OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Steel Options - Snaps tab

Used to control placement snap settings in OpenBuildings Designer.

SettingDescription
Enable ProStructures snaps When checked, enables snapping to OpenBuildings Designer insertion points. These are ten cardinal points at start, middle, end of steel shapes, concrete beams, and concrete columns
Enable ProStructures legacy snaps When checked, enables snapping to centerline points at the start, middle, and end of steel shapes. Disabled when Enable ProStructures snaps is checked.
Display ProStructures tooltip When checked, enables the display of tooltip comments on snaps. The tooltip is context sensitive and can be configured by editing the …\prg\tooltips.ini file in the OpenBuildings Designer installation folder.