Border setup command (BSET)

Border setup (BSET)

Command name: BORDER_SETUP	Space(s): Layouts space
Purpose: Sets up borders (i.e., drawing sheets), sets design codes, and initializes a job file; specifies info to include in borders; changes border quantity; adds watermark or revision notes.
Usage:
1. Type BSET and press Enter. A dialog appears.

2. Enter settings in Layouts tab, Engineering tab, or Options tab as needed.
3. Click Insert.

NOTE! You will not be able to work on a job file until you finish the border setup.

BSET Layouts tab

Client Options	Sets info to include in borders and sets border quantity and rows.
Company Name	Appears in borders in Layouts space and borders (i.e., detail sheets) in detail spaces.
Drafter	Appears in borders in Layouts space. To also include in borders in detail spaces, use the Add Drafter to Detail Sheets setting.
Job Number	Appears in borders in Layouts space and detail spaces.
Project Name	Appears in borders in Layouts space and detail spaces.
Project Location	Appears in borders in Layouts space.
Quantity	Sets the number of borders to add to Layouts space (maximum 27).
Row	Sets the number of rows for the borders in the Layouts space.

Sheet Options
Sheet Size	Sets the size (A4, A5, Letter, Legal, etc.) of the borders in Layouts.
Border Name	Defaults to BR FRAMECAD. Select BR BLANK BORDER to create a custom border.
Border Scale	Defaults to 1:100 (metric) or 1/8":1'0" (imperial).
Units Type	Sets the job file to use metric or imperial units. Note: This cannot be changed after you run BSET initially.
Text Height	Sets the font size for dimensions and labels that appear in borders.
Detail Sheet Ratio	Sizes borders in detail spaces relative to a specified sizing.
Colour Scheme	Sets the background color to dark or light.

Various Tools	Only appears when you type BSET after initial border setup.
Water Mark	Sets a text message to display diagonally across all borders in the Layouts space.
Add Revision	Inserts a numbered revision note outside the bottom left corner of the first border in the Layouts space.
Reset Revision	Deletes revision notes from the Layouts space.

BSET Engineering tab

Design Codes

Loading Design Code

Sets the regional building code required for the job.

Steel Design Code

Sets the steel design code required for the job. Options are determined by the selected Loading Design Code.

Loading Earthquake Code

Defaults to None. Steelwise design methods assume a low seismic hazard (i.e., light to moderate seismic events and lightweight building). A code will be required for high seismic regions, mid-rise buildings, or heavy buildings with materials such as brick cladding or concrete floors. Consult the relevant seismic code or your project engineer for guidance.

Wind Speed

Sets the wind speed or wind category suitable for the job, along with additional wind options, if required. Wind speed/category and wind options are determined by the selected Loading Design Code.

Panel Engineering

Option	Engineering is performed when you...
Unconditional	type PPD.
Automatic	type PPD and when Steelwise detects change.
Semi-Automatic	are prompted in PPD dialog.
Manual	type PUA or type PPD and click Engineer All in the PPD dialog.
Disabled	N/A. Turns panel engineering off. Requires you to type PBS to build studs.

Brace Engineering

Option	Info
Strength Method	Checks total bracing system strength against total demand (when you type PCB).
Rigid Diaphragm	Checks bracing frame capacity and drift considering rigid diaphragm (when you type PCB). (Only available for some loading design codes.)
Disabled	Turns brace engineering off.

Joist Engineering

Defaults to Enabled.

Truss Engineering

Roof Live Load

Determined by the selected loading design code.

Downgrade Material

Select Do Not Downgrade for Steelwise to perform

calculations using the grade specified in the selected data file (System Name) in Machine Configuration. Select Downgrade Material to set Steelwise to perform calculations using a lower-strength material.

Loading Earthquake Code	Only appears if you select a code for Loading Earthquake Code.
Sets the Foundation Type, Importance Level, Structural Response, Seismic Hazard Coefficient, and Fundamental Period. Consult relevant seismic code or your project engineer for guidance.

Design Options
Continuity Loads	Select True to increase the tributary width of internal spans in joists by 25% when calculating loads.

BSET Options tab

Drawing Options
Post Beam Data File	Sets data file to use for selecting, naming, and dimensioning posts.
Aperture Size	Sets the selection area (1px - 50px) for snapping to entities.
Pick Box Size	Sets the visible area of the cursor (1px - 50px).
Roof Line Colour	Sets color to use when creating (CRL) or coding (RL) a roof line.
Support Line Colour	Sets color to use when creating (CSL) or coding (SL) a support line.
NS Support Line Colour	Sets color to use for non-structural support lines.
Roof Line Type	Sets roof lines as dotted, dashed, hidden, etc.
NS Support Line Type	Sets non-structural lines as dotted, dashed, hidden, etc.
Disable Stud Locking Prompts	Prevents Steelwise from warning you when a command will override manually edited (or locked) studs.
Disable Layout Titles	Prevents Steelwise from automatically generating titles for borders in the Layouts space.
Use Sheet Level Id's	Allows Steelwise to generate unique panel, member, or component identifiers in detail sheets.
Draw Web Lines	Use explicit lines (instead of a centerline) to depict webs.
Draw Lip Lines	Depict lipped steel sections in detail sheets.
Add Drafter to Detail Sheet	Includes drafter name (as set in Client Options) in borders in detail spaces.

Layout Dimension Options
Linear Dimensions	Sets how Steelwise measures distances between members (i.e., front edge to front edge, centerline to centerline, etc.) when you type DM. Allows you to stagger dimensions to make them easier to read.
Ordinate Dimensions	Sets how Steelwise measures distance to a member when you type DO.
Width Options	Shows panel, truss, or floor widths when dimensioning a member (DM); sets the minimum length a frame must be to include width.

3D Options

Sets how Steelwise renders panels/frames in the Model space

Use Simple Floor 3D

Renders joists, walls, or trusses in outline only, even after running a builder command (JJD, PPD, TTD). This is useful for very large jobs where frames will look cluttered or for rendering on under-resourced systems.

Use Simple Panel 3D

Use Simple Truss 3D

3D Method settings

Sets what color to use to render panels, trusses, joists, or sheds in 3D.

Option	Uses color from...
Use Layout Colour	the Layouts space
Use Detail Colour	the respective detail space (and determined by material thickness)
Use Custom Colour	the respective Custom Colour setting

Custom Colour settings

Sets what color to use for panels, trusses, floors, or sheds when you select Use Custom Colour for 3D Method.

Layer Names
Temp Layer names for Temp Layer 0 to Temp Layer Five	Sets a custom name for a specified temporary layer.
Visibility Level (%)	Sets the opacity of all temporary layers.

Reference Options
Primary Colour	Sets the color for primary or secondary reference points.
Secondary Colour	Sets the color for primary or secondary reference points.
Visibility Level (%)	Sets the opacity of all reference points.
Print Reference	Includes reference points in printouts.
Layer Name	Sets a custom name to use for the reference points layer.

Gridline Options	Sets options for when you type GL to draw a grid in a border.
Gridline Line Layer	Sets a custom name for the line layer or text (i.e., line number or letter) layer.
Gridline Text Layer
Gridline Line Linetype	Sets the gridline line type, and the line and text color.
Gridline Line Colour
Gridline Text Colour
Gridline Text Factor	Defaults to 2.0. The final text size = text factor x Text Height (in the Gridline Editor).
Numeric is Horizontal	Select Yes to label horizontal lines with numbers, vertical lines with letters. Select No to label vertical lines with numbers, horizontal lines with letters.
Prompt for Marker Text	Select No to automatically label lines with a number or letter (in sequence) as you draw them. Select Yes to manually enter a label when prompted.
Show Finishing End Marker	Includes the label (number or letter) at the start and end of the line.
Show Gridline Line	Select No to hide the gridline and only show the line label(s).
Do Not Extend to Border	Defaults to Yes. Select No to have lines span a border.

Export Options

IFC Export Flavour

Option	To export...
Generic	all IFC-compatible elements
Revit	all except elements <1mm thick (Revit limitation)
SAP2000	all except layer names (SAP limitation)

IFC Invert Colours

Defaults to False.

Use Clones

Identical members get a single definition but are read as separate placed objects.

Export Wall Joins

Prints adjoining end wall labels on the first and last stud.

Use Reverse Order

Exports panels from top to bottom (instead of bottom to top) if you run the PANEL_STACK command.

Export Header Text in XML

Prints the L-plate type and quantity on the opening header member.

Export Arrows in Wall

Prints wall direction arrows on the bottom plate.

Export FIM all to One file

Creates a single FIM file when you select FIM Export All.

VRML Swap Y and Z coordinates

Changes the orientation to ensure the model is displayed correctly when opening the exported file in third-party software.

RFY Ordering

Option	Material export order
Default	Top left to bottom right of frame
Plates First	Horizontal members first
Studs First	Vertical members first
Assembly Priority	For walls: Top plate --> nogs and studs up to first opening --> opening material --> nogs and studs to next opening --> etc. --> bottom plate

RFY Export Files

Select Single File (Factory2 filters out material not set up for the roll-former) or By Section to export a separate file for each different material that will be used.

RFY 2D Drawing Data

Defaults to False.

Folder Settings Information
Sets the local folders where various files and data will be saved.

BSET Tooling Options
Live Tooling Enabled	Renders tooling (e.g., punches, dimples, notches) as you work. Select False to work on large files or with underpowered PCs.
Show Graphics in PDF	Includes tooling when exporting drawing sheets as PDFs.
Treat K-Brace as Plate	Exports as plate member instead of stud member.
Truss Rails to be Tabbed over Chords	Tabs the rail over the top chord (with rail notched). Select False to run rail into top chord (with top chord notched).