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Define the manual latitude tendons Pt. 3

Complete the steps in "Define the manual latitude tendons Pt. 2" before proceeding.
  1. With the Selection tool (), select all of the terminated tendon segments, other than those over a drop cap, by:
    1. Double clicking at grid intersection B-1.
    2. Hold the <Shift> key down and double click at B.8-1.
    3. Hold the <Shift> key down and double click at C-4.
    4. Hold the <Shift> key down and double click at D-2.
    5. Hold the <Shift> key down and double click at D-4.
  2. Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
  3. In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 5 inches and click OK.
  4. With the Selection tool (), select all of the terminated tendon segments over a drop cap, by:
    1. Double clicking at grid intersection A-1.
    2. Hold the <Shift> key down and double click at A-3.
    3. Hold the <Shift> key down and double click at B-5.
  5. Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
  6. In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 15 inches and click OK.
    Note: This sets the tendon anchorage profile to the centroid of the 10-inch slab, rather than the centroid of the drop cap.
  7. With the Selection tool (), double click the tendon segment at B-2.
  8. Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
  9. In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 18.75 inches and click OK.
  10. With the Selection tool (), double click the tendon segment at C-2.
  11. Right click on the plan and choose Selection Properties from the popup menu.
  12. In the Properties dialog box, set Profile at end 1 to 6.75 inches, and click OK.
    Note: This accounts for the step near this location.
  13. With the Selection tool (), select the tendon segments between C-2 and C-3.
  14. Click the Calc Profile tool (). The Calc Tendon Profile dialog box appears and reports the current balance load is -2.58 kips/ft. If this is not the number then you probably selected only one tendon segment.
  15. Click Cancel.
Proceed immediately to "Define the namual latitdue tendons Pt. 4".
Parent topic: Define the post-tensioning