The Equip Foundations node defines the equipment foundations assemblies that you want to add to your catalog and hence to your model. Equipment foundations transfer loads from equipment to supports. To do this, the equipment foundation assembly reads the foundation port information defined on the equipment symbol to orient and size the foundation. The distance between the equipment foundation port and the supporting object defines the equipment foundation height.
When creating your equipment foundations, there are custom attributes and required attributes. You can add your custom attributes using the Custom Interfaces Sheet (described in Smart 3D Reference Data).
The required attributes used by ISPSEquipFndInputCriteria interface must be defined for each equipment foundation assembly that you define in the workbook. The required attributes are:
Name
Type a part name for the equipment foundation. The name must be unique across the entire catalog.
Symbol Definition
Type the name of the macro to use to construct the equipment foundation. If you do not enter a value here, the symbol definition defined at the top of the sheet under Definition is used.
Definition
Type the name of the macro that defines the equipment foundation.
Number Supported
Specifies the number of supported inputs. Enter 0..1 for none or one input, 1..n for at least one or more inputs, or specify the number of inputs explicitly by entering the number 1, 2, 3, and so forth.
Supported Filter Prog ID
Specifies a string for custom filtering supported objects.
Number Supporting
Specifies the number of supporting inputs. Enter 0..1 for none or one input, 1..n for at least one or more inputs, or specify the number of inputs explicitly by entering the number 1, 2, 3, and so forth.
Supporting Filter Prog ID
Specifies a string for custom filtering supporting objects.