bwooten
2011-06-23, 08:03 PM
In my work we often create standard frame profiles for pipe rack bents. These bents often repeat and they would be all the same. I want to create a family that has columns braces and beams that are strucutral that could be easily manipulated to change an entire rack as the process of design evolves.
I would also like the rack to be structural for export to RISA for analysis.
The support level for the elevation would be the "controlling" level, I think.
So my question is this: What family type should I start this pipe rack family as? Start with Generic do the bent and convert it to a structural framing Family?
We tried a truss family and it did not work well.
I would also like the rack to be structural for export to RISA for analysis.
The support level for the elevation would be the "controlling" level, I think.
So my question is this: What family type should I start this pipe rack family as? Start with Generic do the bent and convert it to a structural framing Family?
We tried a truss family and it did not work well.