AVEVA Catalogue 2.

1
Structural Catalogues

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Steel Profile Catalogue

A steel profile catalogue is provided with AVEVA
E3D2.1
The catalogue provides profiles from the latest
National Standards and includes profiles from the
following countries:

Australia/New Zealand
Canada
Chile
China
Europe
India
Japan

Russia
South Africa
UK
USA

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Old Steel Profile Catalogues

Prior to E3D2.1, a different structural profile
catalogue was used. These catalogues have not
been withdrawn to preserve legacy data.
The Purpose attribute of the SPEC elements for the
previous profile catalogue have been changed to
unset so they cannot be selected from the appware
in Model.
A conversion tool is provided to modify the Spref
attribute of existing profiles in Model to the new
catalogue.

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Gtypes
The following table shows the Gtypes:
Gtype

Description

PFI

Parallel Flange I

PFC

Parallel Flange Channel

PFT

Parallel Flange Tee

TFI

Tapered Flange I

TFC

Tapered Flange Channel

TFT

Tapered Flange Tee

TWT

Tapered Web Tee

TFWT

Tapered Flange, Tapered Web Tee

ANGL

Equal or Unequal Angle

RTUB

Rectangular or Square Tube

CTUB

Circular Tube

ZED

Z Profile

CEE

Flanged C Profile

BFLA

Bulb Flat

PLTG

Plate Girder

BOXG

Box Girder

FBAR

Flat Bar

RBAR

Round Bar

HBAR

Hex Bar

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Parameters
The following table shows the parameters:
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
`15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

Parameter Description
Depth
Width A
Width B
Width C
Web Thickness
Flange Thickness A
Flange Thickness B
Radius A
Radius B
Radius C
CofG X Axis Offset
CofG Y Axis Offset
Flange Thickness Centre Offset
Flange Slope (degrees)
Web Slope (degrees)
Gage Line A
Gage Line B
Gage Line C
Maximum Bolt Diameter A
Maximum Bolt Diameter B
Mass per Unit Length
Surface Area per metre
Cross Sectional Area

Dkey
DPTH
WIDA
WIDB
WIDC
WTHK
FTKA
FTKB
RADA
RAD B
RAD C
CGXO
CGYO
FTCO
FSLO
WSLO
GLNA
GLNB
GLNC
MBDA
MBDB
MAUL
SAPM
XSAR

Data Type
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Geometry
Data
Data
Data
Data
Data
Data
Data
Data

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Parameters on Different Gtypes

Gtype PFI

Gtype PFC

Gtype ANGL
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Plines (1)
All Gtypes will have common set of 14 standard
Plines.
9 Plines will be at corners, mid-points and centre of
a bounding box around the profile

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Plines (2)
1 Pline is at the Neutral Axis (NA) and 4 Plines are
positioned where lines drawn through the NA in the
X and Y directions cross the bounding box.

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Plines (3)
Symmetrical profiles will have some coincident
Plines. Asymmetrical profiles will have no coincident Plines.

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Plines (4)
Gtype specific Plines are added, as highlighted in
red, where required to facilitate trimming of
attached members in all cases.

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Plines (5)
The Cconnect attribute of Standard Plines and
Gtype Specific Plines, as highlighted in red, are set
to ANY, as required.

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Display Levels & Obstruction Values

Generally Gtypes have two representations:
Simple, i.e. not root or toe radii
Actual, i.e. the actual shape of the profile

The Display Levels and Obstruction values are:

Representation
Simple
Actual
Obstruction

Display Levels
0-3
4-8
9 - 10

Obstruction Value
0
2
1

Gtypes CTUB, PLTG, BOXG, FBAR, RBAR and BFLA

only have an Actual representation so Displays
Levels are 0 8.

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Display Levels & Obstruction Values

Only enclosed Gtypes, i.e. RTUB, CTUB and BOXG
have obstruction geometry set to Levels 9-10

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Design Parameter Profiles (1)

Equivalent Design Parameter profiles are provided
for most Gtypes:
Gtype

Description

DPFI

Design Parameter Parallel Flange I

DPFC

Design Parameter Parallel Flange Channel

DPFT

Design Parameter Parallel Flange Tee

DANG

Design Parameter Equal or Unequal Angle

DRTU

Design Parameter Rectangular or Square Tube

DCTU

Design Parameter Circular Tube

DZED

Design Parameter Z Profile

DCEE

Design Parameter Flanged C Profile

DPLG

Design Parameter Plate Girder

DBXG

Design Parameter Box Girder

DFBA

Design Parameter Flat Bar

DRBA

Design Parameter Round Bar

DHBA

Design Parameter Hex Bar

DCON

Design Parameter Cone

DTWI

Design Parameter Tapered Web I

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Design Parameter Profiles (2)

Design Parameters are based on the common
parameters for standard profiles and the same
DKEYs are used.
Only the required Design Parameters are used for
each Gtype so there is no common data set and
each Design Parameter Gtype has its own Data Set,
Geometry Set and Pline Set.
Examples of non-prismatic profiles using Design
Parameters are also provided in the new profile
catalogue.

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Preferred Profile List (1)

A list of preferred profiles to be used on a project
can be created in Paragon.
The list contains only profiles, possibly from more
than one Standard, that are available to the user on
a project.
The list is created in Paragon using the Preferred
Profiles button in the Create group on the
SPECIFICATION tab.

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Preferred Profile List (2)

The Preferred Structural Profile Manager form
enables Standards, Gtypes and Profiles to be
selected.

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Preferred Profiles (3)

The form creates a Preferred Specification World
(PSPWL) that contains TABGRO, CTABLE and
TABITE elements representing the Standard, Gtype
and Profiles respectively.

This ensures that the Spref attribute for a GENSEC

is always set to the original catalogue reference.
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Preferred Profiles (4)

If a PSPWL exists in a Project the profile selection
gadgets in the Defaults group of the SECTIONS tab
only display profiles in the Preferred Profile list.

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Joints and Fittings Catalogue (1)

To compliment the steel profile catalogue, a joints
and fittings catalogue of sample data has been
provided.
Sample joints include

Beam to beam joints

Beam to column joints (web and flange)
Splice Joints
Bracing Joints

Sample joints include catalogue and template joints.

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Joints and Fittings Catalogue (2)

Sample fittings include:

Baseplate fittings
Stiffener fittings
Lifting Lug fittings
Padeye fittings
Shear Stud fittings
Scaffold Clip fittings

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