List of Steel Engineering Functions

The following functions are available for a working with Steel Engineering constructions:

• part_of_profile(p: Profile): Part
  Returns the part belonging to a given Steel Engineering beam/profile.
• profile_angle(p1: Profile, p1_point: Real, p2: Profile, p2_point: Real): Real
  Returns an arbitrarily oriented angle between 2 Steel Engineering beams/profiles.
• profile_angle_axis(p1: Profile, p2: Profile): Real
  Returns the angle between the beam/profile axes. The angle has no orientation, i.e. the smallest angle will always be returned.
• direction_of_profile(p: Profile): Real
  Returns the place where the beam/profile has been selected (1= Start, 2=End).
• profile_edge_I(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_T(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_L(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_C(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_H(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_R(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_Z(p: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
  Returns a characteristic edge at the end of a beam/profile. The parameter edge determines which edge is to be returned:
  
  If you increase the value edge by 100 to select an edge on the other side of the profile.
• profile_edge_I_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_T_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_L_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_C_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_H_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_R_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
profile_edge_Z_lw(p1: Profile, p2: Profile, edge: Real): Edge
  Returns a characteristic ege at the end of a beam/profile p1 in longitudinal direction. If p1 is a mirror-symmetrical beam/profile, the direction of the second beam p2 will be considered. The parameter edge determines which edge is to be returned:
  
  
  
  The arrow indicates the direction of the second beam/profile.
• profile_h(p: Profile): Real
  Returns the height of a beam/profile.
• profile_l(p: Profile): Real
  Returns the length of a beam/profile.
• profile_w(p: Profile): Real
  Returns the width of a beam/profile.
• profile_point(p: Profile, edge: Real, deltaX: Real, deltaY: Real, deltaZ: Real): Point
  Returns a point on the mid-point of a characteristic edge of the beam/profile. This point can be moved by the values deltaX, deltaY and deltaZ.
  For a description of the characteristic points please see the paragraph about profile_edge above.

• profile_point_ext(p: Profile, pointnumber: Real, deltaX: Real, deltaY: Real, deltaZ: Real): Point
  Returns a point on a characteristic edge of the profile at the end of the profile. This point can be moved by the values deltaX, deltaY and deltaZ.
  
  Increase the point number by 100 to get a point at the other end of the profile.

• post_width(post: Profile, handrail: Profile): Real
  Returns the width of the post in the direction of the handrail.
• sketch_profile(p: Profile): Real
  Returns whether the beam/profile originates from a sketch (1) or not (0).
• plate_profile(p: Profile): Real
  Returns whether the beam/profile is an elongated plate (1) or not (0).
• webdirection_inside(p1: Profile, p2: Profile): Real
  Resolves the "top/bottom" problem when dealing with purlin joints with asymmetrical front plates.
  For further information click here.

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