Go to the contour plate properties menu.
The majority of its fields are similar to the column object (see below).
The “Profile” field defines the steel sheet title to be reflected in the bill of materials and title numeric part stands for the steel sheet width parameter value.
Note that a profile title is composed of its width value and a symbol/ symbols combination forefront it. Missing out the symbol does not affect the contour plate representation, but it is considered an error on the reason that the bill of materials will be defined by just a number at the respective profile field.
Different countries have their own steel sheets marking. The most
frequently used nomenclatures for the steel sheets profiles are as shown
below:
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PL10 |
BPL10 |
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PL-short form of “plate” Note there is no space between textual and numeric symbols |
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Rotate the view in the way to see the plate from its width perspective.
Select a plate and set its profile width value to - 500 (do not edit any
Also, modify its “Class” type to assure a better representation
The “Position” field brings in/out the contour plate into 3 (three) different positions as respects to the points created.
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Front |
Middle |
Behind |
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Exercise switching the contour plate positions to Middle, Front, Behind.
The “Depth offset” box correspondent to the “Position” field specifies the offset value of the plate as regard to the plane defined by the initial points.
This parameter is not of frequent use. Let’s edit its value to 1000 and subsequently to -1000 and examine the results. Do not use this field to displace a plate.
Delete the objects and create a new plate with dimensions of 1000 x 1000mm
Using the Ctrl+C key combination, execute copying the contour plate
