The method
Eight steps, in order: identify the real format; confirm the units; isolate the flashing; letter the legs on the mold line; record the signed bends and name their convention; sum the girth and check the limits, bend rule included; write the feature list; verify before the folder.
Gates: an unreadable file is exported again; a blocked profile is changed. Shop review goes on for AFS to confirm.
Eight numbered steps from identifying the format to verifying before the folder, with two decisions: an unreadable file is exported again in the format the upload message advises, and a profile blocked by the limits (including the bend rule for its material and thickness) is changed; a profile that passes goes on, and one marked for shop review also goes on for AFS to confirm.
- 1
- Identify the real format from the file's contents
- 2
- Confirm the units against a known dimension
- 3
- Isolate the flashing geometry: its layer, model space
- 4
- Letter the legs on the mold line
- 5
- Record the signed bends and name their convention
- 6
- Sum the girth and check the AFS limits, including the bend rule for the material and thickness
- 7
- Write the feature list, straight first and last
- 8
- Verify the bend directions and revision before the folder
Sources
- AFS drawing upload: each file identified by its contents, the formats it reads, and what to export when a file cannot be read - Architectural Flashing Supply
- AFS fabrication limits - materials, thicknesses, bend rules and sizes the shop can make - Architectural Flashing Supply
- PathfinderEdge: the profile object - AMS Controls