2.6.4 Chamfers of a contour plate object in Tekla Structures
The “Chamfer” tool allows editing the contour plate geometry
Making a double-click at a plate point opens the “Chamfer Properties”
dialog window, where at the “Type” field, there are many chamfer
options available. By default, chamfers are set at the “None”
type, with the other fields, such as X, Y, Dz1, Dz2 deactivated.
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Let’s set the chamfer type to the “ Line” (hollow chamfer)
option.
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Updating the chamfer type activates the “X”, “Y”
fields. Please specify into these fields the value of 250 mm. Compare
your results to the below:
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Exercise applying various chamfer types for other points as well.
The “Dz1” and “Dz2” fields
change the width value of a plate in a point. It is a rarely used
tool, as manufacturing a metal sheet of this type requires executing forge
works, rarely used in construction.
Though this tool is frequently used for grounding modeling as it allows
Let’s select any arbitrary point and edit its
Dz1 field
value to 500 mm.
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Rotate the view and examine the result: the contour plate width became
Edit the
Dz2
value to
500mm
and examine the object created. It is a curved plate of a constant thickness.
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Exercise editing the above field values and examine their function. Note
Bring the model to the initial position as it is shown below.