As a Structural Engineer, I want full control of how the analytical model is adjusted, and custom options to achieve that. The Stretch adjuster works only if a core connection exists between the elements. If not, the user can allow the analytical axis to be extended within a definable connection range - and so achieve a correctly adjusted model.
This Connection Range functionality is now improved, to better replicate the designer's intent and the real element geometry:
•Connection Range considers the host element’s end cuts
•Connection Range’s cross section is based on the host element's profile core, even if the host element has a replacement profile
•If an extended virtual core only touches an adjacent physical element’s core, it is considered as a core connection.
The user needs to define two length parameters:
•the Connection Range value (in element settings), which must be at least as long than the shortest distance between the cores of the elements to be connected
•the maximum allowed stretch (in the Generation Rules dialog, at Adjustment Rules), which must exceed the distance between the structural axis to be connected. This “Max stretch” value is applied to the either or both ends of the Connection Range, as set in element settings.
