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Purpose |
Groups are created to organize components for cutting and fabrication purposes. Director has integrated tools that allow you to auto-group components into groups based on label or span. Auto-Group creates groups as specified and sorts the groups. Groups are sorted using a sorting routine, which looks for the first set of numbers and organizes them as one multi-digit number; this results in an order of 1,2...9.10 instead of 1,10,2...9. |
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Prerequisites |
Before using Auto-Group, components must exist within the project. |
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Steps
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To use auto-group: 1. In the Project List window, select a project. 2. Click Components.
3. Click Auto Group.
This command is also available from the right-click menu.
4. Click the following links for more detail:
Auto-Group into a Single Groupa. Select Single Group.
b. Click OK. All components are grouped into a single group labeled 1.
c. To rename the group, see Rename Group . Auto-Group by Full Spana. Select Full Span and specify a prefix to the group name.
b. Click OK. All components are grouped by span. Each group has the prefix defined in the field followed by component span. A new group is automatically created for each new span.
Auto-Group by Truss Typea. Select Truss Type to display components ordered by truss type in the Components List. View the truss type in Component Properties.
Truss Types are listed in the Component Properties > General > Truss Type field.
Auto-Group by Truss Name using a number of characters from the beginning of the labela. Select Truss Name: # of Characters from Front of Name and specify the number of characters from the front of the component name to be grouped.
b. To give the group name a numerical character, select Number. c. Click OK. All components are grouped by truss name.
Example of list without Number selected.
Auto-Group by Truss Name up to a charactera. Select Truss Name: Use Up To Character and specify the character to search within the component name.
b. Click OK. The groups are created using each unique group of characters prior to the specified character.
Auto-Group by Truss Name up to the first numeric charactera. Select Truss Name: Use Up To First Numeric Character.
b. Click OK. The components are grouped using a group name based on the characters that are a precursor to the first numerical character.
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