Piece Properties

You can select the properties of a profile being added or edited in the dialog box. When you have selected more than one profile to be edited, select the check box of the property you want to edit in the Piece Properties dialog box, and select a new value for the property. The edited properties will take effect on all the selected profiles. Other properties of each profile will remain unchanged.

The parameters on the left side of the dialog box are loaded from the profile library.

Library Parameters

Cross Section

Select the profile library from the Library list. Then select the cross section size from the Code list.

You can add the cross section mirrored around its center line by selecting Mirrored.

When you select Coarse, the configuration of the profile in the model window is coarse. Otherwise the configuration is accurate.

Classifying Data

When you add a beam or column, the profile type is automatically determined. For other profiles, you can select a type from the Typelist. The list contains all possible profile types in Vertex.

Select the purpose of the profile from the Use list, or type the desired value in the text field. The purpose of use is collected to the material report. When adding a profile using the Beam or Column function, the purpose is automatically BEAM or COLUMN.

Function and its number displayed in the field are determined automatically for the pieces of wall panels, floor or roof framings, and floor or roof panels. The function affects the dimensioning of the pieces in a panel drawing, presentation of pieces in the floor plan, and collecting the pieces in different schedules.

If the profile is part of a sub-assembly in a wall panel, the sub-assembly label is displayed in the Assembly field.

You can define a Mounting property for the frame pieces of a panel. Select one of the following from the list:

• Loose Part - A part to be mounted at the building site.
• Mount Manually - A part to be manually placed and mounted in the factory.
• Manually Placed - A part to be manually placed but automatically mounted in the factory. You can use this mounting method for parts that the production line cannot automatically position due to the size or shape of the part, but over which the nailing and glue lines must continue.

The property affects the material collection.

Define an Exceptional Mounting Method for a Part

Mark Exceptional Parts

If the profile is a framing piece of a wall panel, the Detail field displays the detail to which the piece belongs.

Materials

If the profile has alternative materials, you can select the material from the Material list.

Pick

Select the properties of an existing profile by clicking Pick. Click the profile in the model or in the floor plan.

Position

The property is available, when you are adding a primary beam or another profile to a framing. Select one of the following:

• Dropped
• Flushed Bottom
• Flushed Top

Add a Primary Beam

Add a Profile to a Framing

Direction

The property is available, when you are adding a primary beam to a roof framing. The property is significant when the beam is in the same direction as the ridge. Select either of the following:

• Vertical
• Perpendicularly to the Roof Plane

Add a Primary Beam

True Preview

By default, the preview image of the profile is a static bitmap image. The same preview image is used for all the cross sections in the library. When you select the check box True Preview, the preview image is created for each cross section in the profile library using the true dimensions of the cross section. Using the true preview may slow down the opening of the dialog box and refreshing of the preview image when you change the cross section of the profile.

View

The parameters on the right side of the dialog box are loaded from the PIECE.SETUP keyword group in the system settings. The customer-specific parameters that differ from these are defined in the PIECE.CUSTOM keyword group.

Detail

The properties available in the dialog box and their values depend on the detail selected. You can select the detail. when you are adding a profile, beam or column.

2D Instance: View

Select one of the following as the profile's presentation method in the drawing:

• Box - Rectangular.
• Box + Centerline - Use when you want to dimension profiles from center to center, for example.
• Section + Diagonal
• Section + Cross
• Line - Line positioned according to the profile's center line.
• Top view - Top projection of the profile's 3D model.

You can speed up the work by using the Line or Box option.

In addition, select the line type from the Line list, hatch fill from the Hatch list as well as the drawing properties of the line and hatch under Color System.

2D Instance: Visibility

Display the profile in the building's 2D drawing by selecting the check box.

2D Instance: Line

Select the line type of line, box or top view from the Line list.

2D Instance: Hatch

Select the hatch fill of box or top view from the Hatch list.

3D instance: View

If any features such as holes or notches have been added to the profile, you can select their presentation method in the 3D model from the following options:

• No Features - The features are not displayed in the model.
• True Features - The features are displayed as they are both in the shaded and wire frame model. The default presentation method in the timber frame environments.
• Parametric - The profile's configuration in the model is created using an application development program.
• Holes as Lines - The features are displayed as lines in the wire frame model. The default presentation method in the steel frame environments.
• Line - The profile is displayed as merely a line in the model.

3D instance: Visibility

You can display the profile in the building's 3D model by selecting the check box.

3D instance: Line

Select the line type from the Line list.

Color System

Select one of the following as the color system:

• User - You can define the profile colors yourself.
• Material - Colors defined in the profile library according to the material are used as the profile colors.
• Type - Colors defined in the profile library according to the type are used as the profile colors.

Color System: Pen

Select the pen thickness from the list.

Color System: Layer

Select the layer on which the profile is to be added from the list.

Color System: 2D Color

2D color defines the line color in the 2D drawing. You can select the color, when you have selected the User color system. To select the color, click the Palette button.

Color System: Hatch 2D

2D hatch color defines the color of the profile's hatch fill in the 2D drawing. You can select the color, when you have selected the User color system. To select the color, click the Palette button.

Color System: 3D Color

3D color defines the line color in the wire frame model. You can select the color, when you have selected the User color system. To select the color, click the Palette button.

Color System: Face

Determines the surface color in the shaded model. The color needs to be defined in the d_LWMAP database.