Automatic positioning

Use this option to assign positions automatically.

To begin assigning positions, open the Automatic positioning dialog from:

• Menu: Steel > Positions > Run Automatic positioning
• Ribbon: ASD - Model > Positioning > Automatic positioning
• Toolbar: General > Automatic positioning
• Command line: RBCS_AUTOPOS.

You can assign positions automatically for a whole structure model or for its selected part. After you select structure elements, use the tabs on the Automatic positioning dialog to specify parameters:

General

Additional

Numbering.

Click Run to begin the automatic positioning operation for all selected structure elements. All positions assigned during the positioning operation are given an identical prefix and comment.

See also:

• Position verification
• Example of automatic positioning