Add Flange

- Used to add edged or bent segments to the plate. The result is a three-dimensionally bent plate which however is representing a single component part and which can be depicted as flat via unfolding.

Accessed from:

Ribbon: Building Design > Structural > Structural Elements > Base Plate > Add Flange

Placement tab

Note: The Placement tab opens on the ribbon when placing Building elements. The Placement tab contains settings specific to the Building element being placed that are used to define the position, orientation or dimensions of the Building element being placed. Also available on the Placement tab, are a collection of Building common tools selected specifically because of their relevance to the Building element being placed.

Setting	Description
Tool Mode	The Tool Mode has the following three options: Add - Adds a new flange to the plate by clicking at any edge of the plate. Edit - Edits an existing flange by clicking at any edge of the plate. Remove - Removes an existing flange by clicking at any edge of the plate.
Flange Length	Sets the length of the segment in the direction of the bending angle.
Front Edge Distance	Sets the front offset in the direction towards the reference edge. Positive values mean that inwards the segment becomes smaller.
Back Edge Distance	Sets the rear offset in the direction towards the reference edge. Positive values mean that inwards the segment becomes smaller.
Bend Radius	Sets the radius of the bend relative to the neutral fiber (half of the plate thickness). To avoid problems with the volume modeler, the radius should always be a little bit more that half of the plate thickness.
Radius to Inner Edge	On clicking the checkbox, it sets the Radius to Inner Edge.
Bend Angle	Sets the angle of the bend relative to the reference segment (reference edge).

Building Element Info

The Flange Tool is represented as a Feature in the Building Element Info and the operations are performed accordingly.

Note: The Flange Tool can be exported and imported in IFC, iModel and DWG successfully.