To export a Structural model to SDNF
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Click the SDNF Export icon.
The SDNF Export dialog appears.
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On the SDNF
Export dialog’s File tab, click
Select under the
Steel Detail Neutral File
heading.
The Select Steel Detail Neutral File to create dialog appears prompting you to select a *.dat file. If one does not exist, simply enter a file name to create the target file.
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Click
Save.
Closes the Select Steel Detail Neutral File to create dialog. The *.dat file is saved, and enables the OK button on the SDNF Export dialog.
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From the SDNF
Export dialog’s File tab, enable the
Process Master File Only option.
Only the Structural members in the master file will be exported. Structural members in referenced files will be ignored.
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Check the
Map Section Names option.
This enables the Section Mapping File options.
- Click Select under the Section Mapping File heading. The Select Section Mapping dialog opens prompting you to select a mapping file.
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Browse to a location where you have a mapping file, and click
Open.
The section mapping file is selected and the Select Section Mapping dialog closes.
- Open the SDNF Export dialog’s Selection tab. This tab is used to select which Structural members to export. There are several ways to select the members to export.
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Check the
All option.
This will export all Structural members existing in the master file.
- (Optional)
Open the SDNF
Export dialog’s
Title Packet tab. This tab is used to enter
project information to be exported along with the Structural model.
Enter the project information in the available text fields.
- Click OK to complete exporting to SDNF.