Internal Name
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Here, you will find a list of all designations used
by
ProStructures.
You can assign as many alternative exchange
designations to each of these internal names as you like. The current selection
is displayed in the grey input field.
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List field
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Here, you select the shape type. When the input field
Material has been checked, this previous type selection is not available.
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Selection list
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Here, you select the shape size or the material
designation to which you want to assign the alternative names.
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Mapped Name
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Enter a new designation and insert it into the
list. The program doesn’t differentiate capitalization or the use of small
initial letters.
Since exchange designations can only be inserted,
you have to insert the new entry first and then delete the old one, if you only
want to modify an entry.
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> Selection List
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Here, you will find the exchange designations of
the
ProStructures designation selected on
the left.
The first name in the list is the designation used
during export of a
ProStructures model.
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Insert Mirrored
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Adds a mirrored shape of a selected shape type in the
list, e.g. "MC150x17.9 - Mirrored".
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Remove Mirrored
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Activates when a mirrored shape is selected in the
list. When clicked, the mirrored shape is removed from the list.
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INSERT
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Assigns the new exchange designation to the selected
ProStructures designation with
currently highlighted in the
Mapped name list. .
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DELETE
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Removed the selected exchange designation from the
selected
ProStructures designation.
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OUTPUT
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Picks the selected exchange designation for export
and moves it to the first position in the list.
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Shapes / Material / Bolts
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When checked one of these, the above-mentioned
assignments are filtered for shape / material / bolts designations,
respectively.
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All
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Displays all-internal names – no matter whether
exchange designations have been assigned or not.
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Ready
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Displays only those internal names which exchange
designations have already been assigned.
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Open
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Displays only those internal names which exchange
designations have not been assigned.
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File
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Indicates the file path of the currently loaded
mapping table file.
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Content
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This is a short description of the content of the
new exchange list or of the list, which has been loaded at the very moment.
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Add Exchange Names..
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When checked, the exchange designations of the shape
database are entered when an exchange list is created or completed.
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Validate Internal Entry
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When checked, the internal entry of designations too
get validated in process.
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OK
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Closes the dialog and save your changes.
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Cancel
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Closes the dialog without saving changes.
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Help
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Opens online help.
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Open Mapping Table
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Loads mapping table file
(*.exm) used as current exchange list. It is also possible
to import an exchange list in dBASE-format by selecting the file type in the
file selection dialog, which opens then.
Note: dBASE-import
is not available when you select the dialog via the interface dialogs.
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Save Changes
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Stores the current exchange list. It is possible to
export an exchange list in dBASE-format by selecting the file type in the file
selection dialog, which opens then.
Note: dBASE-export
is not available when you select the dialog via the interface dialog.
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New Mapping Table
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Creates a new exchange list based on the shape and
material database of
ProStructures. Thus, you obtain all
available internal names and you can add the desired exchange designations to
them.
Note: If the field
Add Exchange Names.. has been checked, the
exchange designations of the shape database are entered, too.
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Update Mapping Table
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Updates the currently loaded exchange list with new
entries based on the shape or material database in
ProStructures.
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