Anchor rods number differently but they are identical

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Anchor rods number differently but they are identical

Question-I modeled my anchor rods the same but when i number they come out with different part marks.

Answer- There are a few reasons why anchor rods could number differently. Below are some items to check.

Anchor Rods Treated as Columns in Orientational Numbering

In Steel Detailing we do not want to number columns that have different orientations the same for erecting preferences. The advanced option XS_EXCLUDED_PARTS_IN_ORIENTATIONAL_NUMBERING can be used to prevent column orientation from affecting certain parts by their name. your anchor rods. This can be set by going to Settings > Advanced options in the Numbering section. From here find the variable XS_EXCLUDED_PARTS_IN_ORIENTATIONAL_NUMBERING can be set with part names of objects that you do not want orientation to be considered on when numbering. 

If the column orientation numbering setting is still affecting your anchors, double check the part names to be the same or both values are in the XS_EXCLUDED_PARTS_IN_ORIENTATIONAL_NUMBERING Advanced option and Repair numbering errors.

Very old versions of Tekla (before v20.1) do not have the above Advanced option. When you have anchors that are oriented differently because the columns are rotated different Tekla will pick up on that unless you turn off "Column Orientation" in Numbering. See below

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You can also clear the numbers of just the anchors and turn off column orientation in numbering. Once you have it off go back to Drawings & Reports > Numbering > and perform Number series of selected objects.

Varied Base Plate Thickness

Another common issue we see is base plates with the same length anchor rods but different size base plates.

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When the base plates have different thicknesses this causes the welds on the anchor rods to be in different places. This is because the nuts and washers on the anchors will be at different levels which then means the welds are at different locations. Unfortunately there is no way around this issue, the only thing you can do different is move the anchors to match identically in projection and that would mean your drawing details would be incorrect.

If the above does not help with correcting the issue, please see the Find out why parts numbered differently that will provide tools to help find the difference. 

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