Stiffener Placement dialog
Used to place transverse stiffeners along steel beams within a beam group.
Opens when the Place tool is selected on the Superstructure ribbon tab in the Stiffeners group and a beam group is selected.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| beam list | A list of all beams in the beam group is displayed here. Select the beam on which you want to add stiffeners. |
| Add | Click to add a row to the stiffener table. You can use this to add individual stiffeners. |
| Remove | Click to remove the selected row from the table. |
| Remove All | Click to remove all rows from the table. This will remove all stiffeners from the currently selected beam. |
| Wizard | Opens the Stiffener Location Wizard dialog, which is used to parametrically place stiffeners along the selected beam. |
| Copy | Opens the Copy Stiffeners dialog, which is used to copy the stiffeners from the currently selected beam to one or more of the other beams in the beam group. |
| Validate | Click to have the program validate if the current stiffener layout for the beam group contains any detectable problems, such as overlap. |
| OK | Click to save the current stiffener layout to the beam group. |
| Cancel | Closes the dialog without saving the stiffener layout. |