Radial Grid Setup and Table form

Used to define a radial grid on which geometry can be graphically created.

Opens when Foundation Plan > Radial Grid Setup is selected in the Main Navigator pane.

Note: STAAD Foundation Advanced will display only a single grid in the Geometry tab of the main view window. Creating a new grid will replace any existing grid. Any foundations, loads, or other model objects placed on this grid will not be affected, though.

Setting	Description
Origin X / Y / Z	Specify the origin coordinates for the grid, in the specified units.
Inner / Outer radius	Specify the radius values for the first and last circumferential grid line.
Divisions along the circumference	Specify the number of radial grid lines to be generated.
Divisions along the radius	Specify the number of divisions of the radius. Since all radius lines terminate at the specified origin (center), the number of circumferential grid lines will be one less than this value.
Grid direction	Toggles the values displayed in the Radial Grid table for the current grid. Radial - Displays the angle of each radial grid line, in degrees. Radial grid line spacing is measured counter-clockwise (anti-clockwise) from the positive X axis (from grid origin). Circumferential - Displays the radial spacing of each circumferential grid line, in the
Show Grid	Select Yes to toggle the grid on after it has been Generated. Note: The display of grids can be toggled using the Grid Toggle tool found in the Ribbon toolbar .
Save as Default	Save the radial grid settings as defaults for later use.
Radial Grid table	Displays the spacing between grid lines. Additional grid lines (rows in the table) can be added using the Insert After and Insert Before buttons.
Generate Grid	Click to generate the radial grid with the specified geometry.
Insert After	Click to insert new row of data in the table after the selected row.
Insert Before	Click to insert a new row of grid data in the table before the selected row.
Delete	Click to delete the selected table row(s).