About Worksharing and Steel Fabrication Elements

Consider the rules governing steel fabrication elements in a worksharing environment.

Using the Undo Command

Reload Latest: If you use the Undo command on Reload Latest, bringing back changes applied to steel fabrication elements into the user model, the Undo command will no longer be available for actions completed prior to the Reload Latest operation.

Synchronize with Central: In a user model, the Undo command is not available for actions involving fabrication steel elements after using the Synchronize with Central command, even if you use the option to relinquish borrowed elements. However, you can use Undo to reverse operations that do not affect steel fabrication elements.

Creating Steel Fabrication Elements

Beam or Plate: When you create structural steel beams or plates, no other elements are checked-out.

Connections, Welds, Bolts, or Anchors

When you create welds, bolts, anchors or structural connections, you also check-out:

• Elements that act as input for the connections and elements connected by the bolts or anchors.
• Connections, if the bolts or anchors are placed on elements that are part of those connections.

Shear Studs: When you create shear studs, a weld is also created. Therefore, you also check-out the elements connected by the respective weld.

Shorten Cuts, Copes, Cuts, and Parametric Cuts

When you create modifiers and parametric cuts, you check-out:

• The elements that contain the respective modifiers or parametric cuts.
• Connections, if the modifiers or parametric cuts are placed on any elements that are part of the respective connections.

Modifying Steel Fabrication Elements

Beam or Plate: When you make geometry changes to structural steel beams or plates, besides the actual elements, you also check-out all bolts, anchors and connections created on the modified beams or plates. Shear studs will not be checked-out in this case, as they do not have a direct relation to the structural steel elements or plates.

Connection

When you make changes to a structural connection, you also check-out:

• Elements that act as input for the respective connection.
• Connections that use elements from the modified connection as input elements.
• Connections that have sub-elements which act as input elements for the modified connection.

Shear Studs: When you make changes to shear studs, no other elements are checked-out along with them.

Welds: When you make changes to welds, no other elements are checked-out along with them.

Bolts or Anchors

When you make changes to bolts or anchors, you also check-out:

• The elements that are connected by them.
• Connections, if the bolts or anchors are placed on elements that are part of those connections.

Shorten Cuts, Copes, Cuts, and Parametric Cuts

When you make changes to modifiers and parametric cuts, you check-out:

• The elements that contain the respective modifiers or parametric cuts.
• Connections, if the modifiers or parametric cuts are placed on any elements that are part of the respective connections.

Deleting Steel Fabrication Elements

Beam or Plate : When you delete structural steel beams or plates, besides the actual elements, you also check-out all bolts, anchors, welds and connections created on the deleted beams or plates. Shear studs will not be checked-out in this case, as they do not have a direct relation to the structural steel beams or plates.

Connection

When you delete a structural connection, you also check-out:

• Elements that act as input for the respective connection.
• Connections that have sub-elements which act as input elements for the deleted connection.

Shear Studs: When you delete shear studs, you also check-out the weld that connects the shear studs to the beam or plate.

Welds: When you delete a weld, you also check-out the elements connected by the weld.

Bolts or Anchors

When you delete bolts or anchors, you also check-out:

• The elements that are connected by them.
• Connections, if the bolts or anchors are placed on elements that are part of those connections.

Shorten Cuts, Copes, Cuts, and Parametric Cuts

When you delete modifiers and parametric cuts, you check-out:

• The elements that contain the respective modifiers or parametric cuts.
• Connections, if the modifiers or parametric cuts are placed on any elements that are part of the respective connections.