Connection Library

Save Connection Settings to Library for later use

To avoid setting many parameters every time you create the same connection, it is possible to save preferred configurations in the Library .

Every time a connection is created, Advance Steel searches if the same combination of elements section class and size is already in the Library . If it finds a match it will apply the settings stored against that entry in the Library. This way you do not have to go through setting many parameters every time you place the connection.

• If there is more than one possible match in the Library for the current connection, the first match from the table is used.
• If no match is found in the Library, a dialog box displays a warning message: "Template values not found. Take defaults of the connection".

Note:

• There is no link between the connection parameters and the Library . You may change the settings in the library, without affecting the other already created connections .
• "Copy by template" and "Copy by template, multiple" do not use the connection library; these commands copy the parameters of the connection to be copied.

Tip:

To turn off the message dialog box, change the corresponding default in the Management tools : Defaults > General > Message box when template values not found.

Access the Library

You can access the Library from the connection properties dialog box, Library tab.

The Library tab includes a table with columns for every parameter within the connection. Each line of the table corresponds to a saved connection.

Use the Connection Library

To add new settings to the library

1. Create the connection and set the parameters according to requirements.
2. Display the connection properties and make the necessary settings.
3. On the Library tab, click Save values.

• A new line is added to the table.

To use a saved set of parameters for a new connection

1. Start the Connection Vault .
2. Select the connection you want to create.
3. Select the elements to be connected in the required order and create the connection. The connection properties dialog box appears.
4. Select the Library tab.
5. From the table, click the line corresponding to your choice.

• The parameters are applied immediately.