BW Side Rail Supports (51) - Parameters tab

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Use the Parameters tab in the BW Industries' Side Rail Supports Properties panel to control how the connecting members are defined within Tekla Structures.

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OptionDescriptionDefaultOther
Number of main RestraintsThis sets the number of side rail supports that are placed between each pair of rails in the bay. The default number of divisions will be determined appropriately from the data files to give the standard BW arrangement for the bay length. 
General Bolt GradeThis sets the standard for all bolts added by the macro. The default setting is 8.8XOX. 
Top Cleat Bolt GradeThis sets the bolt standard for the strut connecting to the last rail. If left empty the general bolt grade will be used.The default setting is 8.8XOX. 
Eaves Bolt StandardThis sets the bolt standard for the bolts to the web of the eaves beam if a stiffener is used.The default setting is 8.8XOX. 
Bottom Cleat Bolt GradeThis sets the bolt standard for the strut connecting to the first rail. If left empty the general bolt grade will be used.The default setting is 8.8XOX. 
GroupThis sets the class that all parts will be included in.The default setting is 99. 
Place Diagonal Tie Wire atThis sets the position in the arrangement where diagonal tie wires will be added. This is writen as a list of bay numbers for example, 1 3 would put diagonal tie wires in the first and third bay (see image).The default behaviour is to not place any tie wires.
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Eaves Brace stiffener
(No, Yes)
This is a simple field to indicate if the stiffener should be defined or not.The default is set to No. 
Tie Type
(Wire, Heavy Duty)
This specifies the diagonal tie type to be used.The default is set to Wire. 
Attach Finishing Plate
(Yes, No)
This is a simple field to indicate if a finishing plate should be placed to the bottom of the run.The default is set to Yes. 

See more

BW cold rolled - Important information
BW Side Rail Supports (51)
BW Side Rail Supports (51) - Parts tab
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