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How are new profiles added to the Purlin macro ?

• Software:

  Advance Steel

• Module

  Joints

• Question:

  How are new profiles added to the Purlin macro ?

• Type:

  General

• Difficulty:

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Answer

To add new profile classes for both Eaves and Purlins in the Purlin macro, perform the following steps:

1. Launch Management Tools and go to Table Editor.

2. Use the Open MDB command and open AstorRules.mdb, located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2010\Steel\Data

3. Open the RULE_SEPurlin_PurlinAcceptedClasses table to add new purlins, or RULE_SEPurlin_EavesAcceptedClasses to add new eaves.

4. To add a new profile to the macro, a new record must be added, with a consecutive value in the KEY column with respect to the key of the last record. Also, the name of the profile class must be added in the ClassName column.

5. To find the name of the profile class to add in AstorRules.mdb, perform the following steps:

• Open the AstorProfiles2010.mdb, database, located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Data.


• Open the ProfileMasterTable table.


• Find the profile in this table, and copy the corresponding value from the TypeNameText. This value must be added in the AstorRules.mdb > RULE_SEPurlin_PurlinAcceptedClasses / RULE_SEPurlin_EavesAcceptedClasses tables.

6. Enter this value in the RULE_SEPurlin_PurlinAcceptedClasses table and close the table.