Single Frame Cap

Used to parametrically create stiffened cap plates, commonly used in electrical substations. Single frame caps can be placed on any vertical, sloping, or skewed pipes or square, rectangular, and circular hollow shapes.

Accessed from:

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Top Cap Plate tab

Used to define the geometry of the top cap plate.

Setting	Description
Rectangle	When on, the top plate corners are not chamfered.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the plate.
Outer Length / Width	Sets the outside dimensions of the plate. Denoted with 1 and 2 in the diagram.
Inner Length / Width	Sets the dimensions between the chamfers of the plate. Denoted with 3 and 4 in the diagram.
Rotate	Specifies a rotation angle for the placement of the plate.

Corner Plate tab

Used to define the geometry of the corner stiffener plates. Illustrated with yellow color in the diagram.

Setting	Description
Corner Plate	When on, the corner stiffener plates are included with the frame cap.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the plate.
Height	Sets the height of the plate where it is attached to the frame. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height of the plate at its outermost extent. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets an offset distance from the top cap plate chamfer (or corner) to the corner stiffener plates. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.

Center Plate tab

Used to define the geometry of the center stiffener plates both at the Long Cap Edge and Short Cap Edge. Illustrated with yellow color in the diagram.

Setting	Description
Same for All Edges	When on, the parameters defined on the Long Cap Edge tab are applied to the Short Cap Edge tab. When off, you can set the Short Cap Edge parameters independently.
Center Plate	When on, the center stiffener plates are included with the frame cap.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the plate.
Height	Sets the height of the plate where it is attached to the frame. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height of the plate at its outermost extent. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets an offset distance from the top cap plate edge to the center stiffener plate(s). Denoted with 4 in the diagram.

Stiffener Plate tab

Used to define the geometry of the intermediate stiffener plates both at the Long Cap Edge and Short Cap Edge. Illustrated with yellow color in the diagram.

Setting	Description
Same for All Edges	When on, the parameters defined on the Long Cap Edge tab are applied to the Short Cap Edge tab. When off, you can set the Short Cap Edge parameters independently.
Stiffener Plate	When on, the intermediate stiffener plates are included with the frame cap.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the plate.
Height	Sets the height of the plate where it is attached to the frame. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height of the plate at its outermost extent. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets an offset distance from the top cap plate edge to the center stiffener plate(s). Denoted with 4 in the diagram.
Offset	Sets an offset distance from the center stiffener plate to the intermediate stiffener plate(s). Denoted with 5 in the diagram.

Group tab

Used to create a new OpenBridge Modeler group with the Substation Gallery objects.

Setting	Description
Create Group	When on, you can select additional shapes. Separate single frame caps are created.

Assignment tab

Used to assign elements in the connection to a material, display class, area class, part family, level, etc.

Dialog Controls

Setting	Description
OK	Closes the dialog and save your changes.
Cancel	Closes the dialog without saving changes.
Help	Opens online help.
Template	Saves and retrieve (Using Templates) settings to be used on other projects.
Clone	Shifts focus to the geometry, allowing cloning the current structural object (stair, frame, truss, etc.) properties to match one or more objects selected in the view.
Show /Hide Preview	Opens or closes, respectively, a flyout panel to display an illustration based on the tool.

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