Detailing task is used to add details to the basic structure created in Molded Forms. Using this task, you create the following:
Detailed Parts
These parts are created from and replace the root parts created in the Molded Forms task. Detailing uses the parent system’s properties, such as thickness, continuity, and molded conventions, to create parts containing complete neat geometry, such as bevels, chamfers, and detailed features.
Standalone Detailed Parts
These parts contain complete neat geometry, but do not have a parent Molded Forms system. These parts are generally for secondary structures.
Assembly Connections
These connections are created automatically as children of logical connections for detailed parts or as the root connection for secondary detailed parts. They contain connections between parts, and maintain relationships between the generated parts resulting from connection rules.
Physical Connections
These connections are created automatically as children of assembly connections. They contain connection properties such as weld or bevel information.
You can start the Structural Detailing task by clicking Tasks > Structural Detailing. The Structural Detailing task has these commands:
Allows you to select objects in the model.
Creates detail parts from the root part of a plate or profile system.
Places a standalone detailed planar plate.
Places a standalone lapped plate part.
Creates a bracket plate part that reinforces other plate parts.
Place Stiffener Profile Part by Intersection
Creates a standalone stiffener profile part on the selected detailed plate part by defining the landing curve as the intersection of the selected plate part and a grid plane.
Places a planar curve from the catalog along a selected edge, at a selected point on the edge, and coplanar to the face of a part. The feature is applied to the part as a cutout.
Place Multiple Corner Features
Places a planar curve from the catalog at each corner of a selected part. The features are applied to the part as cutouts.
Places a planar curve from the catalog along a selected edge, at a selected point on the edge, and coplanar to the face of a part. The feature is applied to the part as a cutout.
Places a planar curve from the catalog where the edge of the part meets a seam.
Places a series of edge features along an edge at a specified offset distance.
Places a closed planar curve, either from the catalog or sketched, coplanar to the face of a part. The feature is applied to the part as a cutout, similar to a hole.
Specifies the characteristics of free edges.
Profile Edge Reinforcement Part
Places a standalone profile part along the free edge of a plate part.
Places a standalone lapped plate part around a closed edge (such as an opening or sketched feature) of another plate part.
Creates a straking seam and splits the selected detailed plate part by defining the landing curve as the intersection of the selected plate part and a grid plane.
Straking Seam by Offset Command
Creates a straking seam and splits the selected detailed plate part by defining the landing curve as being offset from an existing curve such as another seam, plate boundary, or reference plane.
Straking Seam by Projection Command
Creates a straking seam and splits the selected detailed plate part by projecting a 2D landing curve that you have sketched onto the plate part.
Creates a straking seam and splits the selected detailed plate part by defining the landing curve as coordinates in a table.
Splits an existing physical connection at a location that you specify.
Place Member Generic Assembly Connection
Places an assembly connection between a built-up member part and an intersecting part.
Place Assembly Connection Command
Places an assembly connection at the selected frame connection. Assembly connections define the necessary trimming between member parts and provides for the generation of parts such as base plates, gusset plates, and clip angles. Assembly connections also control cutbacks, copes, notches, bolt holes, weld preparations, and slots.
Place Manual Physical Connections
Creates a physical connection between two parts.
Creates a manual chamfer between two detailed parts.
Determines structural part and seam symmetry about the center plane. This command is available on the Tools menu.
Updates the symmetry of plate parts, profile parts, seams, features, openings, and hole traces by using filters that you define to select candidates and target objects.
Specifies whether changes made in Molded Forms are immediately updated in Structural Detailing. This command is available on the Tools menu.
Runs batch processes using the Intergraph Batch Services framework. This command is available on the Tools menu.
Analyzes pipes in the current workspace and reports the objects that will be difficult or impossible to manufacture. This command is available on the Tools menu.