Plate beam converter
Contents
Purpose and description
System requirements
Installing Plate beam convertor
Using Plate beam converter
Application properties
Application buttons
See also
Purpose and description
Use Plate beam converter application to split a part I, rectangular, L, U/C, T, WQ profiles or welded box profile beam (column) into plates. This extension can also be used for tapered and polybeam parts.
System requirements
Tekla Structures version: Not version specific
Environments: All
Installing Plate beam converter
To install the Plate beam converter application:
- Download the Plates from built up section installer package from Tekla Warehouse. For more information see Downloading an application from Tekla Warehouse.
- Extract the file package.
Using Plate beam converter
To use the application:
- Open a Tekla model.
- Click the Applications & components button
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- Search for Plate beam converter
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- The Plate beam converter dialog window will open.
- Make desired modification and then click the Create button
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- Create a column/beam.
- Select the part (column/beam).
- Click the middle mouse button.
When you click the middle mouse button, the beam is splitted into three plates.
Note: The application will not color the plates - this is only to difference them in the example.
Plates will be created in the same orientation as the selected beam, with the input point equivalent to the start point of the beam.
Application properties
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Attributes
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Plate
Field Description Default Plate prefix Define the plates prefix. pl Plate dimension order Define the plate dimension order.
The options are:- Width * thickness
- Thickness * width
Width * thickness -
Assembly
Field Description Default Assembly mark prefix Define the assembly mark prefix. PL Assembly start number Define the assembly start number. 1 Weld Define whether or not to weld the resulting plates.
The options are:- Yes
- No
Yes Weld attributes Define the weld attribute.
The option list is populated with the weld attributes saved in the current model.standard -
Mapping
Field Description Default Part mark Define whether or not the part mark should be mapped.
The options are:- Yes
- No
Yes Assembly mark Define whether or not the assembly mark should be mapped.
The options are:- Yes
- No
Yes Guid Define the whether or not the guid should be mapped.
The options are:- Yes
- No
Yes All UDA Define whether or not all the UDA's should be mapped.
The options are:- Yes
- No
Yes
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Plates
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Field | Description | Default |
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Main part | Define which part will become the main part of the assembly after conversion. | - |
Profile type | This column shows the supported profile types. They are:
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This field is not editable. |
Plate | This column shows the default name of the resulting plates. | This field is not editable. |
Name | Define the name of resulting plates. | same as default name of the resulting plates |
Part mark prefix | Define the part mark prefix. | pl |
Part start number | Define the part start number. | 1 |
Application buttons
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Save attribute
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Use to save the attributes. |
Help
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Use to open help file. |
Create
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Use to create drawings using the properties from the dialog box. |
Cancel
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Use to exit the program. |