In shape Designer the CustomDesign component read the beams library from a file
“CustomLibraryFilesList.CDF”
The file “CustomLibraryFilesList.CDF” contains the list of the categories that will be included in the beams library
The format of file “CustomLibraryFilesList.CDF” is:
/comment
NC Number of categories
Category name (1), category filename (1)
………….
………….
Category name (NC), category filename (NC)
The file “CustomLibraryFilesList.CDF” is saved in the “Beamslibrary” directory
../ShapeDesigner/Beamslibrary/ CustomLibraryFilesList.CDF
Each category is saved in it’s category filename in the directory “Beamslibrary”
Each new category will be saved in its category filename in the directory “Beamslibrary”
DesignFilesList.CDF format:
For example, if you desire to add a Design Verification Code for cold formed steel so you can do it by adding new file called (for example) coldFormedSteel2005.CDF. And at the end of the file “DesignFilesList.CDF”add the line:
coldFormedSteel2005, coldFormedSteel2005.CDF
Do not forget to change the total number of categories to the new number one (old number of categories +1) in the second line.