SDS/2 Usage

80 Tips and Tricks in 80 Minutes!

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 Tips and Tricks: Objective
• Improve Productivity / Efficiency using SDS/2
• Showcase Uncommon but Useful Tools
• Present Tool Usage Combinations to improve
workflow
• Create knowledge and familiarity of tools and
applications
 User Categorization
User Productivity SDS/2 Knowledge/Usage
• Standard User • Beginner
• Power User • Intermediate
• Super User • Advanced
• Elite
 Tips and Tricks:
Update Configuration
1. Update Configuration to have tools and
commands readily available for use.
• Toolbar Configuration
• Keyboard Configuration
• Mode Configuration
• Shortcut Configuration (Right-Click Menu)
a. Save / Load Configuration
• Floating Toolbar
 Tips and Tricks:
General Command Usage
2. Become Efficient using Keyboard
3. Commit Keyboard Commands to Memory
a. If you use a command more than 5 times a day,
create a keyboard command.
b. Example to Locate Member in Model
4. Use Alt + “_” character in lieu of mouse click
 Tips and Tricks:
General User Options
5. Specify Default Status Display Criteria (Multiple)
6. Specify Output File Path / Directory
a. Example Parametrics Alternate Folder
b. Example BIF File for PDF Drawing Export
7. Copy / Paste File Path from Windows Address
8. Reduce Modeling Animation Duration (0.25 s)
9. Disable Typed Dimensions
during Point Location
 Tips and Tricks:
General User Options
10.Use Classic Selection Lists (v7.0 Compatibility)
11.Rotation Increment = 90°
12.Surfacing Depth Adjustment
13.Adjust Modeling Background Color
 Tips and Tricks:
General Setup / Display Layout
14.Customize Setup (Large Topic)
15.Open Multiple Model / Drawing Editor Sessions
16.Keep Open Set Selection Filter Dialog
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Navigation / Selection
17.Use Escape to Cancel during Model Rotation
18.Rotate View in Model
19.Reference Elevation, Relative Depth, Plan View
a. Retain Knowledge of Current Reference Plane
20.Find Material (Isolates Members with material)
21.Locate Member by Member Number
22.Zoom to Fit
 Tips and Tricks:
Model –Selection
23.Model Tree
a. View by: Menu
24.Selection Filter by Status Display
a. Example using Member Category
25.Selection Filter by Expression (Adv. Selection)
25a. Advanced Selection (See Help, Other Session)
*Save/Load Advanced Selection*
 Tips and Tricks:
Model –Selection / Display
26.Right Click Menu (Select/Edit All, Other, Hide)
27.Save / Load Selection
28.Multiple Status Displays – Toolbar Menu
a. Save your Status Displays!!!
29.v2017 Display Options (Large Topic)
a. Member / Material Dimensions
30.Model Dimensions
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Construction / Layout
31.Use Finite Construction Lines when useful
a. Slab Edges, Openings
32.Save / Load Construction Lines
33.Load Reference Drawing into Model
a. Construction Lines
b. Real Lines, Arcs, Circles, Etc.
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – “Locate” Points
(9. Disable Typed Dimensions during point locate)
34.Use of DX/DY (Model and Drawing applications)
35.Use of Tangent to Const. Circle (skip)
36.X,Y,Z Coordinate Location
37.Ortho, 45° Const. Lines, Dim. Annotation
38.Vertex Point (“Z” Elevation)
39.Offset Control
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Good Practice
40.Use intelligent Member/Material Workpoints
a. Member Line location to represent member
accurately as Stick
a. Will have appropriate end elevation in 2D Erection View
b. Use Minus Dimension / Material Setback / Field
Clearance
41.Use Decimal Values when useful
41a.Copy / Paste from Ruler
41b. Right Click Toggle to Decimal
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Good Practice
42.Use Member/Material Status Options / Info.
a. “Remarks” User Routing Definition
b. Member Description
c. Material Description
d. Main member material
43.Custom Property Special Applications
a. Break Apart Piecemark
b. Show in BOM
c. Show on Member Detail
d. Member Label Configuration
to shown on 2D Erection View
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Cool Tools!!!
44.Copy / Paste / Save / Load (Right Click on Load)
45.New Copy Material Options
46.Material Rotate Multiple
47.Bolt Check
48.Cut Layout Multiple Material (+ Close)
49.Chamfer Edge Tool
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Order of Operation Tips
50.Re-Run Parametric
51. Model First Member – Preset Views – Copy
52. Change from System to User – Copy Member
53. Multi-Edit Connection Component (Use Filter)
54. Move Material – “OK” keeps on Same Member
55. Add Job Standard Detail to Member End
 Tips and Tricks:
Model – Change All Dialog
56. Use Erase Material instead of Delete
57. Use Single Edit vs. Multi-Edit to Change All
(45. Material Copy Add to All Like Options)
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor–Navigation/Display
58. Open Member Detail / EVU from Sheet
59. Use “Hide” Filter or by Status Display
60. Next / Previous Drawing
61. Display Options – Viewports, Show Hidden Members
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor – Cool Tools!!!
62. Weld Combo, Label Combo, Material Callout
a. Use blank line for Label Combo
63. Search and Replace, and in Selected Drawings
64. Material Drafting
65. Save Reuse – Change Piecemarks using Auto
66. Review 2D Item (Z Elevation from Model)
67. Detail Member from Model (Drafting Station)
68. Detail Current Piecemark
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor – Cool Tools!!!
69. Autoloading – Detail Sheets, Gather Sheets
70. Autoload Details for Selected Members (Model)
a. Drafting Station or Detailing Station

Discuss Risk with Autoloading

Scale Down, Not Fitting (lose order), Multiple per sheet,
too tight
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor – Good Practice
71. Global Standards, Job Standards, Copy/Paste
a. Paste special, Repeatedly, Paste to original location
72. Assembly Line Production
a. Stage Different Tasks for All Like Items
73. Use Viewports when Useful
74. Use correct label origin and justification
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor – Good Practice
75. Group Members – Naming of Sub-Members
76. Use New BOM Style – Add grid, Move on the fly
77. Use Revision Chart – Increment Sheet Revisions
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor – Special Modifiers
78. Hold Shift to change pointer curvature
79. Hold Shift to break off labels, dimensions
80. Hold Ctrl+Shift to Rotate PCMK, Section Size 45°
81. Special Labels with $ and Sybmols (See help)
82. Using Alt + #### for
unicode Character Map
 Tips and Tricks:
Drawing Editor – Features and Use
83. Arc Dimensions – Preselect Construction Circle
84. Cloud using Ortho
85. Area Clip – Polygons in EVU, Clouds
86. In EVU, Move PCMK & Section Size as Labels
87. Small Dimension Expansion Offset trick
88. Show moment triangles on non-moment beams
 Tips and Tricks:
Bonus Round!!!
89. Global Standard Detail Break Line Application
90. Use Tab to Cycle through fields in edit screen
91. In selection window, type, then hit spacebar to
select single.
92. Project Information in Main Menu – Status
93. Retained Views in Model
Questions?
80 Tips and Tricks in 80 Minutes!
Scan QR Code Below to
Download Presentation Slides
Presenter: Matt Bailey
mbailey@connectedsg.com
Connected Structural Group
702-804-1535

Moderator: Rich Steffens

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Access YouTube Channel