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Define the manual longitude tendons Pt. 2

Complete the steps in "Define the manual longitude tendons Pt. 1" before proceeding.
  1. With the Half Span Tendon Panel tool () selected, draw tendons in the balcony:
    1. Click at the center of the column at grid intersection B.8-1.
    2. Click at the edge of the slab at 0, 59 ft.
    3. Click at the tendon profile point at 24, 56.6 ft.
    Note: The snap orthogonal snaps the cursor to 24, 59 ft.
    1. Click at the tendon profile point at 24, 56.6 ft.
  2. In the Tendon Panel dialog box:
    1. Set Auto Connect, and click OK.
  3. Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
  4. In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 6 inches and Profile at end 2 to 4 inches, and click OK.
  5. With the Selection tool (), select the two shortest of the half-span (cantilever) tendon segments.
  6. Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
  7. In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 4 inches, and click OK.
    Note: This makes the short tendon segments flat.
  8. With the Full-Span Tendon Panel tool () selected, draw tendons in the next panel:
    1. Click at the center of the column at grid intersection A-2.
    2. Click at the center of the column at B-2.
    3. Click at the center of the column at B-3.
    4. Click at the center of the column at A-3.
  9. In the Tendon Panel dialog box:
    1. Set Tendon Spacing to Equal.
    2. Set Spacing to 6 feet.
    3. Check Skip start tendon, and click OK.
  10. With the Full-Span Tendon Panel tool () selected, draw tendons in the next panel:
    1. Click at the center of the column at grid intersection B-2.
    2. Click at the center of the column at C-2.
    3. Click at the center of the column at C-3.
    4. Click at the center of the column at B-3.
  11. In the Tendon Panel dialog box, click OK to accept the last choices. Alternatively, you could select Auto Connect, but you would have to uncheck Skip Start Tendon.
Proceed immediately to "Define the manual longitude tendons Pt. 3".