Drawing line springs
The line spring tool is very similar to the point spring tool except that it uses a line rather than a point.
Note: The Point Spring tool (
), Line Spring tool (
), and Area Spring tool (
) share the same button on the Layer Specific toolbar.
), Line Spring tool (), and Area Spring tool () share the same button on the Layer Specific toolbar. Note: If slab elements are already drawn, you need to draw line springs along the edge of the slab elements. The ends of the line springs must be at slab element nodes. Line springs cannot traverse a slab finite element.
To draw a line spring