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Draw longitude design strips

  1. Choose Layers > Design Strip > Longitude Design Spans Plan.
  2. Double click the Span Segment tool ().
  3. Click the Column Strip tab in the Default Span Properties dialog box. The defaults set up in the Latitude Design Spans Plan will have remained the same. Since the cover cannot be the same for both directions, change it for the longitudinal direction.
    1. Change CS Top Cover to 2.25 inches [60 mm].
    2. Change CS Bottom Cover to 1.38 inches [41 mm].
    3. Click OK.
  4. Click the Generate Spans tool (), or choose Process > Generate Spans.
  5. In the Generate Spans dialog box:
    1. Set Spans to Generate to Longitude.
    2. Click the "up-down" orientation button, and click OK.

      Generate spans dialog box

      The longitude spans appear, as shown in the following figure.

  6. Click the Generate Strips tool (), or choose Process > Generate Strips. The longitude design strips appear, as shown in the second figure.

    Longitude direction spans

    Longitude direction design strips (with hatching turned on)

Now that there are design strips, you can generate a much more regular mesh.