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Choose Layers > Design Strips > Latitude Design Spans Plan.
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Double click the Span Segment tool (
).
The Default Span Properties dialog box opens to the Strip Generation properties.
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Click the General tab.
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Change Environment to Class U (corrosive).
Note: This actually has no effect because ACI 318 requires two-way post-tensioned slabs to be designed as class U.
Note: The Consider as Post-Tensioned box is already checked in the ACI 318 template.
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Click the Column Strip tab.
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Set Cross Section Trimming to Max Rectangle.
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Change CS Top Cover to 1 inch.
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Change CS Code Min. Reinforcement Location to Elevated Slab.
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Click OK.
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Click the Generate Spans tool (
), or choose Process > Generate Spans.
The Generate Spans dialog box opens with Spans to Generate set to Latitude.
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Set Minimum Span Length to 2 feet and 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.
