Show/alter state

Show/Alter State allows you to efficiently review and modify various model attributes. For each of the attributes entities are color coded in accordance with a legend. The entity color changes to reflect changes as they are made.

In the Properties window, you can use filters for most Show/Alter State categories. The filters allow you to control both the visibility of entities by their current setting and their adjustability by their type and characteristic. Inactive but visible entities are shaded a light transparent grey whose opacity you can also control, if necessary.

To access Show/Alter State, do the following:

Open a Review view.
On the Review tab, click Show/Alter State.
Go to the Properties window.

Choose the attribute required from the Attribute list:

Attribute	Description
Active	set single span members to be active/inactive
All properties	copy all properties between members
Assume cracked	set concrete members as either cracked or uncracked
Autodesign	review or modify autodesign settings
BIM Status	modify BIM status, or exclude members/panels from BIM import/export
Braced/Bracing	modify slenderness settings in each direction for concrete columns and walls
Camber	review and apply camber
Cantilever end	mark beam and column ends as cantilevers
Carbon factors	allows you to graphically review and override the carbon factors applied to the model
Deflection Limits	review and copy specified deflection limits between steel beams
Diaphragm	select the slab items, roof panels, and nodes to be included in diaphragms
Drift check	review check status, or specify members to be checked
Fire proofing	review and apply fire proofing
Fixed/Pinned	review and modify member end fixity
Gravity only	review and modify the gravity only setting of beams and columns
Imposed load reduction	review and set imposed load reductions
Live load reduction	review and set live load reductions (US regional code)
Material Grade	review and copy the material grade between members
Override Effective Width	set the composite beams to which an effective width override applies
Punch check position	modify assumed punching shear check positions
Quick Connector Layout	copy the connector layout from one beam to others
Restraints	review and modify lateral restraint settings of steel beams, columns, trusses and portal frames
Restraints	review and modify rotational stiffness settings of beam ends
Section	review and copy section sizes between members
Seismic drift	review check status, or specify members to be checked
SFRS	review or modify SFRS type and direction
Shear Connectors	copy shear connector properties between composite beams
SidePlates	review the status and locations where SidePlate connections have been applied to steel beams
Size Constraints	review and copy specified size constraints for steel beams, columns, and braces
Stud auto layout	modify the stud auto layout setting of composite beams
Sway check	review check status, or specify members to be checked
Transverse reinforcement	modify the transverse reinforcement of composite beams
UDA	review and modify user defined attributes applied to members
User Defined U/R	review and modify user defined utilization ratios
Utilization and embodied carbon	allows you to graphically focus in on high carbon usage and inefficiency.
Web Openings	copy web opening properties between members
Westok Openings	copy Westok opening properties between members
Wind drift	review check status, specify members to be checked and set the limit
Wind Loading	set the members/ancillaries/equipment to which open structure wind loading applies

Tip: You can use Ctrl + A as a shortcut to quickly scroll the Attribute list.