Building-specific Grade Settings

Grade settings can be used in the Vertex BD steel structure environments that have been localized in the European union, Australia and China. The grade setting allows you to use the same profile library in different regions (so far only European union, Australia and China).

You can define the default region in user-specific grade settings, see User-specific Grade Settings. The building-specific region selection overrides the user-specific default region.

You can select the building-specific grade region as follows:

  1. Open the building's document browser.
  2. Open Settings > Design settings.
  3. Double-click Grades.
  4. Select the grade region from the list.
  5. If the building has profiles, a dialog box opens where you can select the grade conversions.

    The dialog box presents a list of the building’s profiles, current grades, and conversion status, as well as any grades to which they can be converted according to the conversion rules defined in profile libraries. If region-specific grades have not been set in the profile libraries, the grade map defined in the system settings will be used.

  6. Convert grades according to the list by clicking Yes.
Note: If you use the Vertex BD add-on option Truss Design, selecting the building code always sets the grade region and default settings to be used. In that case, the building-specific grade settings are disabled.
Note: You can start the grade conversion also by selecting Modeling | Tools > Grade Conversions.