Element ID manager > beams > "Length Left" critera missing!

[Anonymous]

I would like to auto ID my beams. Beams with the same size I would like to give them the same ID.

In: Document > Schedules and Lists > Element ID manager
The Length Left criteria is missing! So now all the beams get the same ID's even if they have different lengths. The only options is the get an unique ID for every beam.

If I'm making a schedule "Length Left" is avaible.... Why not in the Element ID manager????

[Katalin Borszeki]

Hi! The length parameter of beams is indeed not available in the Element ID Manager. The reason for that is that it could cover many different values, it could be the center line or the reference line, if the length is cropped, it could be the cropped or uncropped length, etc.
We would have to make available a whole plethora of values which would be a major development and relatively rarely needed.
However, there is a workaround.
Create a schedule of the beams and click the merge uniform items checkbox. When this is done, you can manually edit the ID-s effectively, with just typing ID-s for the (merged) uniform length beams into the schedule.
best, kata