Tendons tab

Edit tendon groups.

The active tendon group is always marked by an asterisk (*) in the top, right corner.

The upper portion of the tab is used to input data common to all tendons in one tendon group.

Setting	Description
Group name	Select the current group name using the drop-down arrow.

Icon	description
	Insert a tendon group before the current.
	Insert a tendon group after the current.
	Delete the current tendon group.
	Copy the current tendon group to another tendon group.
	Opens the Geometry of girder dialog, which is displays the element numbers of the girder cross-section.
	Click to export the table report to a spreadsheet file (.xsl format).

Setting	Description
Info	General description of the tendon group.
Material	Material of the tendons of one group. The material can be selected from a list. Note: You must use the Load materials from the default database in the File menu.
Start Offset	Offset for the tendon numbers for all tendons in one group. (Tendon Number = Group Offset + Number of particular tendon).
Tendons	Number of tendons in the tendon profile. It is copied by default for all tendons of one group and can be changed for each individual tendon afterwards.
At	Nominal area of one tendon of the tendon profile.
Ad	Nominal area of one duct of the tendon profile.
Beta	Accidental deviation angle.
Friction	Cooeficient of friction between tendon and duct.
Tendon No	Opens the Tendon number dialog, which is used to renumber all of the tendons in a group. The number of the first tendon has to be entered and the step for numbering the following tendons has to be chosen. Note: For the final tendon number, the start offset will be added.
Stress labels	Opens the Stress labels dialog, which is used to rename all of the stress labels in a group. The name of the first stress label (e.g., `CS1`) has to be entered and the numbering step for the following stress labels has to be chosen (e.g., for step 1: CS1, CS2, CS3 etc.).

The lower portion of the dialog tab contains options for performing particular actions in the tendon group.

Setting	Description
T.point offset	Opens the Replace dialog, which is used to point names or parts of it in accordance to the input. It can be performed for the active tendon or for all tendons in the tendon group.
Elems of Geom	(For obsolete method only) Fills in the lengths of the elements in accordance to the element subdivisions in the geometry module (if defined there).
Number of elements	Opens the Change number of elements dialog, which is used to change the display of element numbers in the current schedule group used for the stage actions definition (outermost left column in the window).