Railing Configurator - Important Notes
'Civil Engineering functions' docking window > Steel Engineering >Stairs + Railings > Railing> Railing Configurator (Railings along beams)
Please note the following when using the Railing Configurator, especially when creating workshop drawings for railings:
Requirements
- The drawing must contain a main assembly. If this is not the case, a corresponding message will be displayed. Extensive information on main assemblies can be found in the topics Assemblies, Main Parts and Sub-Parts, Part Drawing or Assembly Drawing and Edit Part/Assembly Structure. If no main assembly exists, the following message will be displayed.
Click OK and create a new main assembly and call the function again.
- The beams along which the railing is to be placed must form one continuous "path". Possible are I-, U-, L- and C-beams.
- The axis of the active coordinate system is the direction axis for the posts, which means that the beams must not run parallel to the Z-axis of the active coordinate system. If you are not sure, select Drawing > Others > World CS
before calling the Railing Configurator. - The beams must be straight.
Feature log
DEpending on the selected railing function, a feature log item called
Railing along beams or
Railing along edges, respectively,
will be entered into the feature log.
To process an already existing railing, identify one of the railing elements and double-click Geländer entlang Kanten or Geländer entlang Profilenin the feature log. The Railing Configurator will then be started.
Assembly
An assembly called Railing will be created for the railing. This assembly is made up of sub-assemblies called Segment, which in turn contain the railing elements of the individual beams. The Segment sub-assembly is subdivided into the following sub-assemblies:
- Posts
- Main part: Pipe (or similar)
- Further parts
- Handrail
- Main part: Pipe (or similar)
- Further parts, e.g. elbows
- Skirting board
- Main part: L-profile (or similar):
- Further parts
- Infill
- Filling parts (Boom, Vertical rods, Knee rail, …)
Important:
If there are several beams in succession that are aligned in the same direction, the railing elements of these beams will be combined into one segment assembly. As a result, continuous hand rails and knee rails will be formed on these beams. The updating and modification of existing railings (before Version 2016 SP2) will still be performed with separate segment assemblies and non-continuous hand rails and knee rails.
Example:
Let us assume that you want to place a railing on beams (1) - (6). The beams (3) and (4) are aligned in the same direction. In this case, the assembly "Railing" will consist of 5 "Segment" sub-assemblies. As a result, the railing elements of beams (3) and (4) have been combined into one railing segment, with continuous hand rails and knee rails.
Versions before HiCAD 2016 SP2 would have created 6 "Segment" assemblies, with two separate railing segments for the beams (3) and (4), i.e. one for beam (3) and one for beam (4).
BOM-relevance of assemblies
The BOM-relevance of the assemblies to be created by the Railing Configurator can be set in the Configuration Editor (isdconfigeditor.exe), at Steel Engineering > Products > Railing, separately for
- the railing assemblies,
- the segment assemblies, and
- the component assemblies.
The default setting is as follows:
If you deactivate the BOM-relevance for the component assemblies, no assembly main parts will be defined by the Railing Configurator.
Assemblies, Usage, BOM-relevance and behaviour in case of drawing derivation
|
Assembly |
Usage |
BOM-relevant? * |
CONFIGKEY |
Utilized configuration * |
Consider for drawing derivation? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Railing |
Railing |
Yes |
RAILING |
RAILING |
No |
|
Segment |
Railing segment |
Yes |
RAILINGSEGMENT |
RAILINGSEGMENT |
Yes |
|
Post |
Post |
No |
POST |
POST |
No |
|
Assembly main part |
Post profile |
Yes |
POSTPROFILE |
DEFAULT (Steel pipes) |
Yes |
|
Handrail |
Handrail |
No |
HANDRAIL |
STRINGER |
No |
|
Assembly main part |
Handrail profile |
Yes |
RAILINGPROFILE |
DEFAULT (Hollow profiles) |
Yes |
|
Infill |
Infill |
Yes |
|
FILLING |
No |
|
Boom |
Boom |
Yes |
|
STRINGER |
No |
|
Kneerail |
Kneerail |
Yes |
KNEERAIL |
STRINGER |
No |
|
Vertical rod |
Vertical rod |
Yes |
WEBMEMBER |
DEFAULT (Steel pipes) |
Yes |
|
Skirting board |
Skirting board |
Yes |
SKIRTING |
STRINGER |
No |
|
Assembly main part |
Skirting board profile |
Yes |
SKIRTINGPROFILE |
DEFAULT (Flat steel) |
Yes |
*: ISD default setting when using Steel Engineering configuration
The configurations for railings created via drawing derivation are stored in the Configuration Editor (isdconfigeditor.exe) at Automatic drawing derivation > Production drawing > Usage-dependent. The dimensioning rules for the railing segments can be found at the respective Set of dimensioning rules entry, e.g. Automatic drawing derivation > Production drawing > Usage-dependent > RAILING > Set of dimensioning rules.
Coordinate systems of the assemblies
The assemblies Railing, Railing segment, Handrail, Post and Filling possess reliable coordinate systems which can be used for the determination of the views and the dimensioning of derived drawings.
At the time of assembly creation, the origin of the assembly coordinate systems is located in the origin of the world coordinate system.
- Railing
The part coordinate system of the railing is selected in such a way that in the first segment is appropriately displayed in the front view of the workshop drawing (Z-axis = Z-axis of the world coordinate system; the X-axis is selected in such a way that the routing direction of the first segment will be in the XZ-plane) - Railing segment
The part coordinate system is selected in such a way that the segment will be located in the XZ-plane of the Segment assembly. X points in the routing direction. - Infill
The part coordinate systems of the Infill assemblies are identical with those of the segments. - Handrail
The part coordinate system of the Railing assembly is identical with that of the segment. - Skirting board
The part coordinate system of the Skirting board is identical with that of the segments. - Post
The Z-axis is that of the world coordinate system. The XZ-plane will be selected according to the construction direction of the segment.
Fitting position or Processing position
Railing segments can be displayed in fitting position or in processing position in workshop drawings. The fitting position makes sense for inclined railings, the processing position should be used for railings in X-direction, i.e. with horizontal handrail.
Designation of the vertical rods in the segment views of the workshop drawing
When assigning designations to the vertical rods in the Segment views, only one designation (Item number) will be generated for several identical parts, i.e. identical rods in one view will obtain one designation (item number), while the other parts of the railing will be designated individually.
Annotation tags of the Railing assembly
The main annotation tags of the Railing assembly are defined by the template file WSD_RailingAssembly.FTD. The file contains the Usage and Item number attributes. Sub-part tags are defined by the template PosNummerSTB_Nebenteile.FTD.
Please note that the German or English names (not the key names) of the tree structure are used for references to the Configuration Management!
