Miscellaneous Settings (Export to SAF)

Access SAF Translator settings at:

File > Interoperability > SAF > SAF Translators.

Segment 2D Member of Curved Wall (Default = OFF)

This control affects the SAF export of 2D Members that are generated from curved Walls.

Segmentation is off by default. If your receiving structural analysis software can handle curved 2D Members generated from curved Walls, leave the box unchecked.

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When Should You Enable Segmentation?

Check the box only if your receiving structural analysis software cannot handle curved Walls. The curved 2D Member will be exported as multiple segments.

In the Central Angle field: Define a maximum central angle for the resulting segments.

The resulting segments will approximate the central angle you have defined (without exceeding it), but are subject to the following adjustments:

-If the curved Wall contains additional nodes besides its endpoints (e.g. structural nodes where a connecting element meets the Wall), then segments will be created so that their endpoints coincide with these existing nodes.

-Based on these node locations, actual Central angle values (and segment lengths) will vary.

Important Notes

If you enable Segment 2D Member of Curved Wall: the receiving software will generate additional segment endpoints to coincide with the nodes of any Structural Support and Structural Analytical Links that are attached to the curved Wall.

The newly generated, inner edges of the exported Wall segments will have Edge releases set to Rigid (regardless of the Release values of the original Wall edges).

Export Load-Related Data

On by default.

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Disable this control if you want to ignore all Load-related data when exporting the Structural Analytical Model to SAF.

For example, in the following scenarios involving data roundtrips:

the structural software uses Load data not recognized by ARCHICAD

the architect chooses not to incorporate the SAF file’s Load data into the ARCHICAD model

In such cases, roundtrip data exchange can result in the loss of Load-related data. To avoid this loss, you may wish to disable the checkbox. Load data will be ignored.

Ignore Self-Weight Loads

Off by default.

Most analytical programs do not handle self-weight Loads from external programs.

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