Dimensioning a Beam Pocket in a Log Work Drawing

You can add horizontal and vertical dimensioning for a beam pocket in a log work drawing by editing the dimensioning settings of the log work drawing. First, add an index for dimensioning to a beam pocket macro in the machining library.

1. Add an index for dimensioning in the machining library.
2. Define horizontal dimensioning.
3. Define vertical dimensioning.

Note

• A beam pocket is created when you create a joint between a beam and a log wall, see Connecting a Beam to a Log Wall.

Add an index for dimensioning in the machining library

1. Select System Settings > Building Component Libraries > Component Libraries. The Component Libraries database view opens.
2. Move the cursor on the row LOGMACH_SYSTEM Log Wall Machinings.
3. Click the Edit Library button. The Log Machining Macro Components database view opens.
4. Move the cursor over the Beam Pocket row.
5. Select the Machining Rules tab of the database window.
6. Enter POCKET, for example, in the Index for Dimensioning field. You will use this index when defining the dimensioning in the log work drawing's dimensioning settings.
7. Close the Log Machining Macro Components database view by clicking the OK button.
8. Close the Component Libraries database view by clicking the OK button.

Define horizontal dimensioning

1. Select Low Walls > Work Drawings > Dimensioning Settings. The Log Wall Dimensions database view opens.
2. Add a row in the database by pressing Shift+Ins.
3. Define the dimension properties:
   • Enter a label text for the dimension line in the Label field, that will be added in the log work drawing, for example BEAM POCKET.
   • Select DIMENSION from the Automatic list.
   • Select 1 from the In Use list.
   • Enter a description for the dimension in the Description field.
   • On the Rules tab, enter the dimension line offset from the top or bottom of the wall in the Rule 1 field, for example 300.
   • Enter the dimension line label's location and offset from the wall edge in the Rule 3 field, for example -300.
   • Enter the codes of the wall parts to be dimensioned in the Rule 4 field. For example, the following definition will dimension the beam pocket and wall ends: pocket,WE

     Note that 'pocket' is written in lowercase. A dimension line will therefore not be added, if there is no beam pocket in the wall.

   • Select the parameters for the reference line, dimension unit and dimension text on the Dimension Line Parameters tab.
4. If you also want to define the vertical dimensioning, do not close the database view. Otherwise, you can close the database view by clicking the OK button.

Define vertical dimensioning

1. With the Log Wall Dimensions database view open, add a new row in the database by pressing Shift+Ins.
2. Define the dimension properties:
   • Enter a label text for the dimension line in the Label field, that will be added in the log work drawing, for example BEAM POCKET.
   • Select VERTICAL from the Automatic list.
   • Select 1 from the In Use list.
   • Enter a description for the dimension in the Description field.
   • Enter MACROS in the Rule 1 field on the Rules tab.
   • Enter the codes of the wall parts to be dimensioned in the Rule 4 field. For example: POCKET, WE.
   • Select the parameters for the reference line, dimension unit and dimension text on the Dimension Line Parameters tab.
3. Close the database view by clicking OK.

Note

• System Settings is available on the toolbar only if you are a system administrator.
• The program will save the changes made in a user-specific database. If the database is not found in the Custom folder, it is first copied from the System folder. Confirm the copying by clicking Yes in the message box.

Connecting a Beam to a Log Wall
Opening a Log Work Drawing
Editing the Dimension Database