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FOR THI

S LESSON WE ARE GOI


NG TO DI
SSCUSS HOW TO MANAGE THE DI
FFERENT
MEMBERSOFTHESTRUCTURETHATWEJUSTCREATED.THETWOMODELMANAGEMENT
COMMANDSTHATWEWI LLBEUSINGARERENUMBERANDGROUPSCOMMAND.

USED TO RENUMBER SELECTED ENTITIES STARTING WITH A SPECIFI


ED NUMBER.THE
NUMBERI
NG SEQUENCECAN BEI N AN ASCENDING ORDESCENDING ORDERANDTHEORDER
CANBESORTEDBYSOMECRI TERI
AI FNEEDED.RENUMBERINGASTRUCTURALMEMBERSWAS
BEI
NGDONEI NORDERFORUSTOEASI LYFINDAFAI LEDMEMBERSAFTERAN ANALYSI SAND
DESI
GN.
SO,
HOW DOIRENUMBERMYSTRUCTURALMEMBERS?

IUSUALLYRENUMBERMYSTRUCTURALMEMBERSBYSELECTING EVERYSTOREYORFLOOR.
ND
FI
RSTFLOORWILLUSUALLYSTARTAT100/
1000,2 FLOORWI
LLSTARTAT200/ 2000ANDSO
ON…

NOW LETUSRENUMBERTHESTRUCTURALMEMBERSOFTHEFOURSTOREYBUI LDI


NGPROJECT
BY SELECTING FI
RST THE GROUND FLOOR COLUMN AND BEAMS.THEN GO TO GEOMETRY
TAB>>>>BEAM GROUP>>>RENUMBERBEAMSCOMMAND.ANDANEW DI ALOGBOXWILLAPPEAR.

I
NSTARTNUMBERI NGFROM LETUSSPECIFYTHENUMBEROFTHERENUMBEREDENTI TIESBY
TYPI
NG100.DEPENDINGONTHENEW NUMBERINGORDEROPTI ONSELECTED,THENEW ENTI
TY
NUMBERSWILLASCEND ORDESCEND FROM THISNUMBER.IN THENEW NUMBERING ORDER
MAKE SURE TO SELECT AN ASCENDI
NG ORDER TO CONTROL THE SUBSEQUENT ENTI
TY
NUMBERS.

I
NTHEAVAILABLESORTCRI
TERI
ACHOOSEMEMBERNUMBER.THENADDTHESELECTEDSORT
CRI
TERI
ATOTHESELECTEDSORTCRI
TERI
ALI
ST

CLI
CK ACCEPT TO RENUMBER THE SELECTED ENTI
TIES BASED ON THE SPECI
FIED
PARAMETERS.ALWAYSREMEMBERTHATWHENYOUCLI CKACCEPTTHEOPERATI ONCAN
NOLONGERBEUNDONE.
THELASTMODELMANAGEMENTCOMMANDI
STHEGROUPCOMMAND.
GROUPNAMESar eameansf oreasil
yidentify
ingacoll
ect
ionofenti
ti
esl
i
keBeams,FLOOR,Pl
ates
orSol
idsusingasi ngl
emoni ker.Bygr oupingtheseenti
ti
es,weCAN assignat
tri
but
essuchas
memberproperti
esandmat erialconstantsjusttothegroupAND I TWILLBEasi mpl
eprocess
comparedt
ot hetaskofassi
gningthem tot heindi
vi
dualmembers.YOUCANALSOUSEGROUPTO
EASI
LYSELECTASTRUCTURALMEMBERSANDEASI LYASSIGNALOAD.

SELECT GROUP COMMAND I


N THE GROUP TOOLS OF UTI
LITI
ES TOOLBAR OR JUST PRESS
<CTRL+G>.ASWEHAVENTDEFINEDANYGROUPSYET,THEDEFI NEGROUPNAMEDI ALOGBOX
OPENS.

NOW LETUSTYPETHEDIFFERENTGROUPNAMEFORTHEFOURSTOREYBUI
LDI
NGPROJECT
ANDASSOCI
ATEITTOTHESELECTEDGEOMETRY.

ASTHISGROUPINGWILLBEUSEWHEN WEASSIGN FLOORLOADSWEAREGOI


NGTOGROUP
STRUCTURALMEMBERSWITHTHETYPEFLOORSLABWETHERITI
SONEWAYORTWOWAYSLAB
ANDTHEROOM TYPE.

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