MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

To Construct a Rib

  1. Select the Rib Feature tool.

    The Rib Feature tool settings window opens.

  2. In the Thickness field, key in the rib thickness value.
  3. Enter other settings as appropriate.
  4. Select the solid on which to construct the rib.
  5. Enter a data point to define one end of the rib’s diagonal.
  6. Enter a data point to define the other end of the rib’s diagonal.

    An arrow indicating the direction of the rib is dynamically displayed.

  7. Enter a data point to define a point on the rib’s body.
  8. Accept or reject the rib.


    Left: Constructing a rib. The second and third data points define the “hypotenuse”. | Right: The completed rib.