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Modelling
Get Latest Downloading the Latest Model
Checking In Uploading Model Information
Checking Out Modifying Model Information
Checking Out on Behalf of other users
Undoing Check Outs
Automatic Checking Out
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Issuing
Preparing the Model for Issuing
Get Issue Building an Issue model
Put Issue Sharing Issued Piece Mark Data
Managing Production Data
Checking Out Drawings Editing 2D Drawings
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Quick & Efficient sharing of model information, without the limitations of always being
connected to other users or the master model.
Administrative & security features providing powerful project management tools while
still being simple to use at the User level.
Collaboration via LAN, Wide Area Networks (VPN etc) & the Internet.
Built using the very latest Microsoft .NET & SQL technologies.
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This type of architecture allows the user to stay up to date with latest model changes without
the restrictions of requiring a permanent connection.
This simple architecture allows the Model Management System to be used over
ove a fixed Local
Area Network, via a Wide Area Network
N
or over the internet.
WWW
Internet
The World
Server
Wide Area
Network
Network
Local Area
Network
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When issuing a part or whole model the Get Issue and Put Issue modes are used to generate
the issue model and upload the piece mark data to the server so it can be shared with others.
Get Issue Mode
This mode generates the issue model automatically, selecting the members, end types,
parameter files etc required to issue the selected members but also intelligently selecting other
parts of the model that are required for consistency of joint connectivity and marking
information, automatically allocating these to a non-issue status.
Put Issue Mode
This mode allows piece mark data to be uploaded to the server and shared with other users.
Production data such as Drawings, Material Lists, CAM data etc is then Checked In.
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Check Out on
Behalf Of...
Sub
Contractor
WWW
Internet
Detailer
WAN Network
(VPN)
Detailer
LAN Network
Check Out
Outgoing
Freeware
Get Latest
Read Only
Check In
Incoming
Engineer
Model
Server
Get Issue
Builds Issue
Model
Issuer
Put Issue
Uploads Piece
Mark Data
Production
Data
StruMIS
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Drawings
CAM Data
Analysis
Links
Material
Listing
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User Rights
Each user right that is activated allows the user access to additional functionality, whether it is
access to new commands or advanced options for other commands.
The user rights are as follows:
Check In Only
Check Out and Modify
Mark and Issue
Create Server Model
User rights are configured by the system administrator when the user is created. The user
rights can be modified at the model level by the system administrator or a user with the create
server model right.
User Options
Each user has a series of options controlling the automated selection functionality of the model
manager. When using the model manager in certain modes, wire frame entities and files can
automatically selected for being uploaded or downloaded. These options should be configured
by the administrator to suit your user profile and should not need to be changed.
These options are broken down by mode as follows;
Check In Mode
Automatically add checked out items to the check in selection.
Automatically add new items to the check in selection.
Automatically add new output files to the check in selection.
Get Latest Mode
Automatically add server only items to the get latest selection.
Automatically add different items to the get latest selection.
Automatically add items that have been deleted on the server to the get latest
selection.
Undo Check-Out Mode
Automatically add checkout items to the undo checkout selection.
General Options
Auto selection on mode change.
Auto add member end types.
For full details of how to configure the User Rights and User Options, see the guide G1 Set-up
and Configuration Guide.
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The menu will pause for a few seconds while all SQL servers on the network are detected and
will then close.
A list of SQL servers will now be available. You can identify the server you require by the
machine name on which it is installed; this may be a server or your local computer name or
manually enter the machine name or IP address followed by a back slash \ and the word
ACECADMODELSVR
Examples;
<machine name>\ACECADMODELSVR
DO_Server\ACECADMODELSVR
DO_01\ACECADMODELSVR
111.111.1.101\ACECADMODELSVR
4. Click the Refresh Users icon to the right of the User Name dialog to update the list
with the available users on the selected server.
5. Click Connect to log in and open the model manager.
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ModelManager.AceCad.co.uk\ StruCadMMWebService
3. Click the Refresh Available Users icon to the right of the Login drop down. This will
connect to the web service and retrieve the list of available users.
4. Select your assigned user name from the list, enter your password as supplied and click
Connect.
5. The Model Manager will now connect to the remote server and log in as normal. The
Model Manager will operate in exactly the same manner as if connected via a local area
network.
Note: All operational performance is dependant upon connection speed and contention
over the users internet connection.
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3. Log into the Model Manager as either the System Administrator or any user with the
Create Server Model right activated.
4. The Model Manager will open with the Model
Model Details tab displayed. Fill in the details
and click Ok to create the server model. The Model Details are identical to those used
when creating a stand-alone
alone model.
If you have an existing 3D model in the
current work directory tick the Use Existing
Ex
option to automatically upload that model
to the server rather than use a default
model for the current installation set.
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Standard StruCad
Model Icon
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4. A list of available users will be shown, select a user from the list to assign this user to
the model.
It is possible to remove a user from a model using the right click Remove User option in the
Model Browser panel.
The user right for each user assigned to the model can be modified by right clicking on the
user in the Model Browser and selecting Edit User.
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Step 3
Right click on a model in the list that does you require a local
model for and choose the Create New Local Model Option.
Step 4
The model will be loaded on screen and downloaded to the users local work folder. The model
manager will automatically switch to Get Latest mode.
If you wish to Get any information into the local model, select the items and click the Go
button to download them.
Step 5
The local model will now be present in the users work folder.
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The model manager has a similar appear to most programs. At the top of the screen you will
find the drop down menus and toolbars. The commonly used options can be found on the
toolbars, while some additional options are only available through the drop down menus.
The screen is then divided horizontally across the screen into 3 sections or Panels;
The Item Browser Model Entities such as putlibs, macros etc not seen in the preview.
The Model View Tabs Server/Local model preview and other system information.
The Model Browser List current server models the user is assigned to.
Each Panel contains information relating to either the current model or the system as a whole.
If at any time a panel gets turned off, it can be turned on again using the Window option in
the drop down menus. If required the panels can be resorted to the default layout using the
Window -> Reset Layout option from the drop down menu.
Now well explore each panel and what information they display and how to control it.
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Difference mode: This mode highlights the differences between the users local model and
the server model. Items are coloured differently based on being new,
modified, only on the server etc.
Status Mode:
This mode highlights who owns which parts of the model. the preview
displays both server model and local model content. Items belong to a
user specific user or can be classed as Check In (not owner by anyone)
or Issued (checked out to the issuer using the GetIssue mode.)
Entity Mode:
For both Difference and Status mode the legend at the bottom of the screen can be used to
determine what the colour means.
The mode selected also affects the Item Browser display, listing items by either their
Differences or their Status.
The Refresh Server option is used to refresh your current session with the server should
updates or changes occur while you are logged on and the Model Manager is open.
Item Browser
The Item Browser contains a list of Controlled
Files. These are files with the model that are
being included in the server model.
These files are automatically compared, looking
for differences every time the Model Manager is
opened. The initial window will display a list of all
files on the server and the users local. The tree
structure can be expanded to see sub
folders/files.
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Set-up, this is the process of creating the server model and generating the initial wireframe
model. This process only needs to be carried out once at the start of the project.
Modelling, this is the process of generating the wire frame and connections. Users at this stage
only need use the Check in & Check Out mode to build the model and the Get Latest mode to
keep up to date with changes.
Restricted Users, this process allows restricted users eg, Sub Contractors to access the model
information but at a very restricted level. Users at this stage only need use the Check In mode
and Get Latest mode. The Check Out on Behalf of mode is used by the administrator to set the
access conditions.
Read Only, this process allows a user access to the server model but in a read only mode. This
means they can only use the Get Latest mode.
Issuing, this is the process of generating the issuing model then sharing the mark and
production data with other users.
ers. Users at this stage only need use the Get Issue and Put
Issue modes, they may also use the Check In mode to control production data.
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Alternatively if the model manager is already open the Get Latest mode and be activated by
selecting the Get Latest Mode button on the toolbar.
Step 2
The model manager is opened and the automatic comparison is run, this will then display on
screen the visual difference between the server model and the users local model. Any
differences in any files with the model structure will be indicated in the Item Browser panel.
Step 3
Select the wire frame entities and files to be Got into the users local model. This can be done
manually using the selection tools described in the Model Manager Interface section.
If the automatic Get Latest selection options are activated then the required wire frame
entities and files should be automatically selected. These automatic options are;
Automatically add server only items to the get latest selection.
Automatically add different items to the get latest selection.
Automatically add items that have been deleted on the server to the get latest
selection.
Step 4
When the require wire frame entities and files have been selected the Go button is clicked, a
summary dialog will appear detailing the items that will be downloaded to the users model.
Tick the Download Mark Data option to
have the piece mark data for issued items
download to your local model.
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Alternatively if the model manager is already open the Get Latest mode and be activated by
selecting the Get Latest Mode button on the toolbar.
Step 2
The model manager is opened and the automatic comparison is run, this will then display on
screen the visual difference between the server model and the users local model. Any
differences in any files with the model structure will be indicated in the Item Browser panel.
Step 3
Select the wire frame entities and files to be Check In to the server model. This can be done
manually using the selection tools described in the Model Manager Interface section.
If the automatic Check In selection options are activated then the required wire frame entities
and files should be automatically selected. These automatic options are;
Automatically add checked out items to the check in selection.
Automatically add new items to the check in selection.
Automatically add new output files to the check in selection.
Step 4
When the require wire frame entities and
files have been selected the Go button is
clicked, a summary dialog will appear
detailing the items that will be uploaded
into the server model.
If a comment is entered it will be used as a
description of what is being uploaded in the
Model History and rollback.
Tick the Keep Checked Out option
uploaded the items but keep them Check
Out.
Click Check In and the items will be
uploaded into the server model. Click
Cancel to return to the selection stage.
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Alternatively if the model manager is already open the Check Out mode and be activated by
selecting the Check Out Mode button on the toolbar.
Step 2
The model manager is opened and the automatic comparison is run, this will then display on
screen the visual difference between the server model and the users local model. Any
differences in any files with the model structure will be indicated in the Item Browser panel.
Step 3
Select the wire frame entities and files to be Checked Out from the server model. This can be
done manually using the selection tools described in the Model Manager Interface section.
Step 4
When the require wire frame entities and files have been selected the Go button is clicked, a
summary dialog will appear detailing the items that will be checked out to the user.
Tick the Keep Local Objects option to check out the items to the user but not have them
downloaded from the server into the local model.
Click Check In and the items will be uploaded into the server model. Click Cancel to return to
the selection stage.
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The status bar will display the message The next Check Out will occur
on behalf of ... and the mode will be changed to Check Out mode.
Step 3
Select the wire frame entities and files to be Checked Out from the server model. This can be
done manually using the selection tools described in the Model Manager Interface section.
Step 4
When the require wire frame entities and files have been selected the Go button is clicked, a
summary dialog will appear detailing the items that will be checked out to the user.
Step 5
The user who the items have been checked out for performs a Get Latest and the items will
be automatically added to the get latest selection, other items can be added to the selection
either manual or using the automatic Get Latest selection options.
Step 6
The Check In mode can then be used to upload changes to the items that have been checked
out to them.
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Issuing through model manager has the following major advantages over previous issuing
methods;
Prevents any steel from being issued with connections missing created by connecting
parts in the model.
Automatically allocates connecting members not being issued to mark category 99.
Option to automatically make connecting members dummy.
The far end joints of connecting members are automatically nulled to prevent macros
errors and prevent plate/cleat marks being used.
When members are selected for issue, all members, endtypes, parameter files etc. are
automatically checked out to the Issuer, preventing other users modifying connections
or parameters that have been used for the issue.
Once an issue is complete the mark number can be uploaded back to the server
allowing all users to download mark numbers for the issued steel within seconds of it
being issued.
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Step 3
The Model Manager will open displaying
all members in the model in Grey
indicating they are not issued;
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Step 5
Click OK at the bottom of the Issues panel to download the wire
frame information to be issued.
The Update Local Files dialog box will now appear; this contains all
the end type files that are required for the issue to commence.
These files will be Checked Out automatically and assigned to the
issuer along with the wire members.
Step 6
The model and can be issued using the standard issuing procedures for StruCad, running the
ISSUE command and generating the required drawing, reports, CAM data etc.
Note: If the mark data on the server does not match the mark data in the model i.e. a change
has occurred locally in the issue model, you will be prompted to run a Put Issue before the
Get issue can be run.
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Step 2
Start the model manager in Put Issue mode from within the StruCad wireframe model using
the PUTISSUE command. This can be found on either the Model Manager tool bar or the Model
Manager drop down menus.
Step 3
The 3D wire frame will be temporally hidden and the Put issue dialog displayed. Click the Ok
button to start the uploading process. This may take more time that the other
uploading/downloading options as more information is being exchanged.
When finished the 3D wireframe will open again and the mark data will have been uploaded.
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Step 2
Select the wire members which any type of drawing is required for and press enter.
Step 3
The drawing selection dialog appears, select the
drawings you require and click Ok for them to
be checked out and downloaded into your local
model.
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The message will be sent to the user and received the next time the user logs into the Model
Manager.
If a message has been send it error or is no longer required it can be deleted by using the
Delete Messages option. This will delete all pending messages to the selected user, sent from
the currently logged in user.
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3. Select a Check In event and choose from one of the options at the bottom. Click Ok
to close the Model History tab.
The Details option
Select a Check In event from the list and click Details to view the specific summary of
changes made by the selected Check In event.
The summary of changes can be viewed and expanded in the left panel while the changed
wireframe entities can be seen on the right. Tick the Show All option in the bottom left corner
to view the changes in context of the whole server model.
The Report option
Select a Check In event from the list and click Report to save a report of all changes made by
that specific check in, in either PDF or XSP format.
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The View option can be used to view the events matching the select criteria, the Purge
option can be used to remove event matching the specified criteria.
Event logs can be used to diagnose system problems.
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Step 4
Enter the file configuration details and click Ok.
Description:
Folder:
File or Wildcard:
Type:
Text Editable:
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