• Distributed tendon quadrilaterals have a number of formatting properties to aid in the production of drawings:
  • Description - a user formatted string used to describe the distributed tendon quadrilateral properties.
  The formatted description strings for the banded tendon polyline use the following key values:
  • $F - force/width
  • $f - force/width units
  • $N - number of strands
  • $n - number of strands/width units
  • $P - PT system name
  • $I - inflection point ratio
  • $S - spacing
  • $s - spacing units
  • $A - angle and units
  • \n - new line
• Profile Points - displays the profile control point information for the banded tendon polyline. The profile values are always referenced from the slab soffit to the CGS of the strands. In addition to the profile points where the main tendon intersects profile polylines, the following additional points are provided to describe the distributed tendon profiles:
  • Edges - profiles at the edge of the distributed tendon quadrilaterals or slab edges.
  • Span Changes - profiles at drastic changes in span profiles.
  • Concrete Elevation Changes - profile changes where the concrete reference plane changes such as beams or drop caps.
  • Profile Polyline Ends - profiles at the ends of profile polylines

The intent is that with all these points displayed the profiling of all tendons within the distributed tendon quadrilateral are defined by connecting support and span profile points. Profile points are not displayed at slab edges where no profile polylines are used.

• Symbol @ End 1,2 - displays the symbol at the end of the distributed tendon quadrilateral main tendon. Choices are:
  • None
  • Stressing End
  • Dead End
  • Break
• Symbol @ Extent Ends - displays the symbol at the end of the distributed tendon quadrilateral extent line. Choices are:
  • None
  • Arrow