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Smart Connections

Getting Started Guide

Getting started with Smart Connections

Cuts and elements can be inserted with Smart Connections to the following element categories:Walls, Parts, Structural Framing, Line-based Generic Models (can host rebar)

Elements that can be used for cuts andelements are point- and line-based families of the following categories:Generic Models, Structural Framing, and Structural Connections

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ All Smart Connections

commands are available from the

T4R: Create/Modify ribbon or the

TOOLS4BIM Dock (see

Introduction e-help file)

Smart Connections from T4R: Create/Modify ribbon

Smart Connections from TOOLS4BIM Dock

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ Before inserting cuts or elements

to elements, you have to set up

rules. To do this – use the

‘Configuration’ command.

NOTE: all configurations are saved in Configuration

Files Location.

NOTE: to read more about it, find appropriate e-help file

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ After preparing configurations,

insert elements by using the

‘Insert elements’ command.

NOTE: to read more about it, find appropriate e-help file

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ If you have inserted elements, but you want to modify some of them in one instance – use the ‘Modify elements’ command.

▪ Or if you have inserted elements by several configurations, use Multi-Rule Manager to modify selected configuration

NOTE: to read more about it, find appropriate e-help file

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ If you have made changes to configurations andyou want to update elements of an element according to new configuration settings – use the ‘Update by DC’ command.

▪ If you have made changes to configurations butyou want to update elements of an element according to old configuration settings – use the‘Update elements’ command

▪ If you want just update just special parameters values – use Update Parameters (special parameters in famlies with # and ## in the front of the name are used to read values from host or connected element)

NOTE: to read more about it, find appropriate e-help file

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ If you want to delete only elements created with Smart Connections – use the ‘Delete Inserted Elements’ command

▪ If you want to delete elements defined in one detail priority tab – use the ‘Delete Selected’ command

▪ If you want to delete elements created with Smart Connections and placed manually – use the ‘Delete Allelements’ command

▪ If you want to delete elements without Host, use last command in the list – ‘Delete Elements w/o Host’

NOTE: to read more about it, find appropriate e-help file

Getting started with Smart Connections

▪ If you want to insert Gravity Point to your element (Wall, Part, Generic line Based Model, Structural Framing) according to its shape and all elements inserted with Smart Connection – use the ‘Insert Gravity Point’ command.

▪ To delete Gravity point – use the ‘Delete Gravity Point’ command

▪ To update Gravity point according to changes of elements or main element shape – use the‘Update Gravity Point’ command.

NOTE: all elements should have materials with Physical properties (Density parameter) assigned.

NOTE: to read more about it, find appropriate e-help file

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