Lesson11-DrawingEditingExercise

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Xsteel Training Course Lesson 11 – Drawing Editing Exercise

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Lesson 11 – Drawing Editing Exercise

Create Plan and Elevation Views 2

Dimension GA Drawings 3

Add Details to Rafter Plan 4

Edit Anchor Bolt Plan 7

Force the Truss drawing to fit onto an A1 drawing sheet 8

Modify Truss Drawing Dimensions 10




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Create Plan and Elevation Views

Open the Train 8 model.Follow the instructions outlined in Lesson 10 to create the following GA drawings:

• Roof Plan (From the Plan @ 6500 )

• Floor Plan (From the Plan @ 3000 )

• Anchor Bolt Plan (From the Plan @FFL)

• Rafter Plan (Filter RAFTER in the Plan @ 6500 )

Elevation views:

• Grid A

• Grid B

• Grid C

• Grid 1

• Grid 4





Dimension GA Drawings

Open the GA drawing Roof Plan; the first item to dimension is the grid. This can be dimensionedmanually by picking the Create x dimension or Create y dimension icons, but a more efficient way todimension the grid is to go to the Create pull-down menu (Top of the screen.) and choose Dimension –> Grid at the Pick view command pick the drawing view. This will dimension the gridlines automatically.Use the dimension tools to create the rest of the necessary dimensions manually.

Go through the rest of the GA drawings and dimension them as shown on the drawings in the TrainingModels Booklet.





Add Details to Rafter Plan

Now we will clean up and add a few details to the Rafter Plan.Open the Rafter Plan drawing.Double click the blue border to open the View properties dialog box.Click the Filter button.Fill in the dialog box like the example below and click Modify .

This action filters out the parts listed by Part name and cleans up the view of the Rafters.

Zoom in on the area near the intersection of Gridlines A/1.Click the Create view from view icon.Pick a point in the upper left quadrant formed by Gridlines A and 1. Now pick a point in the lower rightquadrant.

A detail now appears at the lower left corner of the Rafter Plan.

Double click the dark blue border of the detail. Change the scale to 1/25.0000 and click Modify . Thisenlarges the scale of the detail.

Pick the blue border of the detail while holding the shift key down, drag the detail to reposition in it in thedrawing. (Refer to the Rafter Plan in the beginning of the lesson.)

Back in the View Properties dialog box click the Grid button, select Not visible and Modify . This turnsoff the gridlines in the detail view.

Note: Remember to effect a change in the detail the blue border must be highlighted by picking it.





Experiment with the settings available by clicking the other buttons to change and improve the view.(Part, Bolt etc.)

The size and depth of the detail can be adjusted by changing the values in the Extrema boxes. Note thatfor this particular detail the x min: and the y min: distances need the (-) minus sign and in depth-: it isincluded automatically.

Now zoom in to where the hip beams meet the truss. Use the Create view from view tool to make adetail of the connection. After the detail is created use the procedures outlined previously to modify thedetail.

Click the Create cut view icon.In response to Pick first point on cut plane pick the left side of the center line of the IPE200 in thedetail. In response to Pick second point on cut plane pick the right hand side of the centerline. Drag abox in each direction around the detail.





The new section will appear at the lower left corner of the drawing. Pick the sections border whileholding the shift key to move the section to a clear area of the drawing. A little editing will be required toget the detail to look like the example in the beginning of the lesson. Modify the section in the samemanner used for the details.

After making modifications to the rafter plan click on the Open drawing list icon, pick the Rafter Plan in

the drawing list and click the Freeze On button.

Note: With a freeze placed on the drawing the modifications and details that you have made will not beaffected if the drawing needs to be updated due to changes in the model.





Edit Anchor Bolt Plan

Next we will use the Anchor Bolt Plan to set the cut distances in the View Properties dialog box.From the Drawing List open the Anchor Bolt Plan, AB1.Double click the blue view border. (Not the drawing frame that surrounds the entire drawing.)In the View Properties dialog box there are controls to shorten empty spaces between objects in adrawing.

The value in the min dist: box controls the distance between objects Xsteel uses to consider whether or not to make a cut.

The value in the length: box controls the gap that is shown in the drawing to show that a cut has beenmade.

The drop down box next to Cut skew parts gives you the option to shorten skewed parts. (Skew partswith a cut usually appear offset.)

Adjust the cut settings and click the Modify button.





Force the Truss drawing to fit onto an A1 drawing sheet

Create first an assembly drawing of the truss.Before adding dimensions to the truss drawing, change the scale so that it fits to a A1 drawing sheet.Xsteel will probably put the truss onto a A0 (1152*828) drawing sheet by default.

Open the Truss drawing and right click in the drawing window, select Properties. Click the Get button atthe bottom of the dialog box to retrieve the properties of THIS drawing.

Change the Size definition mode from Autosize to Specified size

Click the Layout button and then uncheck the Autoscale on/off check box. Select assembly_A1 for the Table layout . In the Main View Scales field and Cut Scales field add 20 25 30 35 to the end of thelist of scales and click Modify .

These are the different scales that Xsteel will now try when placing an assembly onto a A1 drawingsheet.





The truss should now fit onto a A1 drawing.





Modify Truss Drawing Dimensions

Open the truss drawing from the drawing list.

Delete the unnecessary dimensions and then add the dimensions required to fabricate the truss. Usingthe techniques learned editing the GA drawings, add the necessary sectional views and enlargeddetails.

Be sure once you have finished editing this drawing Freeze it so that the manually added dimensionsand details are retained if the drawing is updated in the future. Remember simply highlight the drawing

in the drawing list and select the Freeze button on the right side of the drawing list.This can be done within the drawing or within the model environment.

Note: To reposition a dimension line, part mark or weld symbol, click and drag to the desired location.

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