Profile and pillar endshapes

For determining the correct endshapes for profiles, staircases, angle bars, pillars, and ducts, the file %ncgnorms%\foundation\endtypes.dat must be present.

In this file there should be two numbers present on each line. The first number is the number of the endshape as used by the functions for creating foundations. The second number is the number of the endshape as set in the norms directory. The system manager defines the numbers for the endshapes in the norms directory.

Profile endshapes

At this time two types are used for profiles, type 0 and type 1. Type0 is the straight endshape and type1 is a slanted endshape.

This file could look like this:

0 0
1 3

This means that the straight endshape uses endshape type0 and the slanted endshape uses endshape type3 (these are the CADMATIC Hull defaults).

When this file is not present when starting the function for creating foundations, the possibility is offered to create a default file. The contents of this file is the same as in the example above.

Staircase endshapes

Some special end shapes have been made for the staircase. They can be found in the default %ncgnorms% directory, in the subdirectory profs and profs3d with the names type29 and type30. These files have to be copied to your %ncgnorms% directory, possibly renamed if type files with these names already exists.

Also the file %ncgnorms%\foundation\endtypes.dat has to be modified. This file can be copied from the default %ncgnorms% directory. Alternatively, you can add some lines to this file.

# type 29
2 29
# type 30 round endshape
3 30

There are also separate endshapes for the staircase type GIM trap 2.

# Sniped end type for side profiles of GIM=trap2
7 2
# Squared end type of support flat bars of GIM-trap2
8 0

L and T endshapes for pillars

These endshape definitions are used for L and T connections, for example, for pillars, T-bars, angle bars, and ducts.

# type 47 for connecting angle bars
5 47
# type 46 slanted endshape for Duct
6 46

This means that the slanted endshape uses endshape type46 (this is the CADMATIC Hull default).

When this file is not present when starting the function for creating foundations, the possibility is offered to create a default file. The contents of this file is the same as in the example above.