ProStructures Help

Plates/Polyplates

Used to create and insert plates.

Accessed from:
  • Ribbon: Steel > Home > Steel Placement > Plates

Dialog Controls

SettingDescription
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.
Plate dimensions Click to define the calculation direction. First select the plate and then the direction according to which calculation has to be made. You can cancel the manual specification of direction in the plate properties.
Surface grid Click to define the alignment of the surface grid. Usually this grid is aligned to the plate-ECS, it can be modified using this button.
Bend Opens the Bend Plates dialog, which is used to add edged or bent segments to the plate.
Edit plate thickness table Opens the ProStructures pro_st3d.ptt file in your default text editor application. Here you can edit the plate thicknesses available in the Plates/Polyplates dialog. (Applicable to Expert mode dialog settings.)
Edit plate name table Opens the ProStructures Pro_St3d.pdc file in your default text editor application. Here you can edit the plate descriptions available in the Plates/Polyplates dialog. (Applicable to Expert mode dialog settings.)
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.
Key-in: ProSteel Place Plate