Hello,
I'm new using AECOsim building Designer.
Right now I'm making a small project and I need to use a custom timber stud section that it's 2 x 8 inches, the only problem is that the catalog doesn't have that particular section and I don't know how to add it to catalog.
If someone knows how I can made my very own catalog items please help me.
Regards
Rafael
Hi Rafael,
We provide an xml file in each project template, e.g.: C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\WorkSpace\Projects\BuildingExamples\BuildingTemplate_NM\support\dataset\data\projectshapes.xml that can be edited to provide sizes to your project.
If you search for "Creating and editing section profile data" in the Help file it outlines the XML format and requirements for the section files.
You can use the projectshapestemplate.xls spreadsheet to modify projectshapes.xml, which we recommend, as described in Creating custom Structural Sections in AECOsim.
Alternatively:
In this case as you only want add one size, and if you are happy editing xml, you could copy and paste a block of xml text for a similar shape from the section size .xml defined for your dataset and change the values in the pasted version.
To identify the files currently in use enter 'expand echo $(STRUCTURAL_SHAPES)' in the key-in window, the values for this will be listed in the message center.
In my case as I am using the GB Dataset these are:
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\WorkSpace\projects\BuildingExamples\BuildingTemplate_GB\support\dataset\data\ProjectShapes.xml;
UK.xml
ProjectShapes.xml is empty. UK.xml contains all of the UK section sizes and is located in C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\WorkSpace\BuildingDatasets\Dataset_GB\data.
If you are using another dataset the filename will be different, the location will be the equivalent folder in your dataset.
Marc