Fit to object

Use this option to fit 2 structural elements to each other.

To begin fitting objects, open the Fit by object dialog from:

Menu: Steel > Machining > Fit to object
Ribbon: ASD - Model > Machining > Fit to object
Toolbar: Machining I > Fit to object
Command line: RBCS_FITOBJ.

In the drawing area, select 2 structure elements that are to be fitted to each other: object that is being adjusted and object to which the first object should be adjusted.

Under Type of fitting, specify the mode of object fitting:

Passive - if this is selected, fitting of objects is not updated after each modification of the fitted object and the object to which it is being fitted.
Active - if this is selected, the software remembers the object to which the selected part is being fitted. Fitting of objects is updated after each modification of the fitted object and the object to which it is being fitted (after modifying a position of any of the objects, the parts will be automatically fitted, applying all the parameters defined in the dialog). If the object to which the selected part is being fitted is deleted, fitting of objects is deleted, as well.

Note: After the fitting of objects operation is completed, the mode of object fitting can be changed in the Properties dialog.

Specify the type of object fitting:

External - one of the selected objects is fitted to the external contour of another object.

Internal - one of the selected objects is fitted to the internal contour of another object.

For Internal, there are 4 options:

	Free - use this method to perform a quick fitting operation. In this case, determining parameter values is not required. If more exact parameter determination is required, apply one of the remaining methods.
	1 Type - a distance value may vary for flanges and web of the element undergoing fitting.
	2 Type - for this type of fitting, you can switch on/off chamfering. An angle applied during the chamfering operation always equals 45 degrees.
	3 Type - using this type of fitting, you can adjust objects with additionally defined openings. Opening parameters include: position of the opening center, translations of the opening center position, and radius value. It is also possible to perform the chamfer operation on some elements of the parts that undergo fitting.

In the bottom part of the dialog are the following options:

Consider roundings - if this is not selected, roundings of rolled profiles will not be considered while generating a cutting plane.
Cut protrusions to face - if this is selected, additional planes that form a contour of a part (profile, plate) are accounted for in a cut shape (shown in red in the drawings below). Out of these planes, the software selects the one for which the value of the inclination angle between the plane and the cut object is closest to 90 degrees.

The operation of the Cut protrusions to face option is illustrated in the drawings below.

Cut protrusions to face is not selected

Cut protrusions to face is selected

Clicking Apply changes parameters of the selected objects. Click OK to perform the defined operation of object fitting based on the adopted parameters, and close the dialog.

Click Close to conduct the defined operation without saving the changes made recently.

Click Next to start fitting of successive objects.