Dialog component - EMD loader

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bEMD Loader/b
Version: 5.1.12 and higher

EMD loader is dialog component used to simulate connection to Scia Engineer.

ubUse of EMD loader:/b/u
1) Add EMD loader into main dialog.
2) Set path to the folder of required member.
Example: i"c:\Users\Petr\ESA13.0\Temp\Esa_Model_Data\Beam.1"/i)
3) Check "Active" checkbox.
4) Select required Section and InternalForces combination.

ubImportant:/b/u
Active EMD loader overwrite all other dialog components and fills IO structure with data loaded from EMD files. In other words: When EMD loader is active all other components (and its data) are ignored!

You can easily switch EMD loader on/off to test proper functionality in both scenarios (standalone/SEN connected).

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size=150Predefined members/size
Version 0.1.72 and higher

EMD Loader was extended with new feature - predefined members. This feature allows user to fill IO structure with sample (predefined) data without searching Esa_Model_Data directory.
He/she just select predefined data set from combobox.

These predefined sets are saved in directory i"Public Documents\DesignForms_X.Y\EMD_PredefinedMembers"/i.
List of predefined sets ( = Content of iEMD_PredefinedMembers/i directory) is loaded dynamically, when EMDLoader is constructed.

ubStructure of the directory:/b/u
Public Documents \ DesignForms_X.Y \ EMD_PredefinedMembers \ <MemberNameUsedInComboBox> \ <StandardContentOfEsaModelDataFolder>

Set of several predefined members will be provided within SDF installer. User is able to extend this set with his/her own data set.

buAdding new predefined data set:/u/b
list
*Create new directory in "Public Documents\DesignForms_X.Y\EMD_PredefinedMembers" - for example "MyBeam1"/*:m
*Copy all files and directories from Esa_Model_Data folder to "MyBeam1"/*:m
*Reload CLS/*:m/list:u

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size=150Auto update/size

EMD Loader automatically update it's content when any change occurs in EMD files (edit, delete, ...).

Update EMD data and Refresh calculation to see changes in IO.

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size=150Check more instances/size

Dialog builder check number of instances of EMD Loader in Main dialog.
If more than one instance is inserted, warning message appears.

bYou should never insert more than one instance of EMD Loader to one dialog!/b