Plate Editor

Used to modify flat plates, including boolean operations, edge, or chamfers. This editor allows you to modify the plate contour by adding or separating poly-lines in a fast and comfortable way. You may see the poly-line as a plate of the same thickness and position like the plate to be processed. In addition, you can add chamfers and edges.

• The Plate Editor tool is selected in the ProSteel Edit group, or
• The command PS_PLATE_EDITOR is entered into the command prompt.

• Ribbon: Steel > Home > Edit Steel Elements > Modify > Plate Editor
• Element Modification dialog:

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 settings to be used on other projects.
Favorites	Current Settings - Select when you haven't created any template and you want to use the current settings of the dialog instead. Bentley/Default - Select when you want to use the application default settings template and you don't want to use the current settings of the dialog instead.
Show /Hide Preview	Opens or closes, respectively, a flyout panel to display an illustration based on the tool.