I'm using AECOsim v8i SS5, and am having trouble setting up an area in my project to store "special" structural sections.
I have the GB dataset structural shapes loaded in place 1, and the location of my project dataset's "ProjectShapes.xml" in place 2 of STRUCTURAL_SHAPES variable (see below image).
ProjectShapes.xml contains the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?> <TriForma> <StructuralShapes> <Code name="Project Shapes" isMetric="true"/> </StructuralShapes> </TriForma>
I expect to be able to select "ProjectShapes" in the code drop-down of the structural sections selector, however it does not appear (see below):If I click File > Open from "Structural Sections", the entry for "ProjectSections" does not appear but UK.xml does (see below):
I can manually navigate to "ProjectSections.xml" in the above dialogue, and add it there, but it doesn't affect the "Code" drop-down, and the entry disappears the next time I do File > Open. It is as though it never got attached / recognised.I have tried making a renamed copy of UK.xml in the project location (instead of the blank / empty "ProjectSections.xml"), but I am getting the same behaviour.Does anyone have an idea of what I might be doing wrong?
Strangely, I've just noticed the following:
"Project.xml" is showing up correctly in the section selector for placing handrailings. But not the Structural > Place Column tool. :/
This is how I'm loading STRUCTURAL_SHAPES:
STRUCTURAL_SHAPES = UK.xml STRUCTURAL_SHAPES < $(PROJ_DATASET)data/ProjectShapes.xml
I'm not able to test your suggestion until tomorrow, but are you saying that I'd need to instead define:
STRUCTURAL_SHAPES = UK.xml;$(PROJ_DATASET)data/ProjectShapes.xml