Set Up Option Configurations Dialog Box

Select the option groups to be solved and the drawings to be created in the dialog box.

Dialog Box Options

Option Groups

Select the option group to be solved by selecting its check box. Check the Options of Group list to see which options belong in the group. You can select all the option groups or clear all the check boxes at once by clicking the All/None button.

Select from the Group Drawings and Settings list the drawings that will be created when solving the options.

You can add a new option group to the Option Groups list by clicking the Add Group button. Select an option group's checkbox in the Select Group to Add list. The list contains all the standard option groups defined in the system.

You can delete an option group from the Option Groups list by selecting the group and clicking the Delete Group button.

Options of Group

From the list, you can check which options are included in each option group. First, select the option group from the Option Groups list.

The selected option group may include options that are missing from the project-specific database. They will be automatically added to the project's option database, when the keyword add_group_options= 1 is set in the BDSXX keyword group. If you do not wish to add the missing options to the project's option database, set the keyword value to 0.

• add_group_options= 0 - Options included in the option group will not be added to the project's option database.

• add_group_options= 1 - Options included in the option group will be added to the project's option database. The options are numbered 1000.0, 1001.0, 1002.0 etc. The default starting number has been set in the project's PARAMETERS file using the keyword opt_number_start.

PDF Set

Select the PDF sets to be created during option group solving. The PDF files will be saved in the project's ../MS/option_group/pdf folder. You can copy the selections to another option group as follows:

1. Select the PDF sets to be created.

2. Click the Copy selection to.. button.

3. Select the option groups to which the same selections will be copied.

4. Confirm by clicking OK.

Group Drawings and Settings

For each option group, select the drawings that will be created when solving the options. From the list, you can select drawings of the project's drawing-model pairs and view drawings, for example elevation views. Creating view drawings may increase the time required for solving. If you want to shorten the solving time, unselect the view drawings by clearing their check boxes.

You can select all the drawings or clear all the check boxes at once by clicking the All/None button.

You can also add other, separate 2D drawings to the list. You will need a software customization to be able to use this feature.

In addition to drawings, you can select following settings into use or out of use:

• Collect Materials for +/-BOM

  Select the check box, when you want to collect materials for the differential bill of materials during option group solving. Collecting materials may increase the time required for solving.

  It is possible to edit the material database of each option group after collecting materials. This requires editing the application development program which is used to process the material database.

• Auto-frame Walls for +/-BOM

  Select the check box, when you want to create temporary panel breaks and panel drawings during option group solving to produce a more detailed differential bill of materials. By default, both the panel breaks and the panel drawings are created. If you want to create only the panel breaks or the panel drawings, add the keyword bom_autoframe to the PARAMETERS file. The keyword can have the following values:

  • 1 = Create panel breaks.

  • 2 = Create panel drawings (panel breaks have already been created earlier).

  • 1+2 = Create panel breaks and panel drawings.

• Create Images for Presentation

  Select the check box, when you want to convert the option group drawings to SWF files. When you solve the option groups, the program saves the drawings and the converted SWF files in the project's ../MS/option_group folder. The program publishes the SWF files automatically in the DesignStream system.

  This requires that the add-on features DesignStream Interface and WWW Publishing has been added to your software.

• Collect Details + Generate Sheets

  Select the check box, when you wish to collect the details and generate the detail sheets during option group solving. The sheets will be saved in the project's ../MS/option_group/details/sheets folder.

You can copy the selections to another option group as follows:

1. Select the drawings and other output options.

2. Click the Copy selection to.. button.

3. Select the option groups to which the same selections will be copied.

4. Confirm by clicking OK.

Add Group

You can add a new option group to the Option Groups list by clicking the Add Group button. Select an option group's checkbox in the Select Group to Add list. The list contains all the standard option groups defined in the system.

Delete Group

You can delete an option group from the Option Groups list by selecting the group and clicking the Delete Group button.

Upd Groups

You can update the options of the selected group or all groups by clicking the Upd Groups button. The function updates the options from the global database.

Selecting Option Groups to Be Solved And Drawings to Be Created
Managing Option Groups