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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.

Accessed from:
  • Ribbon: Steel > Home > Edit Steel Elements > Modify > Plate Editor
  • Element Modification dialog:
Note: Plate Editor is recommended for complex poly-plate processing because it can hide the other component parts and automatically enters the plate level.

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.
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.
Key-in: PROSTEEL Edit Plate