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Generate the latitude spans

  1. Double click the Span Segment tool (). The Default Span Properties dialog box opens to the Strip Generation properties.
    Note: The Default Span Properties dialog box opens to the Strip Generation properties.
  2. Click the General tab.
    Note: Environment is already set to Class 3 - 0.1 mm.
    Note: The Consider as Post-Tensioned box is already checked in the BS8110 template.
  3. Click the Column Strip tab.
  4. Set Cross Section Trimming to Max Rectangle.
  5. Change CS Top Cover to 25 mm.
  6. Change CS Code Min. Reinforcement Location to Elevated Slab.
  7. Click OK.
  8. 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.

  9. 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.