Relaunches and “Remember” Controls |
  
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Relaunches and “Remember” Controls |
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In order to help ensure a fast and intuitive design process, ENERCALC for Revit provides a number of tools for retaining various information about LL reduction settings from one launch of a beam calculation to the next.
For any calculation where the user wishes to verify and approve LL reduction or LL reduction settings only once and not be prompted again, the launch window includes checkbox options marked “Remember LL Reduction” and “Remember LR Reduction”.
Activating the “Remember…” checkbox prior to clicking the “Apply…” button will cause ENERCALC for Revit to retain the input values and calculated factor currently displayed in the launch window on subsequent launches of the calculation. Future launches of the beam or girder calculation will automatically apply the stored reduction factors rather than calculating new factors or presenting data to the user for approval.
For any calculation where the user does not wish to use LL reduction or LR reduction at all, these options may be bypassed using the “Skip…” button, as described in “Navigation Overview”. Selecting the skip option will automatically cause associated reduction options to be suppressed on subsequent launches of the current beam or girder calculation. It is not necessary to activate the “Remember…” checkbox prior to choosing the “Skip” the reduction options. Future launches of the beam or girder calculation will automatically apply reduction factors of 1.0 rather than calculating new factors or presenting data to the user for approval.
For calculations where the user has previously chosen to “Skip…” or “Remember…” on the live load reduction options during an earlier launch, these options will be bypassed indefinitely on all future launches of the calculation. If at any point the user wishes to alter this setting and once again be prompted to verify or modify these values, the “Remember” setting may be altered from the Element Manager window. These settings are displayed on the first tab of “Beam Properties” when a calculation is selected from the summary table of the Element Manager window.
The respective reduction factors for LL and LR are shown for reference only and may not be modified directly from this view. If the “Remember…” checkbox is unchecked, then the corresponding reduction settings are not locked and they will be presented for review and approval on the next launch of this calculation. If the “Remember…” checkbox are checked, then the corresponding reduction settings are locked and will not be presented for review and approval on the next launch of this calculation. The reduction factor shown next to the checkbox will be replied automatically on all launches and recalcs of the calculation. Each setting may be locked or unlocked as desired by toggling the status of the checkboxes and then clicking “Apply”.
For calculations where the user has NOT previously chosen to “Skip…” or “Remember…” the live load reduction options during an earlier launch, these options will be presented for review and approval on all future launches of the calculation. By default the reduction inputs and calculated reduction factors from the previous run will automatically populate the form on subsequent runs. These values may be manually modified or overwritten by choosing the “Estimate from Model” option.
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