# Abbreviations

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Abbreviations are consistently used throughout our plug-ins to reduce the overall length of component names and tabs.

We have a created a list here so you wont get anything mixed up.
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## Standard Terms

| Term         | Abbreviation | Description                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Geometry Gym | GG/gg        |                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Structural   | Str          |                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Plug-in      |              | Plug-in refers to a specific software plug-in application (i.e ggRhinoEtabs) and can also refer to the workings of that plug-in. (I.e the plug-in calculates the correct tolerance automatically) |

| Term        | Abbreviation | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ----------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Standard    | Std          | Standard refers to a standard type already defined in a program. (I.e a material which properties are already defined in an structural analysis application)                                                                                             |
| General     | Gen          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Create      |              | Create means to generate or create something that is not standard or apart of an application. You need to create all elements in a structural analysis program and you also may need to create new materials if they are not standard with that program. |
| Modify      | Mod          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Perimeter   | Perim        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Coefficient | Coef         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

## Structural Terms

| Term            | Abbreviation | Description |
| --------------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| Frame Element   | Frame        |             |
| Element         | Elem         |             |
| Property        | Prop         |             |
| Support         | Spt          |             |
| Restraint       | Rst          |             |
| Cable           | -            |             |
| Attributes      | Atts         |             |
| Material        | Mat          |             |
| Parameters      | Param(s)     |             |
| Point           | Pt           |             |
| Node            | -            |             |
| Insertion Point | IP           |             |
| Mechanical      | Mech         |             |
| Finite Element  | FE           |             |
| Combination     | comb         |             |

## IFC and Building Modelling Terms

| Term                | Abbreviation | Description |
| ------------------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| Project             | Proj         |             |
| Site                | Site         |             |
| Building            | Bdg          |             |
| Property Set        | Pset         |             |
| Quantity/Quantities | Qnt          |             |
| Relationship        | Rel          |             |
| Define Relationship | RelDefine    |             |