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Project resources are managed
by system administrators. Typically this involves entering information such
as folder paths for resources, like user dictionaries such as the feature
dictionary, without which the application cannot function. What
administrators enter will be visible in the Browse tab of the Project
Resource Management dialog box (Tools -> Project Management ->
Select/Browse...), but it cannot be changed there. |
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Managing project resources is
typically performed by an administrator. |
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A sample project resource
management (PRM) file is provided and by default, the application will
start with this file. The following Structure Design-related resources are
managed in this file. |
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Project Resources
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- Feature dictionary: the CATfct file
that manages object classes and in particular, lets the user add
attributes to basic classes. The corresponding resource is
CATStructureDesignUserDictionary.
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- Discrete values for attributes: directory used to store discrete
values of attributes.
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- ID sequence number directory: contains the last sequence number that
was generated for an object.
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- Reference grid system: a CATPart containing default sets of reference
planes in each of the three ship directions.
The default location for this resource is
...OS/startup/EquipmentAndSystems/Structure/ReferenceGridSystem.CATPart
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Structure Discipline Resources
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- Orientation conventions: contains naming conventions for ship
directions. Default conventions are USA conventions contained in sample
CATStrOrientNamingUSAConv.
Sample naming conventions for European conventions is also supplied:
CATStrOrientNamingEURConv.
The default location for these resources are
.../OS/resources/msgcatalog
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- Structure openings catalog. The default location of this resource is
.../OS/startup/components/PenetrationCatalog/Openings.catalog
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Naming section characteristics: a file mapping user names for section
characteristics to different categories of shape (I, C, T or L).
The default location for this resource is CATStrSectionNamingKeys
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- Structure sections catalog: contains structure
sections identified in accordance with user names for section
characteristics.
The default location of this resource is
.../OS/startup/components/StructuralCatalogs/AISC/AISC_Resolved.catalog
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- Structure sections path: identifies the
path of the folder in which the list of available sections will be
stored. The default location is:
.../OS/startup/components/StructuralCatalogs/ModelsResolved
However, you can customize this location to, for example, have all
sections centrally located.
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- Structure materials catalog: defines all materials and grades
available to the structural engineer.
The default location for this resource is
.../OS/startup/components/StructuralCatalogs/Materials/StructureMaterials.CATMaterial
Note: No tiffs letting you view objects in the Materials mode have
been delivered.
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- Thickness table: defines all plate thicknesses available to the
structural engineer. A sample table in text format is supplied. The
system administrator can modify or add to the sample thickness table, or,
if needed, create a new table.
The default location for this resource is
.../OS/startup/components/StructuralCatalogs/ThicknessTables/ThicknessListSample.txt
Important: If you change a thickness value in an existing
design table, all plates of this thickness linked to the design table
will be updated to the new value. With this in mind, you may prefer to
add a row for the new thickness or create a new table.
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- Structure drawing symbols catalog
The default location for this resource is
.../OS/startup/components/StructuralCatalogs/DrawingSymbols/Structure2DSymbols-Customization.catalog
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- Detailing features catalog: contains
slots,
endcuts and assembly templates. The default location of this resource
is
.../OS/startup/EquipmentAndSystems/Structure/DetailingFeatures/FeatureCatalogs/
Parametric/DetailingFeatures.catalog
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Note:
.../OS where OS is the operating system, for example
intel_a (Windows) to be found in the download folder. |
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- If there is more than one project at your site, then a project
resource management (PRM) file is made for each project. You can select
another project for your session
using the PRM
command (Tools -> Project Management -> Select/Browse...).
- For more information on resources and how the PRM file is organized,
see
Understanding Project Resource Management.
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