Creating tables and groups

Attributes and elements are available for you to do the following:

• Create tables of input parameters

• Create groups of input parameters and tables

Example

Suppose that you want to create a custom method to evaluate the margin of safety for the bolted connection shown in the figure. If the bolts are located halfway through the depth of the horizontal member, and the leftmost bolt is located at a fixed distance from the end of the horizontal member, you must obtain the following data:

• Number of bolts

• Bolt diameters

• Bolt proof strengths

• Bolt spacing

The following code from the XML file for the custom method creates a group called Bolts in the Calculation Creation dialog box for the method, and the following data entry provisions within the Bolts group:

• Provides a parameter input for the number of bolts.

• Provides a table input for the bolt diameters.The size of this table equals the number of bolts.

• Provides a table input for the proof strengths.The size of this table equals the number of bolts.

• Provides a table input for the bolt spacing.The size of this table equals the number of bolts minus one.

<input>    <group id="Bolts">        <parameter            id="BCount"            uiname="Number of Bolts"            type="size"/>        <table id="BDIMTable" uiname="Bolt Diameters" sizeParameter="BCount">            <column                id="BDims"                uiname="Bolt Diameters"                type="scalar"                measure="Length"/>        </table>        <table id="BPROOFTable" uiname="Bolt Proof Strengths" sizeParameter="BCount">            <column                id="BProofs"                uiname="Proof Strengths"                type="scalar"                measure="Stress"/>        </table>        <table id="BDISTable" uiname="Spacing between Bolts" sizeParameter="BCount" sizeOffset="-1">            <column                id="BDists"                uiname="Bolt Spacing"                type="scalar"                measure="Length"/>        </table>    </group></input>

The resulting Calculation Creation dialog box is shown in the following figure.

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