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Generate the latitude spans

  1. Choose Layers > Design Strips > Latitude Design Spans Plan.
  2. Double click the Span Segment tool (). The Default Span Properties dialog box opens to the Strip Generation properties.
  3. Click the General tab.
  4. Change Environment to Protected.
    Note: This setting often has a significant effect on reinforcement quantities.
    Note: The Consider as Post-Tensioned box is already checked in the AS3600 template.
  5. Click the Column Strip tab.
  6. Set Cross Section Trimming to Max Rectangle.
  7. Change CS Top Cover to 25 mm.
  8. Click the Middle Strip tab.
  9. Check the Middle Strip uses Column Strip Properties box.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Click the Generate Spans tool (), or choose Process > Generate Spans. The Generate Spans dialog box opens with Spans to Generate set to Latitude.

    Accept the Minimum Span Length as 0.5 meters.

  12. Click OK. The span segments appear in the latitude direction.

Design Strip: Latitude Design Spans Plan.

Two span segments are skewed. How you treat skewed strips is often a subjective matter, but in this tutorial we suggest one strip is straightened and the other edited in a different manner.

Parent topic: Create the design strips