Define the manual latitude tendons Pt. 6

Complete the steps in "Define the manual latitude tendons Pt. 5" before proceeding.

With the Selection tool (), select the tendon between C-3 and C-4.
Click the Calc Profile tool ().
Input the desired balance load as -6 kN/m in the Calc Tendon Profile dialog box and click Calc. The low point (end 2) adjusts to 126 mm.
With the Selection tool (), select all the end span tendons between grids 3 and 5.
Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 2 to 125 mm and click OK.
Note: These steps first used the Calc Profile tool to determine a low point that produces a similar average uplift in an end span as the adjacent span, and then manually changed the low points for practical reasons.
Finally, you need to adjust the tendon that goes through the opening.
Turn on Snap Nearest Snapable Point () and Snap Orthogonal ().
With the Selection tool (), select the tendon segment that passes through the opening.
Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 125 mm and click OK.
Choose the Stretch tool ().
With the one tendon segment selected, stretch the profile point at grid 3 to the other side of the opening.

Note: The Snap Nearest Snapable Point snaps the cursor to the edge of the opening.

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