Frameworks Plus: Version 2011 (V12)

FrameWorks Plus
Overview
Version 2011 (V12)

June 2011
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Contents
FrameWorks Plus: An Overview ................................................................................................................ 5
MicroStation Foundation ......................................................................................................................... 6
Model Partitions: An Overview ................................................................................................................ 7
Levels and Symbologies ......................................................................................................................... 7
Easy 2-D Layout, Precise 3-D Models .................................................................................................... 8
Default Settings: An Overview ................................................................................................................ 9
Physical Member Modeling ..................................................................................................................... 9
Structural Member Intelligence ............................................................................................................. 10
Member Attributes: An Overview .................................................................................................... 10
Named Groups: An Overview ......................................................................................................... 10
Member Cutbacks: An Overview .................................................................................................... 11
Member Design Parameters: An Overview .................................................................................... 12
Member Constraints: An Overview................................................................................................. 12
Fireproofing: An Overview .............................................................................................................. 12
Autonaming Members: An Overview .............................................................................................. 13
Orientations: An Overview .............................................................................................................. 13
Structural Section Libraries ............................................................................................................ 13
Modifying and Saving Attributes ..................................................................................................... 14
Editing Attribute Data...................................................................................................................... 14
Creating and Manipulating Grids .......................................................................................................... 15
Placing Structural Elements .................................................................................................................. 16
Columns: An Overview ................................................................................................................... 17
Beams: An Overview ...................................................................................................................... 17
Vertical Braces: An Overview ......................................................................................................... 17
Horizontal Braces: An Overview ..................................................................................................... 18
Framing Members: An Overview .................................................................................................... 19
Arc Members: An Overview ............................................................................................................ 19
Cans: An Overview ......................................................................................................................... 20
Slabs: An Overview ........................................................................................................................ 20
Walls: An Overview ........................................................................................................................ 21
Generic Solids: An Overview .......................................................................................................... 21
Holes: An Overview ........................................................................................................................ 22
Solid Cutouts: An Overview ............................................................................................................ 22
Reviewing Members: An Overview ................................................................................................ 23
Manipulating Structure Geometry ......................................................................................................... 23
Member Associativity: An Overview ............................................................................................... 24
Copy Member: An Overview .......................................................................................................... 24
Move Member: An Overview .......................................................................................................... 25
Extend Member: An Overview ........................................................................................................ 25
Modify Member End: An Overview ................................................................................................. 25
Rotate Member: An Overview ........................................................................................................ 25
Mirror Member: An Overview ......................................................................................................... 26
Rule Based Joints: An Overview .................................................................................................... 26
Work Point Offset: An Overview ..................................................................................................... 27
Modify Offset: An Overview ............................................................................................................ 27
Join/Split Members: An Overview .................................................................................................. 28
Modify Arc: An Overview ................................................................................................................ 28
Delete Member: An Overview ........................................................................................................ 28
FrameWorks Plus Overview
Contents
Pre-Processing Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 28
Load Cases: An Overview .............................................................................................................. 29
Load Combinations: An Overview .................................................................................................. 29
Placing Loads: An Overview .......................................................................................................... 29
Editing and Deleting Loads ............................................................................................................ 29
Load Labels: An Overview ............................................................................................................. 30
Releases: An Overview .................................................................................................................. 30
Supports: An Overview ................................................................................................................... 31
Analysis Output Files ...................................................................................................................... 31
Steel Detailing Neutral File: An Overview ............................................................................................. 31
Reports: An Overview ........................................................................................................................... 32
Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 32
Formats .......................................................................................................................................... 32
Drawings ............................................................................................................................................... 32
Drawing Borders ............................................................................................................................. 33
Annotations ..................................................................................................................................... 33
Drawing Notes ................................................................................................................................ 33
Steel Detailing: An Overview .......................................................................................................... 34
Revision Tracking ........................................................................................................................... 34
Integration ............................................................................................................................................. 34
Index ........................................................................................................................................................... 35
SECTION 1
FrameWorks Plus: An Overview
FrameWorks Plus automates structural engineering and design with both linear member and
solid member layout and modeling functions, integrated with popular third-party analysis and
design programs. It also includes extensive tools for WYSIWYG production of take-off reports and
engineering and construction drawings. FrameWorks Plus provides a familiar 2-D interface to its
3-D modeling structure, allowing you to work in 2-D, 3-D, or both at the same time. It is
MicroStation Powered and designed to run on the Microsoft Windows operating system and
Intel-based computers. FrameWorks Plus addresses a wide range of projects, spanning
commercial, light and heavy industrial, process and power, and offshore.
The FrameWorks Plus command environment is immediately productive, even for beginning CAD
users. It features intuitive, easy-to-understand graphical menus and dialog boxes, which enable
you to customize views and set preferences to your individual requirements. Additionally, it
provides interactive feedback for verifying member orientation, dynamically displaying the exact
representation of members as they are placed. Further, it allows you to place members without
regard to finite element segments or nodes. (FrameWorks Plus automatically splits members into
finite elements during analysis pre-processing, but recognizes their aggregate definition as a
continuous physical member.)
Structural graphics are fully integrated with attribute intelligence, such as section size, material
name, and orientation. Section properties are retrieved from on-line standard section libraries,

including AISC, CISC, and other international standards. Grid commands generate both plan and
elevation grids. Structural members---which include beams, columns, horizontal braces, vertical
braces, arcs, slabs, walls, and generic solids---can be placed in plan, elevation, or isometric
views. Members and their attributes can be reviewed at any time, and then copied, moved, or
modified singly or collectively in groups.
At any point in the design process, FrameWorks Plus can generate an analytical model for input to
finite element analysis programs. Interfaces to GTSTRUDL and STAAD are supported. Results
from these programs can be loaded back into FrameWorks Plus for immediate update of the 3-D
model and associated drawings. In addition to finite element analysis interfaces, FrameWorks
Plus also supports Intergraph's Steel Detailing Neutral File Format and the CIMsteel Integration
Standards (CIS), linking structural models to leading third-party applications for fabrication
drawing and steel detailing.
FrameWorks Plus provides a full set of functions for automatically generating and composing
complete drawing views within standard drawing sheets. Drawings are composed using plan,
elevation, and isometric views defined in the modeling phase of a project. A drawing is
automatically annotated from member attributes. The software allows you to specify both the
contents and location of labels in drawings. Additionally, the software automatically extracts
material reports, performs gross weight and surface area calculations, and generates a variety of
general-purpose reports for cost and material estimates.
In This Section
MicroStation Foundation ................................................................ 6
Model Partitions: An Overview ...................................................... 7
Levels and Symbologies ................................................................ 7
Easy 2-D Layout, Precise 3-D Models ........................................... 8
Default Settings: An Overview ....................................................... 9
Physical Member Modeling ............................................................ 9
Structural Member Intelligence ...................................................... 10
Creating and Manipulating Grids ................................................... 15
Placing Structural Elements........................................................... 16
Manipulating Structure Geometry .................................................. 23
Pre-Processing Analysis ................................................................ 28
Steel Detailing Neutral File: An Overview ...................................... 31
Reports: An Overview .................................................................... 32
Drawings ........................................................................................ 32
Integration ...................................................................................... 34
MicroStation Foundation
FrameWorks Plus is MicroStation based, incorporating MicroStation's 2-D and 3-D drafting
features. These include many graphic elements, such as lines, shapes, arcs, circles, and curves.
Each element is displayed with a line weight and style (solid, dashed, and so forth), as well as a
color that you select. Element modification commands are also incorporated, including copying,
deleting, moving, rotating, and scaling. Display commands let you zoom in and out on screens, as
well as shift views in various ways. In addition to implementing MicroStation drafting features,
FrameWorks Plus provides familiar MDL-based graphical user interfaces, which guide you
through the design process with constant interactive feedback. As a result, it is a flexible
engineering tool that is easy to learn.
Model Partitions: An Overview

For large projects, FrameWorks Plus can partition structures into substructures. This not only
makes it easy for design teams to work in parallel, it also makes efficient use of computer
resources. At any point in the design cycle, the various partitions composing a structure can be
attached to one another. You can then review, generate reports, compose drawings, and create
finite element models from them---in part or across an entire project.
Levels and Symbologies

FrameWorks Plus automatically defines individual levels and line features (colors, line weights,
and line styles) for the various aspects of a structural design. Grid lines, member lines, and frozen
views, for example, are placed on separate levels, each with a distinct line color and style. To
maintain small file sizes and optimal performance, FrameWorks Plus stores only minimal graphics
in a model's design file, such as grid lines and labels, structural member lines, and frozen views.
(Frozen views are drawing views, created by freezing a model view to create permanent graphics
in a design file.) Data associated with model graphics is stored separately in a database.
Easy 2-D Layout, Precise 3-D Models

FrameWorks Plus allows you to work in 2-D, with 3-D intelligence automatically tracked for
advanced design and analysis functionality. Additionally, it simultaneously displays multiple model
orientations, so you can create any number of views for a structure, each with a unique
orientation. Moreover, for each view, you can define or modify a set of display parameters to
control the way structural elements appear in that view, and ultimately the respective drawing.
Furthermore, you can model in any view orientation you like, whether it be in 2-D, 3-D, or both at
the same time. In addition, placement and manipulation activities are displayed dynamically in all
active views; for example, when you place a beam in a 2-D view, you can simultaneously see it in
elevation and 3-D orientations. The 3-D designs you produce can be combined with architectural
models to form complete representations of buildings and their components.
Default Settings: An Overview

Attributes that control various aspects of FrameWorks Plus, such as view preferences, report
formats, and structural member descriptions, can be saved as default settings for reuse within and
across projects. They reside in the FrameWorks Plus model database and are loaded at the
start-up of a design session. You can modify attributes during a project or define them at the
outset according to your office drawing standards or the requirements of clients. The settings you
define are ultimately reflected in drawings.
Physical Member Modeling

FrameWorks Plus provides a straightforward method for defining structure geometry by placing
members in a model in much the same way that they would be framed in the field. During analysis
pre-processing, members are split into finite elements (segments) while still maintaining the
collective status of the physical member during model revisions. This physical member concept
eliminates modeling errors by enabling the software to assign member releases at each end of the
true physical member, while preventing release assignments from being made to interior nodes of
continuous physical girders.
Structural Member Intelligence

Tightly integrated with the FrameWorks Plus command environment is a comprehensive attribute
system that is linked to structural members. This is a powerful aspect of FrameWorks Plus
because it supplies intelligence to FrameWorks Plus geometry. This intelligence is integral to the
overall design and to pre-processing analysis and reporting functions. To streamline processing,
attribute intelligence is stored in the model database, separately from the graphics design file.
See Also
Autonaming Members: An Overview (on page 13)
Editing Attribute Data (on page 14)
Fireproofing: An Overview (on page 12)
Member Attributes: An Overview (on page 10)
Member Constraints: An Overview (on page 12)
Member Cutbacks: An Overview (on page 11)
Member Design Parameters: An Overview (on page 12)
Modifying and Saving Attributes (on page 14)
Orientations: An Overview (on page 13)
Structural Section Libraries (on page 13)
Member Attributes: An Overview

For each member type (beam, column, horizontal brace, and vertical brace), the software
provides an appropriate attribute profile, displayed in a dialog box. Common to all profiles are two
basic categories: attributes and orientation.
Attributes relate to general properties and non-graphical information about each member, such as
name, section size, class, priority, and material. Supports and releases, which are integral to
pre-processing analysis, are also considered member attributes.
Orientation parameters define the exact geometric placement of a structural section on a member
centerline or placement line. These parameters consist of cardinal points, rotation angles,
orientation vectors, and a reflect toggle. The graphical display of these characteristics makes it
easy for both beginners and advanced designers to create accurate models.
Named Groups: An Overview

Named Groups are a great way to group members by a logical association. For example, you can
create Named Groups based on floor level, status, design parameters, stairway, or whatever
logical grouping you want. Named Groups are tracked on a project level so any Named Group you
create in one model is available in all the other models in that project. And because Named
Groups can be used as a filtering criterion for a selection set, this makes it easy to manipulate
members across attached models for reporting or writing to an analysis deck. You can have a
maximum of 1,024 Named Groups in a project.
FrameWorks Plus also lets you control view symbology based on Named Groups. This is a terrific
way to control which members are propagated to a frozen view. You can also use Named Groups
to write members to an analytical deck.
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Member Cutbacks: An Overview

Cutbacks are the basis for accurate material takeoffs and double-line drawings and FrameWorks
Plus provides several useful cutback features:
Planar cutbacks, which are center-to-centerline lengths to actual lengths based on the size
and orientation of a supporting member.
Multi-plane cutbacks that cut and cope a single target member across numerous edges to one
or more support members. You can create multi-plane cutbacks for any linear member with
standard or arbitrary sections. Whenever members with multi-plane cutbacks or support
members are modified, FrameWorks Plus automatically re-calculates or deletes the
multi-plane cutback based on the modification.
Mitered cutbacks are used when two member ends frame into each other. This command is
useful for modeling trusses and welded bent frames. The angles between selected members
determine the cutting plane.
Member priority defines cutback conditions for the start and end of members. Priorities range from
0 to 15, with 0 being the highest and 15 the lowest. Members with lower priorities are cut back to
those with higher priorities, so a beam with an end priority of 8 would be cut back to a column with
3 (because 3 is a higher priority than 8). Priorities allow rapid assignment of cutbacks for member
groups and for special framing conditions.
FrameWorks Plus also lets you uncut a member if you want---the software restores the member to
its original length.
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Member Design Parameters: An Overview

If you are using STAAD or GTSTRUDL as your analysis package, you can define design
parameters in FrameWorks Plus and have them written out to the analysis input deck. Design
parameters can be defined for an individual member or for a group of members. You can also
copy design parameters from a selected member to another member.
STAAD Supported Codes
AISC-ASD
AISC-LRFD
GTSTRUDL Supported Codes
ASD9
BS5950
LRFD1
NF83
Tower2
If FrameWorks Plus does not support a code you want to use, you can create your own custom
code parameters using a formatted ASCII file. FrameWorks Plus reads the ASCII file and creates
a customized code parameters dialog box for you. You can then use the custom dialog box to
assign your code parameters to members. FrameWorks Plus will write custom code parameters to
STAAD and GTSTRUDL input decks.
Member Constraints: An Overview

If you are using GTSTRUDL as your analysis package, you can define member constraints in
FrameWorks Plus and have them written out to the analysis input deck. All constraints that
GTSTRUDL supports can be defined in FrameWorks Plus.
Fireproofing: An Overview
FrameWorks Plus can assign four types of fireproofing to linear members. The fireproofing can be
viewed graphically in 3-D views while fireproofing labels can be displayed in any plan, elevation, or
3-D view. Assigned fireproofing can optionally be reported in the material takeoff reports.
Fireproofing can be applied to the full member length, the cutback member length, or between set
back distances from either member end.
The four fireproofing types are:
Contour, fully encased -- fireproofing follows the cross-section's
outside shape totally encasing all sides.
Contour, top flange exposed -- fireproofing follows the cross-section's
outside shape except the member's top is not fireproofed.
Block, fully encased -- uniform block of fireproofing material around
the member totally encasing all sides.
Block, top flange exposed -- uniform block of fireproofing material
around the member except the member's top is not fireproofed.
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Autonaming Members: An Overview

You can save a great deal of time and ensure consistency within and across designs by using the
autoname setting to name members as they are placed.
The automatic naming feature lets you choose which name attributes you want to use (label, index
number, member ID, model ID, model name, and suffix) and the order that they appear in the
name. You can even define a delimiter for separating the name attributes.
Orientations: An Overview
Cardinal points define the relative position of a structural section on a member placement
line---you can define 10 different positions. A section's rotation angle is measured in degrees and
pertains to its rotation about a member centerline, or y-axis. The rotation angle's normal position
(zero degrees) is defined by the orientation vector, which can either be any of the four orthogonal
positions (0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees), or any position you define.
Structural Section Libraries

The member's structural section properties are retrieved from engineering section libraries. The
software contains many section libraries including AISC, CISC, and EURO to name a few.
FrameWorks Plus provides a dialog box interface to these libraries, which allows you to locate
structural sections by either name or selection criteria. In addition to providing agency-standard
libraries, FrameWorks Plus allows you to create your own libraries of non-standard sections,
including arbitrary sections, for steel, concrete, aluminum, plastic, or timber members.
Delivered with FrameWorks Plus is the Interactive Section Tables (IST) editor, which provides
even more commands for editing section tables.
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Modifying and Saving Attributes

Each time you place a member or a group of similar members (or any time you want to modify
members already placed), you can activate the member attribute and orientation dialog boxes to
access member attribute fields. FrameWorks Plus creates a record for member attributes in the
model database. If you are placing several members with identical attributes, you need define
attribute preferences only once---the software saves them from one placement session to the
next. You can also have the software save preferences from one design session to another---they
would be saved to the model database as default settings. To make it easy for beginners,
Intergraph delivers FrameWorks Plus with pre-set attribute defaults. These reflect
general-purpose attributes that serve as examples for customizing individual preferences.
Editing Attribute Data

FrameWorks Plus modification commands allow you to change the attributes of a selected
member or group of members after they have been placed. The software provides a command to
edit every attribute, including member parameters and orientations, as well as loads, member end
releases, and boundary conditions. Each of the modify commands operates in an identical
manner, displaying a menu for specifying new attribute values. If no selection set is active when a
command is activated, the software prompts you for a member to modify. If a selection set is
defined, FrameWorks Plus highlights the selected members and provides a confirmation box
before invoking the modification.
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Creating and Manipulating Grids

FrameWorks Plus provides a complete command set for creating and manipulating plan and
elevation grids. These commands also enable you to copy grids among views and delete them as
collective entities. FrameWorks Plus grids are intelligent components within the application. You
can add labels and bubbles if you want, as well as control grid symbology, which allows you to
apply your own standards. Also, you can place grids in any active plan view, at a user-definable
position, orientation, and spacing. The creation process is mediated with a simple dialog box that
asks for the number of lines and spacing values for the horizontal and vertical axes of your grid.
Grids lend to the functionality of the software's AutoSnap feature, which augments member
placement commands by automatically snapping the cursor to grid intersections, enabling you to
quickly place members with exact precision.
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Placing Structural Elements

FrameWorks Plus provides the standard elements for completing a structure: columns, beams,
vertical and horizontal braces, arcs, slabs, walls, and generic solids. You can place linear
elements singly or by group. All elements, except walls, can be placed in plan, elevation, or 3-D
perspective views (or a combination of these). Walls can only be placed in plan views.
The software dynamically displays members in all active views as you place them. Placement
orientation can be defined with conventional coordinates and with the assistance of the AutoSnap
feature (in conjunction with a grid set). Member attributes, appropriate to each member type, can
be defined or modified at placement time. You can re-use placement parameters of existing
members (default settings) and last-placed members. During each placement session, the
software interactively displays member parameter panels so you can define orientations and
attributes without having to exit the command environment.
All elements, both linear and solid, can be written to an interference envelope file for use with
Intergraph's PDS Model Interference Checker software. This envelope file contains the volume
information for each graphic element. The volume information, along with the volume information
from other envelope files, is used for clash checking between elements.
See Also
Arc Members: An Overview (on page 19)
Beams: An Overview (on page 17)
Cans: An Overview (on page 20)
Columns: An Overview (on page 17)
Framing Members: An Overview (on page 19)
Horizontal Braces: An Overview (on page 18)
Reviewing Members: An Overview (on page 23)
Slabs: An Overview (on page 20)
Solid Cutouts: An Overview (on page 22)
Vertical Braces: An Overview (on page 17)
Walls: An Overview (on page 21)
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Columns: An Overview
Columns can be placed in any view by data points, keyed-in offsets, keyed-in coordinates, or a
combination of these. You can also place them in a vertical orientation by defining top and bottom
elevation values and a single position point. Also, you can place them singly or in groups. Group
placement involves placing a fence in a model view that contains a grid. This strategy gives you
the option of placing columns at every intersection of a grid---a particularly powerful productivity
feature. The AutoSnap lock also complements column placement. In conjunction with plan grids,
this feature automatically snaps the cursor to exact intersections.
Beams: An Overview
Beams are typically used to model load-bearing horizontal members. Using the AutoSnap feature,
you can place them in a point-to-point fashion between grid intersections or at specified offsets.
MicroStation's snap features also aid in defining offsets---you can specify a distance with a
precision key-in from a tentative point. A delta-top-of-steel (TOS) value can also be used to define
an offset from a nominal placement position.
As you move the cursor, FrameWorks Plus displays the member dynamically in all active views,
using the display style you defined for each view. Additionally, it displays the beam with the exact
section orientation, type, and size that you defined in the placement parameters.
Vertical Braces: An Overview

Vertical braces are used for defining truss members or X bracing. They are usually placed in
elevation views, though they can be placed in other views as well. As with columns and beams,
the AutoSnap feature facilitates placement when your model contains a grid. Additionally,
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FrameWorks Plus displays vertical braces dynamically, reflecting the orientation, type, and size
parameters you define for them.
Horizontal Braces: An Overview

Horizontal braces are used in a framing plan to represent secondary members that frame into
primary girders, or beams. Like vertical braces, they are placed between two points in any view.
You can define horizontal braces as sloping (non-horizontal). A delta-top-of-steel value defines
the vertical distance a brace is offset from a nominal placement position. AutoSnap and dynamic
display complement placement.
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Framing Members: An Overview

The framing members command provides a quick and convenient method for placing multiple
members of identical type and properties between two supporting members. A typical application
would be placing secondary beams, or braces, between primary supporting girders---framing
members are placed at points equally spaced along the girders. The support girders would
typically be parallel, though they are not required to be. Framing members can be any of the four
linear types (beam, columns, vertical braces, or horizontal braces)---you simply specify an active
type and the number of framing members you want to place. FrameWorks Plus initially displays in
tentative mode the specified number of framing members between the two selected supporting
members. You can verify placement parameters, including the section size, orientation, and
number of members, before permanently placing framing members in a model.
Arc Members: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus can create structural arc members from existing MicroStation arc elements
(only circular arcs are supported). The arc member can be assigned to any of the four basic
member types: beams, columns, vertical braces, and horizontal braces. The member type's
attributes, orientation, and symbology are used for the arc member.
FrameWorks Plus does not provide load commands for arc members.
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Cans: An Overview
FrameWorks Plus can place a reinforcing connection piece on a member to increase the surface
area available for connections or to provide increased wall thickness or both. These reinforced
connection pieces are commonly referred to as cans. You can place cans anywhere along a linear
member including the end of a member or between two co-linear members.
FrameWorks Plus provides great flexibility when creating cans.

You can have the software calculate the can length based on the location of the intersecting
transverse members, or you can specify the can length explicitly.
The L2 and L3 length can be measured from where the centerline of the transverse member
intersects the surface of the can or from the outmost point on the transverse member saddle
where the transverse member intersects the can surface.
The length of the transition cones can be defined by an angle between the can and the
member, or you can specify the transition cone length explicitly.
Slabs: An Overview
Slabs, which can be placed interactively or by keying in the dimensions, are used for defining
concrete slabs. However, by changing the material, slabs can also be used to model steel plates.
Several placement methods; block, rotated block, orthogonal shape, and shape; are available for
defining the slab. As with all the linear members, a delta top- of-steel option further helps in
defining the slab's location. The AutoSnap feature is available when your model contains a grid.
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Walls: An Overview
Walls are placed using basically the same method as slabs. The wall's thickness and height
dimensions values are keyed in while the wall's length can be defined interactively or by key in.
Generic Solids: An Overview

The generic solid command converts a MicroStation 3-D element into a FrameWorks Plus 3-D
element. You can also use two MicroStation 2-D elements to create a FrameWorks Plus solid
element between them.
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Holes: An Overview
Holes can be placed in slabs, walls, and generic solid elements for modeling of doors, windows, or
cutouts. Holes are defined using a similar workflow as slabs and walls.
Solid Cutouts: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus automatically places holes in slabs and generic solid members where other
members, or objects, pass through the solid. Instead of painstakingly placing a hole in a slab
where a pipe passes through, you can simply select the slab and the pipe and FrameWorks Plus
automatically places the hole for you. If you have several objects that pass through the slab, you
can select the Group option, and then select the slab. FrameWorks Plus automatically places a
hole for each object that intersects the slab you selected.
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In addition to being automatically placed, cutouts automatically update when the intersecting
members are moved, resized, or deleted. This is a major productivity enhancement over standard
FrameWorks Plus holes, which do not automatically update.
Reviewing Members: An Overview

For a collective profile of an existing member or group of members, FrameWorks Plus provides a
reporting function that displays both database and geometric attributes of members or member
groups. These attributes include not only member features and orientations, but also analysis
information such as releases and supports. You can review members in both a working model and
any attached model partitions. When a group is selected, the reviewing function allows you to
scroll through successive profiles, with each member identified.
Manipulating Structure Geometry

FrameWorks Plus manipulation commands allow you to copy members, delete them from the
database, or change their geometry. You can manipulate members only in a working
model---attached model partitions are accessible strictly for viewing and analysis reporting. As
with member attribute modifications, manipulations apply to both single members and groups,
with groups designated by fences. When a group is activated, the software responds tentatively
with highlighted feedback, allowing you to confirm an operation before it is completed. The
AutoSnap feature enhances manipulations by snapping the cursor to target locations, effecting
quick and exact placement points or reference points for offsets. Manipulation commands
automatically track member attributes as well as analytical information.
See Also
Copy Member: An Overview (on page 24)
Delete Member: An Overview (on page 28)
Extend Member: An Overview (on page 25)
Join/Split Members: An Overview (on page 28)
Member Associativity: An Overview (on page 24)
Mirror Member: An Overview (on page 26)
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Modify Arc: An Overview (on page 28)
Modify Member End: An Overview (on page 25)
Modify Offset: An Overview (on page 27)
Move Member: An Overview (on page 25)
Rotate Member: An Overview (on page 25)
Rule Based Joints: An Overview (on page 26)
Work Point Offset: An Overview (on page 27)
Member Associativity: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus preserves associative connections between members when you move or shift
structural geometry. Prior to a move manipulation, you can activate this function so the software
will compute new locations of moved members and then reconnect the disconnected members
appropriately. Three modes of associativity are available to choose from: Non-associative mode is
appropriate for simple moves that do not involve connectivity between members. Local mode
preserves connectivity between members that are in direct contact with each other. Global mode
is the most comprehensive; it not only applies to members in direct contact with each other, but
also to members indirectly affected throughout the structural topology.
Copy Member: An Overview

The copy manipulation generates new members by duplicating existing members. With the
exception of end point locations, the command duplicates the geometry of existing members and
all attributes, including loads, releases, and supports. In using the command, you define the
number of times you want a member to be copied and define the "move from" and "move to"
points. When one or more copies of a single member are made, you can use the edit last placed
feature to modify any attribute of the copied member, such as section size, name, or cardinal
point.
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Move Member: An Overview

The move command rigidly translates members to a new position, maintaining their original length
and direction. In using the command, you specify with data points the origin and destination of a
move operation. The member then dynamically responds to the cursor. When you have the
member correctly positioned, a single data point places it. The command invokes a tentative
response, allowing you to visualize an action and confirm its results. When member associativity
is toggled on, the software automatically modifies the geometry affected by the move.
Extend Member: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus offers three Extend Member commands. The first command, Extend Member,
lengthens or shortens a single member along its member line. You can specify the distance
graphically or by key-in. This command operates only in single-member mode, and, like the move
command, it uses member associativity and provides a tentative response before command
results are permanently invoked. You can also use this command to change the sweep angle of
an arc member.
The second command is Extend Member to Intersection. This command extends or clips a single
member to another specified member. Only the first select member is modified.
The third command is Extend Members to Intersection. This command extends or clips two
identified members to their mutual intersection. Both selected members are modified.
Modify Member End: An Overview

You can use this manipulation to modify the location of one end of a member. In using the
command, you select the end you want to modify and move the cursor to a desired position.
FrameWorks Plus dynamically displays the member as you move the cursor. This command can
be used only for single members. It is complemented by member associativity and provides a
tentative response loop.
Rotate Member: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus can rotate members about an axis that you define. You can rotate the original
member or have FrameWorks Plus create a new member in the rotated position.
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Mirror Member: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus can mirror members using a mirroring plane that you define. You can mirror the
original member or have FrameWorks Plus create a new member in the mirrored position.
Rule Based Joints: An Overview

Using the Create Rule Based Joint command in FrameWorks Plus, you can place, modify, and
delete offsets on members to provide clearance for welding or simply as a work point adjustment.
FrameWorks Plus can calculate the offset either along or radial around the support member. The
offsets, when applied, do not break the member associativity even though member connectivity
may be interrupted.
Currently, FrameWorks Plus supports these types of rule-based joints:
RBJ Type-1 - Moves the target member measuring the clearance from the secondary
member. For example, use this type if you want to relocate the connection point of a vertical
brace in a vertical K-type configuration of two support beams and a brace.
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RBJ Type-2 - Moves both the target member and the secondary member with the clearance
being measured between the target and secondary members. The resulting offset is centered
about the original joint location. For example, use this type if you want to place a clearance
between two horizontal braces that frame into a beam forming a horizontal K-type connection.
Work Point Offset: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus allows you to make minor adjustments to the physical location of one member
end while still maintaining the original location's connectivity for analytical considerations. A
common usage of a work point offset is to apply a vertical offset to vertical braces.
Modify Offset: An Overview

Using the Modify Offset command, you can make minor adjustments to the member's placement
location; that is, to offset the member from its nominal placement position. A common type of
member offset is to apply a vertical offset to framing beams.
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In addition, the Match TOS/BOS command can be used to align the top or bottom of a member's
section with a specified elevation. The software automatically calculates the needed member
offset based on the section shape and the specified elevation.
Join/Split Members: An Overview

Sometimes during the modeling process, you may want to join two members that are connected
and co-linear without having to delete them. The Join Member command allows you to do just that.
Member properties from the first member placed in the model (such as name, ID, section size,
material, and so forth) are used for the newly formed member. Loads placed on all joined
members are placed on the new member with absolute and relative locations recalculated.
The Split command performs the opposite operation by splitting a single member into two
members. The two new members have the same properties of the original member.
Modify Arc: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus allows you to make adjustments to an arc member's radius after the member
has been placed. You can also use this command to create a copy of an arc element.
Delete Member: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus allows you to delete members singly and in groups through a point-and- click
selection process or a fence. The command deletes both the geometry and the related attributes.
Similar to other modify commands, you are giving a chance to reject the deletion.
Pre-Processing Analysis
Model geometry created in FrameWorks Plus can be used to automatically generate an analytical
model for structural analysis and design. Two-way interfaces to STAAD and GTSTRUDL are
provided. Results from analysis and design can be loaded back into the FrameWorks Plus
database for immediate update of the 3-D model and all associated drawings. Specific commands
are provided to place loads, releases, and supports, as well as edit their attributes and label them
in a model.
See Also
Analysis Output Files (on page 31)
Editing and Deleting Loads (on page 29)
Load Cases: An Overview (on page 29)
Load Combinations: An Overview (on page 29)
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Load Labels: An Overview (on page 30)
Placing Loads: An Overview (on page 29)
Releases: An Overview (on page 30)
Supports: An Overview (on page 31)
Load Cases: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus provides a straightforward dialog box for defining load cases. Parameters
include load case name, type, and graphic symbology. The software provides a 32-character field
to accommodate your own customized naming or ID conventions. You can review the names of
currently defined cases by selecting a button at the end of the name field. Load case types
include: dead, live, wind, earthquake, thermal, pipe, self- weight, and test. Graphic symbology can
be customized for each case, with parameters for color, level assignment, and line weight and
style.
Load Combinations: An Overview

In addition to load cases, you can define, edit, and delete load combinations in FrameWorks Plus.
Load combinations can be set to inactive allowing you to disable a load combination without
having to delete it. Load combinations can be defined as Algebraic, SRSS, or Both.
Depending on the analysis package you are using, all load combination types may not be
available.
Placing Loads: An Overview

Placing loads is consistent with placing members---you can place them in local, global, and
projected global orientations. As you place a load, you must first choose the type of load to place.
The software gives you three options---distributed, concentrated, and partially distributed. Then
you can select the load case you want to apply---the placement dialog box provides an import
folder of load case names you have defined. You can define a magnitude at each end of a partially
distributed load, which allows for trapezoidal loading. You can also give the direction of a load (x,
y, z, rx, ry, and rz), as well as specify the magnitude of the load itself. Additionally, you can place
multiple loads on a member.
Editing and Deleting Loads

After loads are placed, you can always come back and edit them, changing any of their attributes,
except load type. You can also delete loads. In cases where members have multiple loads, you
can delete as many of them as you like. Each of the dialog boxes for these commands provides a
review function that displays a list of all the loads on a selected member.
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Load Labels: An Overview

If you want to annotate loads in your drawings, the software provides comprehensive features for
creating labels. You can specify the load attributes you want displayed and the symbology
applied. In defining the symbology, you can specify color, line weight and style, load direction, and
magnitude scale. The latter enlists a graph that scales letter height to load magnitude. The
software automatically places labels above load graphics in the design file; however, you have
flexibility in selecting where labeling will begin along the member.
Releases: An Overview
Releases, which define the deformation behavior of structural members, are placed at the start
and end of each member as it is defined in its local coordinate system. Because FrameWorks Plus
uses a physical member concept, you need not be concerned with individual finite elements when
placing releases. Though the software automatically splits physical members into finite elements
as it generates an analysis output file, FrameWorks Plus keeps track of each member's first and
last finite elements as it defines releases.
You can modify the fix-fix behavior of structural members by releasing any stable combination of
the six local degrees of freedom applied to member ends. You can define a default set of releases,
which can be modified once members are placed. FrameWorks Plus labels releases with a
rectangular graphic symbol, accompanied by appropriate freedom symbols. If you elect to turn off
label display, you can quickly review members to see what releases have been applied. You can
also generate reports on releases, which can be sorted by member or release type.
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Supports: An Overview
Supports define how a structure is restrained from rigid body motion under the influence of
external loads. Like releases, supports are defined with the six degrees of freedom, although they
are applied in a global coordinate system instead of a local system. As FrameWorks Plus writes
supports to analysis decks, it finds corresponding nodes and defines boundary conditions
accordingly. Supports are labeled with a pie symbol, accompanied by appropriate support
symbols. If you elect to turn off label graphics, you can still review members to see what supports
have been defined. You can also generate reports, sorted either by member or support type.
Analysis Output Files

After you have defined the analytical aspects of your structure, you can write that data directly to
an analysis output file. FrameWorks Plus automatically correlates the physical and analytical
models, and splits physical members into analytical members. It then generates an ASCII input file
appropriate to the finite-element solver application of your choice. You can create an input file for
an entire FrameWorks Plus model, a selected portion of it, or an entire project consisting of
attached model partitions. You can also create a check plot of analytical element and node ID
numbers.
Steel Detailing Neutral File: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus streamlines the workflow between design engineering and fabrication
engineering by generating and reading a neutral file of structural sections. This file is used to
electronically transfer structural geometry, section properties, and plates and holes information to
third-party steel detailing programs and then back again to FrameWorks Plus.
You must have SDNF Import, which is leased separately, in order to read steel detailing
neutral files back into FrameWorks Plus.
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Reports: An Overview
FrameWorks Plus includes a complete set of linear material, solid material, center of gravity, and
analytical reporting tools. The software automatically extracts material reports, performs gross
weight and surface area calculations, and generates a variety of other general-purpose reports for
cost and material estimation. You can readily modify reports to meet your office standards or client
requirements using WYSIWYG report dialog boxes.
See Also
Contents (on page 32)
Formats (on page 32)
Contents
Because creating a report requires read-only access to the model database, you can report on
members in attached model partitions, as well as those in a working model. A report can be
generated for selected portions of a model, complete models, or entire projects. Report contents
are selected from member attributes---sorting functions are available to facilitate selection.
Formats
The software provides dialog boxes for setting up headings, column headings, contents, and
totals. Each dialog box features interactive WYSIWYG feedback on a format as you define it. The
dialog boxes also include key-in fields that allow you to set up formats for respective report
elements. The software provides a user preference mechanism that allows you to establish report
standards for re-use within and across projects. You can create numerous preference sets, each
defining the format for specific types of material and analysis reports you will be producing in the
course of a project.
Drawings
FrameWorks Plus provides a full set of functions for automatically generating and composing
complete drawing views within standard drawing sheets. Drawings are composed using plan,
elevation, and isometric views that are defined in the modeling phase of a project. You simply
freeze these views for your drawings. The software captures everything visibly displayed,
including graphics styles and settings, as well as attached partition models. Because the freeze
view command duplicates model views, you can take advantage of view preference sets available
for setting up model views to create specific drawing styles for plan, elevation, and isometric
views. These standards ensure consistent drawings across a model or project, as your firm or
client requires. You can then use MicroStation's Drawing Composition utility to define a drawing
border and size the drawing appropriately using associative dimensioning. You can also place
notes and symbols in the drawing, along with steel section drawings.
See Also
Annotations (on page 33)
Drawing Borders (on page 33)
Drawing Notes (on page 33)
Revision Tracking (on page 34)
Steel Detailing: An Overview (on page 34)
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Drawing Borders
FrameWorks Plus uses MicroStation's Drawing Composition utility to place drawing views from
the 3-D model into a drawing border of a specified size. FrameWorks Plus delivers templates for
standard border sizes, both metric and imperial. In addition, you can create your own templates for
company- or drawing-specific borders using MicroStation.
Annotations
FrameWorks Plus automatically creates annotation labels as you model a structure. You can
choose to have various attributes displayed as you set up model views. The View Symbology
settings allow you to control which member attributes appear in a view---and this can be for every
type of member (beams, columns, vertical braces, and horizontal braces). The View Symbology
settings also allow you to control display representation (single line, double line, sparse, and so
forth) and symbology, along with other attributes, such as fireproofing. There are also parameters
for defining the orientation of labels.
Drawing Notes
Using MicroStation, you can place notes, change indicators, and various symbols, such as targets
and north arrows in drawings. You can easily customize these features to meet unique
specifications. The software defines rectangular and orthogonal areas for enclosing notes,
automatically attaching symbols for detail and sheet numbers. Notes with leader lines can be
drawn, including centerlines, match lines, and break lines. You can place text in a layout to identify
areas and equipment. Target symbols can be added to indicate work points and reference points.
Addenda and bulletin notes can be displayed within clouds. And finally, drawing scales and north
arrows can be designated.
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Steel Detailing: An Overview

FrameWorks Plus provides basic steel detailing tools that can be used to create drawing details.
These are special 2-D drafting tools that allow you to detail the footprint of a section---or a side or
top view of it---and place it in a drawing. Section graphics are taken from section libraries, either
the agency-standard libraries bundled with the product or custom libraries you have created. A
graphics symbology dialog box accompanies this feature, allowing you to define display
parameters for a section, as well as hidden lines and crosshatches.
Interactive Section Tables (IST) editor included with FrameWorks Plus lets you edit the standard
section libraries available in FrameWorks Plus. You can rename sections, delete sections you do
not use, edit section properties, or create your own section tables.
Revision Tracking
FrameWorks Plus allows you to track changes made to models and automatically revise drawing
views accordingly. This capability enables you to make preliminary drawing sheets at any time
during design, as you continue to build or modify a model. This tracking ability is linked to a freeze
view update command that modifies drawing graphics to reflect changes made to the model.
Integration
Intergraph's unique reference file capability links FrameWorks Plus to other building design,
engineering, and management applications, establishing a foundation for concurrent engineering.
Using reference files, you can reference both graphics and attribute data among the wide variety
of applications involved in a building project, such as site design, architecture, HVAC engineering,
and so forth. This enables you to view not only the physical geometry of a model, but also related
attribute information. Reference files also facilitate parallel communication of design data across
multidisciplinary workflows. Because files are not copied, but referenced, shared information is
accurate up to the minute.
Interference Envelopes
FrameWorks Plus can create an interference envelope file for use with Intergraph's interference
checking software. This envelope file contains the volume information for each graphic element.
The volume information, along with volume information from other envelope files, is used for clash
checking between elements.
You can write all model members or just a set of selected members to the envelope file.
SmartPlant Review
FrameWorks Plus can create a file that can be read by Intergraph's SmartPlant Review package.
You can use either application to walk through a FrameWorks Plus model --- in full shaded mode
--- and review the design.
Read ModelDraft Model
FrameWorks Plus can read a MicasPlus ModelDraft design file into a FrameWorks Plus model,
converting all the ModelDraft members to FrameWorks Plus members.
Import STAAD or GTSTRUDL File
FrameWorks Plus can read an ASCII file in either STAAD or GTSTRUDL format and create/place
the appropriate FrameWorks Plus members in a FrameWorks Plus model.
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Index
An Overview 19
A
Analysis Output Files 31
Annotations 33
Arc Members
An Overview 19
Autonaming Members
An Overview 13
B
Beams
An Overview 17
C
Cans
An Overview 20
Columns
An Overview 17
Contents 32
Copy Member
An Overview 24
Creating and Manipulating Grids 15
D
Default Settings
An Overview 9
Delete Member
An Overview 28
Drawing Borders 33
Drawing Notes 33
Drawings 32
E
Easy 2-D Layout, Precise 3-D Models 8
Editing and Deleting Loads 29
Editing Attribute Data 14
Extend Member
An Overview 25
F
Fireproofing
An Overview 12
Formats 32
FrameWorks Plus
An Overview 5
Framing Members
G
Generic Solids
An Overview 22
H
Holes
An Overview 22
Horizontal Braces
An Overview 18
I
Integration 34
J
Join/Split Members
An Overview 28
L
Levels and Symbologies 7
Load Cases
An Overview 29
Load Combinations
An Overview 29
Load Labels
An Overview 30
M
Manipulating Structure Geometry 23
Member Associativity
An Overview 24
Member Attributes
An Overview 10
Member Constraints
An Overview 12
Member Cutbacks
An Overview 11
Member Design Parameters
An Overview 12
MicroStation Foundation 6
Mirror Member
An Overview 26
Model Partitions
An Overview 7
Modify Arc
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Index
An Overview 28
Modify Member End
An Overview 25
Modify Offset
An Overview 27
Modifying and Saving Attributes 14
Move Member
An Overview 25
V
Vertical Braces
An Overview 17
W
Walls
An Overview 21
Work Point Offset
An Overview 27
Named Groups
An Overview 10
O
Orientations
An Overview 13
P
Physical Member Modeling 9
Placing Loads
An Overview 29
Placing Structural Elements 16
Pre-Processing Analysis 28
R
Releases
An Overview 30
Reports
An Overview 32
Reviewing Members
An Overview 23
Revision Tracking 34
Rotate Member
An Overview 25
Rule Based Joints
An Overview 26
S
Slabs
An Overview 21
Solid Cutouts
An Overview 22
Steel Detailing
An Overview 34
Steel Detailing Neutral File
An Overview 31
Structural Member Intelligence 10
Structural Section Libraries 13
Supports
An Overview 31
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