Renumber Elements

Renumber elements

Command	SOF_SE_RENUMBERING
Tooltip	Renumbers existing SOFiPLUS(-X) elements based on a direction to be specified
Sidebar	Structural Elements

Renumbers structural elements with a given startnumber and an increment.

Note

Numbers that have already been assigned will be omitted. Numbers that become free during the process will be reassigned.

Considered Elements:

The command affects the following structural elements: point, line, area, design element

Examples:

In the following systems, the structural lines are renumbered in the X direction. Starting number and increment are both 1.

In the frame system, the result is clear because all coordinate systems of the structural lines have a different X value:

In the slab system, some coordinate systems of the structural lines have the same X value (e.g.: lines 5 to 7). Here the new numbers are distributed randomly:

This can be solved by temporarily rotating the coordinate system by a few degrees (the black line symbolizes the rotation of 1 degree selected here):

Note

When aligning the coordinate system along a line, the direction of the x-axis is determined by the location of the picked point. The origin of the coordinate system is at the end that is closer to the picked point.

Background:

For the selected elements, the distance from the element’s coordinate system to the origin of the current coordinate system is calculated. The current coordinate system may be predefined within the database or defined by the user. The elements are then sorted and renumbered according to their distance from the origin point and the selected direction.