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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: Column Strip Width Calc is already set to Full Width.
  2. Click the General tab.
    Note: Environment is already set to Normal.
    Note: The Consider as Post-Tensioned box is already checked in the EC2 template.
  3. Click the Column Strip tab.
    Note: CS PT Service Design Type is already set to Stress & Crack Width. You may change this to perform only stress checks or only crack width designs.
  4. Set Cross Section Trimming to Slab 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 0.75 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.