1. Purpose of the tool
The Scaffold Item Tool is a feature designed to enhance the efficiency of scaffold modeling. It allows to create, modify, and manage scaffold components with precision. Key functionalities include:
- User Interface: The tool provides an intuitive interface that enables users to easily navigate and utilize various commands for scaffold component creation and modification.
- Component Management: Users can insert and change scaffold components based on their start or end points, ensuring flexibility in design.
- Mini Toolbar: The tool includes a mini toolbar that offers commands for opening the tool menu, show snapping points, show start and end points and pinning the toolbar to a location on the screen.
2. Limitation: Ungrouping ScaffPlan Items
Ungrouping a ScaffPlan Item converts it into standard geometry and permanently removes its ScaffPlan metadata.
Once ungrouped, the item is no longer recognised or managed by ScaffPlan.
It will not appear in Gear Lists, reports, or other ScaffPlan-generated outputs.
To prevent accidental data loss, ScaffPlan displays a confirmation warning before the item is exploded. Users can disable this warning using the Don’t ask again option or manage the setting later through Advanced Options.
3. User Interface overview.
The tool is located on the ScaffPlan ribbon tab:
To open the tool menu click on the tool icon.
The tool contains following features:
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BUTTON |
FUNCTIONALITY |
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Search |
Filter the list based on specific criteria to pinpoint the item. You can also filter by Group/Item Type/Profile or Tags
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Item Category List |
Overall list of all Scaffolding Items included with the Scaffold System selected and any additional Custom Items included in the Project or ScaffFirm folder |
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Category Hierarchy |
Use the Tools to Expand or Collapse the Category Lists by selection or as a group |
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Show Hidden Items |
Unhide items that may have been previously excluded for previous searches |
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Parameters |
Allow direct modification of the Item prior to placement in the model Where options are not applicable they are unavailable for editing |
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Preview |
Outputs description and image of the selected Item. Use the mouse button to rotate the preview in the windows for greater clarity of the item. Allows to switch End point visualization in the preview on/off .
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3. Insertion
The Tool utilises the ScaffPlan Mini Contextual Toolbar for placement, follow the instructions in the Scaffold Properties Dialogue Status Bar on instructions for each option.
More information on each Tool can be found in the ScaffPlan for Revit Knowledgebase - Mini Toolbar Functionality - ScaffPlan
4. Tool dialogue buttons.
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BUTTON |
FUNCTIONALITY |
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To save a current tool settings it is required to type name of the setting into the box and click Save button. To load previously saved settings please click on the box to drop down a list of setting s available then choose a desired setting. Once the setting clicked from the drop-down it will be automatically loaded, and dialogue boxes updated to values saved under the setting. |
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Opens ScaffPlan knowledge base articles on the tool usage. |
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Prompts to Create a component by clicking 2 points in the model. |
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Saves values set in the dialogue boxes without closing the dialog box. ScaffPlan uses these properties the next time you create an object of this type. |
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Modifies the selected component using the current properties of the dialog box such Type, Subtype, Name etc. as set in the tool. |
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Gets properties from the selected component in the model and fills the menu with the values of the selected component. If several components are being selected, ScaffPlan takes the values from the first one selected and updates the dialogue boxes. |
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Switches all check boxes in the dialog box on and off. Used when all boxes need to be unticked then some only need to be ticked (taken into effect) once the Modify button is pressed after. |
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Closes the tool menu without saving the properties or modifying objects. |