Form: Frame Properties, Delete Multiple Frame Section Properties
Use the Define menu > Section Properties > Frame Sections command to access the Frame Properties form, which has the following options:
Find This Property edit box. This edit box is useful to locate a property definition in the long list of frame property definitions in the display area. Type the name of a property in this edit box to locate it quickly.
Properties display area. The program ships with a number of shape libraries (.xml files). The section properties shown in this display area are from those shape libraries. The library(ies) used by the program is influenced by the Steel and Concrete codes that were selected when the model was originally started. The list of available shapes can be modified using the Import New Properties and Add New Property buttons, as explained in the following bullet items. Thus, if the current model was initialized from an existing model (i.e., the Initialize from Existing .edb File option was used on the Model Initialization form), the list may have been altered in the previous model.
Import New Properties button. Click this button to access the Frame Property Shape Type form; select a Section Shape from the drop-down list or click a Frequently Used Shape Type to display the Frame Section Property Import Data form. Use that form to specify a database of section types from which shapes can be selected for import into the model file.
Add New Property button. Click this button to display the Frame Property Shape Type form. Use that form to add a new property to the model file.
Add Copy of Property button.
Highlight an existing property definition in the Properties display area on the left-hand side of the form.
Click the Add Copy of Property button to display the Frame Section Property Data form; use the form to add a new property definition to the model file based on the originally selected section definition.
Modify/Show Property button.
Highlight an existing property definition in the Properties display area on the left-hand side of the form
Click the Modify Show Property button to display the Frame Section Property Data form and review or modify the selected definition without adding a new definition to the model file.
Delete Property button.
Highlight an existing property definition in the Properties display area on the left-hand side of the form
Click the Delete button to delete the selected definition from the model file. The definition is not deleted from the database of section shapes so it can be reloaded into the model file using the Import New Properties button as described above.
Delete Multiple Properties button. Click this button to display the Delete Multiple Frame Section Properties form. Use the Type drop-down list and the Filter edit box to quickly identify those section definitions that can be deleted from the model file. Highlight the properties to be deleted and click the Delete Selected Frame Sections button. Similar to the preceding explanation, the selected definitions are not deleted from the database of section shapes so they can be reloaded into the model file using the Import New Properties button as described above.
Export to XML File button. Click this button to display the Frame Property Export to XML File form. Use that form to select the sections and Auto Select lists to be exported to an XML file. This program feature is valuable when sections or Auto Select lists have been created in one model file and the same sections or Auto Select lists need to be reused (imported) in another model file.
Filter Properties List
Type drop-down list. This drop-down list can be used to limit the list of section shapes displayed in the Properties display area on the left-hand side of the form. For example, if Pipe is selected, only pipe sections will be displayed.
Filter edit box. Use the Filter edit box to limit the list to make selection of the frame section easier. Use the Clear Filter button to restore the full list of frame sections.
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