OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Structural Member Extensions to BASIC

The following Structural discipline Member Extensions are available.

Properties and Methods

Used to

STFMember.sectionName.

Set or get the section name for a structural member.

STFMember.Name.

Set or get the name for a structural member.

STFMember.PlacementPoint

Set or get the placement point for a structural member.

STFMember.Type

Set or get the structural type for a structural member.

STFMember.User1

Set or get user data 1 for a structural member.

STFMember.Material

Set or get the material for a structural member.

STFMember.Family

Set or get the family for a structural member.

STFMember.Part

Set or get the part for a structural member.

STFMember.Status

Set or get the status for a structural member.

STFMember.Class

Set or get the class for a structural member.

STFMember.Reflect

Set or get the reflection for a structural member.

STFMember.Grade

Set or get the rotation for a structural member. The constants are STF_BEAM, STF_COLUMN, STF_VBRACE, STF_HBRACE, or a user specified string.

STFMember.User2

Set or get user data 2 for a structural member.

STFMember.User3

Set or get user data 3 for a structural member

STFMember.User4

Set or get user data 4 for a structural member.

STFMember.CutbackEnd1

Set or get the cutback length for the first end of a structural member.

STFMember.CutbackEnd2

Set or get the cutback length for the second end of a structural member.

STFMember.FWPId

Set or get the FrameWorks Plus ID for a structural member.

STFMember.FWPModelId

Set or get the FrameWorks Plus Model ID for a structural member.

STFMember.getEndPoints

Get the end points for a structural member.

STFMember.setEndPoints

Set the end points for a structural member.

STFMember.read

Read a structural member from a design file.

STFMember.add

Add a structural member to a design file.

STFMember.delete

Delete a structural member from a design file.

STFMember.update

Update (modify/manipulate) a structural member in a design file.

STFMember.miterJoint

Create a mitered joint between two structural members.

STFMember.copeTo

Create a coped joint between two structural members.