General variables

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In the Parabuild Settings dialog box you should click on the button Variables of macros.

 

The following dialog box appears, with below a list of existing variables:

 

You can influence the standards by changing the value of a variable. The changes you make to the lower list of variables apply to the system, so they apply to all projects you draw.

However do not remove variables; this is preserved for people who extend the standards.

Each variable points to a specific setting in one or more connections. It is possible that a variable has an effect on one connection, on a group of connections or on all connections.

We cannot explain all 200 variables in this manual, but we will explain a select few as examples:

 

gen_StdWeldOffset : Determines the distance that is kept between two welded objects. This setting applies to all connections.

gen_StdBoltOffset : Determines the distance that is kept between two bolted objects. This setting applies to all connections that contain bolts.

gen_StdHoleOffsetFile : This variable contains a filename as its value. In the file itself you can make changes to influence the hole tolerance. See the next chapter for more information.

gen_StdHoleOffset : De (radius) tolerance of the hole of a bolt. This setting has an effect on all connections that contain bolts. However it only applies when the variable gen_StdHoleOffsetFile does not contain hole tolerance information for a certain diameter.

gen_StiffenerThicknessesFile : The variable refers to a special file that contains multiple plate thicknesses and widths. From this file a plate thickness will be chosen for the stiffener.

The file is located in the library of Parabuild : S3d_Lib\PlateStdWidths.dat

If you change this file, then you can determine the available plate thicknesses and widths. This will not only be used by the standards, but also to assign names to plates, for example:

If P10x160 is a standard size, then Parabuild will automatically choose P10x160-143 for the name of a plate that measures 143 to 160.