STAAD Foundation Advanced Help

Create a mesh region using the polyline vertex coordinates

  1. Select Mat Foundation job > Mesh Generation > Add Meshing Region > Using Polyline in the Main Navigation pane.
  2. Specify the No. of Boundary Points (i.e., polyline vertices).
  3. Click the Generate Table button. The table is populated with a number of rows equal to the number of boundary points specified.
  4. Specify a unit of length to be used for coordinate values.
  5. Enter the coordinate values in the Polyline vertex coordinates table.
    Note: Data in the table can be pasted from Microsoft Excel.
  6. Click the Add Region button. The boundary region is added in the View window.