Action buttons

As the name suggests, the Property Table comprises properties of a particular part of a structure model. Sometimes however, the property table contains also a control that starts a particular action related to the element whose properties are displayed in the table.

If such controls (buttons in particular) are put somewhere inside the table, they may be overlooked. Therefore, these buttons were "extracted" from the table and are located in a special section called Actions with Action buttonsin it.

Thus, all the actions that are accessible for the current properties or for the "property-owner" are visibly and clearly separated from the often long list of information and can be easily accessed.

Sometimes action buttons are highlighted in red. This means that some changes which leads to different presentation was done (ex.: changing parameters for Results)

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Action buttons are used in various parts of SCIA Engineer.

Action buttons in the Property Window

The table below presents some (not all) applications of Action buttons.

service Steel > function Check	$image\ActionBut_1.gif$
Refresh	It redraws the screen in order to reflect the changes made in the Property Window (see also Refresh of results). Default keyboard shortcut - F5.
Single check	It opens a dialogue that provides for checking of a single selected 1D member.
AutoDesign	It opens a dialogue for the AutoDesign of selected 1D members.
Split CSS	Splits the cross section
Unify CSS	Unify the cross section
Table results	It opens the Table results and create new tab with results.
Preview	It opens the Preview window and displays the relevant information in it.

service Results > function Internal forces	$image\ActionBut_3.gif$
Refresh	It redraws the screen in order to reflect the changes made in the Property Window (see also Refresh of results). Default keyboard shortcut - F5.
Detailed	It will draw detailed result of selected member in 3d window.
Table results	It opens the Table results and create new tab with results.
Preview	It opens the Preview window and displays the relevant information in it.

Action buttons in Database managers

Action buttons are used for example in the Combinations dialog.

See more in chapter Exploded combinations.