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Defining span polylines using the Generate Span Polylines tool

This tool allows you to generate span polylines automatically using support polylines that have been previously generated.

To generate profile polylines

  1. Select the support polylines that you want span polylines generated between ().
  2. Choose the Generate Profile Polylines tool ().
  3. Set the elevation reference, elevation, and span orientation angle for the generated span polylines.
  4. Set the span ratio for the generated span polylines. This is the desired span control point. For a profile control point at mid-span, set this value to 0.5.

    Generate span polylines tool

  5. Set the optimization parameters when the tendons will be optimized. See Designing and Optimizing Post-tensioning for further details.